US 12,412,480 B2
Device, computer program and method for monitoring an UAV
Nicolas Rose, Basingstoke (GB)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Sony Europe B.V., Weybridge (GB)
Appl. No. 17/908,205
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and SONY EUROPE B.V., Weybridge (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/050205
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198634, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2004729 (GB), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0105120 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/55 (2025.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/59 (2025.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/55 (2025.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/59 (2025.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); H04K 3/825 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
locating, by a first surveillance device, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which is in breach of a predetermined rule, wherein the predetermined rule is to not enter a no-fly zone;
communicating, from the first surveillance device, an indication of the breach to the UAV;
monitoring, by the first surveillance device, the location and movement of the UAV following the communication of the breach;
upon determining that a value of the movement of the UAV in a direction away from the no-fly zone is below a threshold amount after a predetermined amount of time notifying, via circuitry, an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) server of the movement being below the threshold amount;
upon notifying the UTM server of the movement being below the threshold, instructing, by the UTM server, a second surveillance device to move to a position to capture evidence of the UAV that is in breach of the predetermined rule;
determining that the captured evidence is above a second threshold; and
upon determining that the captured evidence is above the second threshold, determining that a disabling action should be taken against the UAV.