IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,726
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,726 · App. 17/129,664 · Granted May 30, 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 (Petach 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 11,665,726
App. No.
17/129,664
Granted
May 30, 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 (25)

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, whereas within a time window of a few seconds the transmission interferes with at least one out of:

(a) a reception by the drone, of most but not all of information units transmitted to drone by the remote control unit; and

(b) a reception and a successful decoding, by the drone, of the most but not all of the information units transmitted to drone by the remote control unit;

thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target; and

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.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the transmitting do not induce the drone to execute a failsafe plan of the drone.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprises transmitting the disruption signals for preventing the reception and the successful decoding of the most but not all of the information units sent to the drone from the remote control unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , comprises transmitting the disruption signals for allowing only a certain percentage of information units transmitted over a few seconds to be successfully decoded by the drone.

5. 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.

6. The method according to claim 5 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.

7. The method according to claim 1 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, wherein the multiple spaced apart transmission periods at least partially overlap at least two miscommunication periods of the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

8. 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.

9. 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 by preventing a successful encoding of most but not all information units sent to the drone from the remote control unit, during multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods, without disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit, thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 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.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 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; wherein the multiple spaced apart transmission periods at least partially overlap at least two miscommunication periods of the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

12. 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, without disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit, thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; and 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. 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, without disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit, thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan; and

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.

15. 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, without disconnecting the drone from the remote control unit, thereby inducing the drone to slow or stop a progress of the drone towards the target and without executing, by the drone, a failsafe plan;

wherein the disruption signals comprises disruption signals that are transmitted 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; wherein the multiple spaced apart transmission periods at least partially overlap at least two miscommunication periods of the multiple spaced apart miscommunication periods.

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 054715/0270 →
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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