Drone control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019229834-A1
Application number	US-201916372402-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	Feb 2, 2016
Publication date	Jul 25, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system includes a disabling device with a circuit configured to disrupt communication of a drone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a disabling device with a circuit miming a predetermined optical beacon with a protocol; and a movable device including a circuit to receive the communication, wherein the circuit sends the optical beacon to disable the movable device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable device comprises a drone, a car, a delivery vehicle, a robot, or a moveable frame.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the disabling device forces the moveable device to be immobilized or to land.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device comprises a jammer.

5 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device projects a broadband signal received by the vehicle.

6 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the disabling device comprises a laser.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the disabling device is mounted on a tracker to follow the moveable device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a transmitter communicating plurality of access conditions, including type of vehicles and restriction on each type of vehicle.

9 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a beacon frame wherein the beacon frame specifies a plurality of access conditions, including predetermined vehicle IDs and restriction on each vehicle.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable device radio circuit is configured to send a probe request to an access point to initiate transmission of a probe response specifying a beacon privacy indication.

11 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a microwave generator to aim microwave energy at the moveable device to disable the device.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the radio circuit operates over an unlicensed spectrum.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the moveable device uses GPS, comprising jamming the GPS by focusing a beam of random GPS signal and localizing the beam to a predetermined radius around the moveable device.

14 . A system, comprising a no-access beacon, and a plurality of drones moving as a flock of birds to collide with a moveable device ignoring the no-access beacon.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the flock of birds are coupled to a mesh or a chain to entangle the moveable device.

16 . The system of claim 14 , comprising a circuit to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

17 . The system of claim 14 , comprising an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

18 . The system of claim 14 , comprising a circuit to aim an electromagnetic beam at the moveable device to disable the device.

19 . A method to provide privacy, comprising:
sending an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a microwave pulse, an optical pulse or cables at a moveable device; and causing the device to land or hover over a location over a period exceeding thirty minutes.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the moveable device is an unmanned aerial device or drone.

Assignees

• Tran Bao
• Tran Ha

Inventors

• Tran Bao
• Tran Ha

Classifications

• G01S1/7032

  Transmitters · CPC title

• H04K2203/22

  for communication related to vehicles · CPC title

• H04K3/65

  using deceptive jamming or spoofing, e.g. transmission of false signals for premature triggering of RCIED, for forced connection or disconnection to/from a network or for generation of dummy target signal · CPC title

• G01S5/16

  using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves · CPC title

• G01S19/015

  Arrangements for jamming, spoofing or other methods of denial of service of such systems · CPC title