US 11,915,598 B2
Fleet management of unmanned aerial vehicles and flight authorization system
Jason de la Cruz, San Francisco, CA (US); Brad Mandala, San Francisco, CA (US); Charles Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US); and Edward Dale Steakley, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,970.
Application 17/375,970 is a continuation of application No. 15/720,939, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 11,094,205.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,942, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0005361 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0034 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G08G 5/0043 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to:
maintain one or more rules associated with authorizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to implement flight plans;
receive a request to generate a flight plan indicating a flight pattern;
generate the flight plan for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
determine an authorization check based on the one or more rules and the flight plan, wherein to determine the authorization check comprises instructions to:
determine whether, after completion of the flight plan, the UAV remains within a number of flight hours between maintenance checks; and
transmit the flight plan to the UAV based on a positive determination associated with the authorization check to enable implementation of the flight plan by the UAV.