IP Library Granted Patent US 11,638,267
Granted Patent B2
US 11,638,267 · App. 17/129,619 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Remote slowing or stopping a progress of a drone towards a target

Inventors: Assaf Monsa Chermon (Kfar Yedida, IL); Nadav Arie (Tel Aviv, IL); Hanan Leizerovich (Petah Tikva, IL); Ohad Moshe Abarbanel (Tel Aviv, IL)
Assignee: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
H04W72/082H04B7/265H04K3/41H04L5/0007H04L5/143H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,638,267
App. No.
17/129,619
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit.

Claims (29)

1. A method for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the method comprises:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein a miscommunication pattern formed by the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods differs from an estimated miscommunication pattern that triggers an execution, by the drone, of the failsafe plan.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein a duration of each transmission period does not exceed a timing threshold that corresponds to an estimated duration of a disconnection period that triggers an execution, by the drone, of the failsafe plan.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising monitoring responses of at least one of the drone and the remote control unit to a transmission of at least some of the disruption signals.

4. The method according to claim 3 comprising adapting the transmitting of the disruption signals based on the responses of the at least one of the drone and the remote control unit to the transmission of at least some of the disruption signals.

5. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining a location of at least one of the drone during and the remote control unit the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods and between the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising monitoring at least one of the remote control unit, and the drone to provide monitoring results; wherein the transmitting is responsive to the monitoring results.

7. A method for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the method comprises:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the disruption signals during multiple spaced apart transmission periods that at least partially overlap at least two miscommunication periods of the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

8. A method for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the method comprises:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; and

verifying that the drone performed a reconnection attempt following a transmission of disruption signals during a miscommunication period of the multiple space apart miscommunication periods.

9. A method for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the method comprises:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the disruption signals during multiple spaced apart transmission periods, wherein disruption signals transmitted during at least two of the multiple spaced apart transmission periods differ from each other.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the disruption signals during multiple spaced apart transmission periods that at least partially overlap at least two miscommunication periods of the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 wherein a duration of each transmission period does not exceed a timing threshold that corresponds to an estimated duration of a disconnection period that triggers an execution, by the drone, of the failsafe plan.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 that stores instructions for monitoring responses of at least one of the drone and the remote control unit to a transmission of at least some of the disruption signals.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 that stores instructions for adapting the transmitting of the disruption signals based on the responses of the at least one of the drone and the remote control unit to the transmission of at least some of the disruption signals.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 that stores instructions for determining a location of at least one of the drone and the remote control unit during the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods and between the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 that stores instructions for monitoring at least one of the remote control unit, and the drone to provide monitoring results; wherein the transmitting is responsive to the monitoring results.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein a miscommunication pattern formed by the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods differs from an estimated miscommunication pattern that triggers an execution, by the drone, of the failsafe plan.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; and

verifying that the drone performed a reconnection attempt following a transmission of disruption signals during a miscommunication period of the multiple space apart miscommunication periods.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions, the instructions comprising instructions for:

transmitting, using a transmitter, disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the disruption signals during multiple spaced apart transmission periods, wherein disruption signals transmitted during at least two of the multiple spaced apart transmission periods differ from each other.

19. A system for slowing or stopping a progress, towards a target, of a drone controlled by a remote control unit, the system comprising: a transmitter that is configured to transmit disruption signals for introducing communication errors between the drone and the remote control unit during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and perform multiple communication amendment attempts without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; wherein the introducing of the communication errors comprises disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit and wherein the multiple communication amendments attempts are reconnection attempts; wherein a miscommunication pattern formed by the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods differs from an estimated miscommunication pattern that triggers an execution, by the drone, of the failsafe plan.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2026
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK, A DIVISION OF FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
To: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
Reel/Frame 075637/0047 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2026
From: KREOS CAPITAL VII AGGREGATOR SCSP
To: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
Reel/Frame 075639/0396 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD
To: KREOS CAPITAL VII AGGREGATOR SCSP
Reel/Frame 066160/0637 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: D-FEND SOLUTIONS LTD.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 062140/0618 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2022
From: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD
To: KREOS CAPITAL VII AGGREGATOR SCSP
Reel/Frame 061833/0728 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2020
From: CHERMON, ASSAF MONSA; ARIE, NADAV; LEIZEROVICH, HANAN; ABARBANEL, OHAD MOSHE
To: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
Reel/Frame 054822/0729 →
Priority Claims (2)
IL 260726 · Jul 22, 2018 · national
IL 276239 · Jul 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16946472 · Jun 23, 2020
Continuation 16513769 · Jul 17, 2019
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