Methods and apparatus for executing the methods, wherein the method comprises generating signals, by one or more sensors of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from waves generated by propulsion of a flying object, determining one or more characteristic features of the signals, identifying the flying object based at least in part on a comparison of the one or more characteristic features to a database of known signals, associating performance parameters with the flying object using a database that includes performance parameters for at least one of a plurality of flying objects or class of flying objects, determining a location and an airspeed associated with the flying object based at least in part on the signals, determining a trajectory envelope for the flying object based at least in part on the location, the airspeed, and the associated performance parameters, and updating a flight plan for the UAV based at least in part on the trajectory envelope of the flying object, wherein the updated flight plan does not interact with the trajectory envelope of the flying object.


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    Title :

    COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL AIRCRAFT AVOIDANCE USING LIGHT, SOUND, AND/OR MULTI-SPECTRAL PATTERN DETECTION


    Additional title:

    VERMEIDUNG FÜR KOMMERZIELLES UND ALLGEMEINES FLUGZEUG UNTER VERWENDUNG DER DETEKTION VON LICHT, SCHALL UND/ODER MULTISPEKTRALER MUSTER
    ÉVITEMENT D'AÉRONEFS COMMERCIAUX ET GÉNÉRAUX AU MOYEN D'UNE DÉTECTION DE MOTIF LUMINEUX, SONORE ET/OU MULTISPECTRAL


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    Publication date :

    2020-02-05


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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