US12298378 - Counter unmanned aerial system with navigation data to Intercept and/or disable an unmanned aerial vehicle threat
The patent describes a system designed to detect and counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that may pose a threat to specific locations or individuals, utilizing ground-based sensors and a computer processor for threat assessment. Upon identifying a UAV as a threat, the system can deploy a counter-drone weighing less than 55 pounds to either redirect or disable the UAV.
Claim 1
- A system, comprising: plural ground-based sensors configured to determine location and at least one characteristic of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight, the ground-based sensors comprising (a) at least a radar and (b) an image sensor comprising at least one electro optical sensor and/or at least one infrared sensor; and at least one ground-based computer processor connected to the ground-based sensors and programmed to perform operations comprising: in response to data from the plural ground-based sensors, determining whether the UAS in flight is a threat that is in a vicinity of a property, place, event or person or is approaching the vicinity of the property, place, event or person, and conditioned on determining the UAS in flight is a threat in or approaching the vicinity of a property, place, event or person, countering the UAS in flight by dispatching a counterdrone unmanned aerial system (UAS) having electronics, a motor and a navigation system, with autonomous navigation data supplied by the system, to counter the UAS in flight, wherein the counterdrone UAS weighs less than 55 pounds. plural ground-based sensors configured to determine location and at least one characteristic of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight, the ground-based sensors comprising (a) at least a radar and (b) an image sensor comprising at least one electro optical sensor and/or at least one infrared sensor; and at least one ground-based computer processor connected to the ground-based sensors and programmed to perform operations comprising: in response to data from the plural ground-based sensors, determining whether the UAS in flight is a threat that is in a vicinity of a property, place, event or person or is approaching the vicinity of the property, place, event or person, and conditioned on determining the UAS in flight is a threat in or approaching the vicinity of a property, place, event or person, countering the UAS in flight by dispatching a counterdrone unmanned aerial system (UAS) having electronics, a motor and a navigation system, with autonomous navigation data supplied by the system, to counter the UAS in flight, wherein the counterdrone UAS weighs less than 55 pounds. in response to data from the plural ground-based sensors, determining whether the UAS in flight is a threat that is in a vicinity of a property, place, event or person or is approaching the vicinity of the property, place, event or person, and conditioned on determining the UAS in flight is a threat in or approaching the vicinity of a property, place, event or person, countering the UAS in flight by dispatching a counterdrone unmanned aerial system (UAS) having electronics, a motor and a navigation system, with autonomous navigation data supplied by the system, to counter the UAS in flight, wherein the counterdrone UAS weighs less than 55 pounds.
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