Patent SG-11201900185W-A (SG)
Title: Navigation assistance data and route planning for drones
Inventor: VENKATRAMAN SAI PRADEEP
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2017-07-14
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 01 March 2018 (01.03.2018) WIPO I PCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/038819 A3 (51) International Patent Classification: G01C 21/20 (2006.01) G08G 5/00 (2006.01) B64C 39/02 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (22) International Filing Date: (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: PCT/US2017/042195 14 July 2017 (14.07.2017) English English (30) Priority Data: 15/246,170 24 August 2016 (24.08.2016) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: VENKATRAMAN, Sai Pradeep; 5775 More­ house Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). DO, Ju-Yong; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). SRIVASTAVA, Aditya Narain; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). GAO, Weihua; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cal­ ifornia 92121-1714 (US). WERNER, Benjamin; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: DAVE, Urmil V. et al.; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Mailstop: IP Docketing - 22,1100 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DATA AND ROUTE PLANNING FOR DRONES o\ i-H 00 00 m © 00 i-H o CJ o £ 400 FIG. 4 (57) : Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and ap­ paratuses for determining a flight route for a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. The flight-specific route for the UAV is determined dynamically during the flight or in advance be­ fore the flight, using navigation assistance data that includes flight- specific navigation assistance data for a plurality of geographic zones determined based on flight-specific information. The flight-specific navigation assistance data includes flight-specific ranking data for the plurality of geographic zones that can be used by the UAV or a server to determine the flight route. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/038819 A3 | II nil || |||||| ||||| ||| ||||| |||| 11| ||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |||| ||||||| |||| |||| |||| Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(H)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(Hi)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) (88) Date of publication of the international search report: 05 April 2018(05.04.2018)