IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,123
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,123 · App. 17/444,907 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Disruption to an operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Inventors: Assaf Monsa Chermon (Kfar Yedida, IL); Nadav Arie (Tel Aviv, IL); Roy Kedmi (Raanana, IL); Ohad Moshe Abarbanel (Tel Aviv, IL); Hanan Leizerovich (Petah Tikva, IL); Yariv Speiser Barzelai (Tel Aviv, IL); Yaron Bebes (Petech Tikva, IL); Yosef Meir (Petach Tikva, IL)
Assignee: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
H04K3/92H04K3/65B64U10/13B64U2101/30B64U2101/64
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,425,123
App. No.
17/444,907
Filed
Aug 11, 2021
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
TRAN, TUAN A
Art Unit
2648
USPC
455/1
Abstract

There may be provided a method for inducing a disruption to an operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that communicates with a remote controller, said method may include determining to induce the disruption to the operation of the UAV; and transmitting, to the UAV, one or more disrupting commands that once executed by the at UAV causes a unit of the UAV to malfunction, the malfunction induces the disruption to the operation of the UAV.

Claims (19)

1. A method for inducing a disruption to an operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that communicates with a remote controller, said method comprising:

determining to induce the disruption to the operation of the UAV; wherein the determining is based on one of (a) a knowledge of a root cause of the malfunction of the unit, (b) a location of the remote controller, and (c) a distance between the remote controller and the UAV; and

transmitting, to the UAV, one or more disrupting commands that once executed by the at UAV causes a unit of the UAV to malfunction, the malfunction induces the disruption to the operation of the UAV.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit of the UAV is a communication unit of the UAV.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a modem of the UAV.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a controller of the UAV.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a sensor of the UAV.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a power supply unit of the UAV.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a telemetry unit of the UAV.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a battery module of the UAV.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a storage unit of the UAV.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the malfunction comprises failing to detect objects sensed by the UAV.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the transmitting of the one or more disrupting commands comprises transmitting multiple disrupting commands at multiple points in time, wherein at least one disrupting command differs from at least one other disrupting command.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the disruption to the operation of the UAV comprises changing a network address of the remote controller.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein the disruption to the operation of the UAV comprises changing a network address of the remote controller to a network address dictated by the one or more disruption commands.

14. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining the one or more disrupting commands based on the knowledge of the root cause of the malfunction of the unit.

15. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining the one or more disrupting commands based on the location of the remote controller.

16. The method according to claim 1 comprising determining the one or more disrupting commands based on the distance between the remote controller and the UAV.

17. A method for inducing a disruption to an operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that communicates with a remote controller, said method comprising: determining to induce the disruption to the operation of the UAV; and transmitting, to the UAV, one or more disrupting commands that once executed by the at UAV causes a unit of the UAV to malfunction, the malfunction induces the disruption to the operation of the UAV; wherein the malfunction comprises transmitting information from the UAV, in contrary to transmission constraints imposed by the UAV during non-test flight.

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 Oct 11, 2021
From: CHERMON, ASSAF MONSA; ARIE, NADAV; KEDMI, ROY; ABARBANEL, OGAD MOSHE; LEIZEROVICH, HANAN; BARZELAI, YARIV SPEISER; BEBES, YARON; MEIR, YOSEF
To: D-FEND SOLUTIONS AD LTD.
Reel/Frame 057756/0750 →
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