A method and apparatus for autonomously managing operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (202). Sensor data (228) is received by a computer system (224) located onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle (202). The sensor data (228) is processed by the computer system (224) to generate information of interest (230) related to at least one target, while the unmanned aerial vehicle (202) is out of a communications range (218) of a control station (210). A number of actions (225) to be performed is identified by the computer system (224) based on the information of interest (230) related to the at least one target, while the unmanned aerial vehicle (202) is out of the communications range (218) of the control station (210).
AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DECISION-MAKING
ENTSCHEIDUNGSFINDUNG EINES AUTONOMEN UNBEMANNTEN LUFTFAHRZEUGS
PRISE DE DÉCISION DE VÉHICULE AÉRIEN TÉLÉPILOTÉ AUTONOME
2022-06-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English