A drone positioning system includes a processor subsystem and memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to perform the operations comprising: transmitting, from an operation drone, a request message to a plurality of companion drones; receiving a response message from each of the plurality of companion drones, each response message including: a first timestamp indicating when the response message was sent from the corresponding companion drone and a first geoposition of the corresponding companion drone; calculating a first distance to each of the plurality of companion drones using the first timestamps of respective response messages from each of the plurality of companion drones; calculating an estimated geoposition of the operation drone from the respective first distances and the respective first geopositions of the companion drones; and assisting navigation of the operation drone using the estimated geoposition.


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    Title :

    COMPANION DRONE TO ASSIST LOCATION DETERMINATION


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-05-09


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS



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