Patents Assigned to Kittyhawk.io, Inc.
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Patent number: 11049405Abstract: Provided is an airspace controller for creating and managing dynamic airspace for different users. The airspace controller may produce different dynamic airspace for each user by continually updating static controlled airspace maps with user-specific flight information including user-planned flights, authorization status of the user's flights, waivers, controlled airspace restrictions, and real-time flight telemetry. The airspace controller may generate a static airspace map for all users with different airspace user interface (“UI”) elements at different regions that correspond to different airspace restrictions in effect at those regions. The airspace controller may create dynamic airspace for each user by modifying the static airspace map to include flight UE elements over regions of the static airspace map where user-defined flights are to occur.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Patent number: 10997866Abstract: Provided is an airspace controller for creating and managing dynamic airspace for different users. The airspace controller may produce different dynamic airspace for each user by continually updating static controlled airspace maps with user-specific flight information including user-planned flights, authorization status of the user's flights, waivers, controlled airspace restrictions, and real-time flight telemetry. The airspace controller may generate a static airspace map for all users with different airspace user interface (“UI”) elements at different regions that correspond to different airspace restrictions in effect at those regions. The airspace controller may create dynamic airspace for each user by modifying the static airspace map to include flight UE elements over regions of the static airspace map where user-defined flights are to occur.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Patent number: 10984660Abstract: An aircraft detection system supplements the identification of aircraft with information that is obtained from two or more different detection channels. The system may obtain a first set of identifying information about a particular aircraft or flight via a first detection channel at a first time, may determine that the first set of identifying information lacks commonality with previously received sets of identifying information for other detected aircraft of flights, and may track the particular aircraft or flight based on the first set of identifying information. The system may then obtain a second set of identifying information via a different second detection channel at a second time, may determine commonality between the second set of identifying information and the first set of identifying information, and may update the tracking of the particular aircraft or flight by incorporating or adding identifying information from the second set of identifying information.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Patent number: 10971023Abstract: An aircraft detection system identifies aircraft based on identifying information obtained from two or more different detection channels using a distributed set of user equipment, network equipment, broadcast receivers, aircraft control cloud system, and/or flight tracking equipment with different sensors. The different sensors may detect aircraft that communicate via different wireless networks, network connectivity, message broadcasts, visual features, and sound in addition to or instead traditional radar and satellite detection. Accordingly, the aircraft detection system may perform multi-channel remote identification to accelerate the identification of aircraft and may use the two or more detection channels as alternate means with which to identify aircraft that may go undetected with one or more of the detection channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Publication number: 20200312159Abstract: An aircraft detection system supplements the identification of aircraft with information that is obtained from two or more different detection channels. The system may obtain a first set of identifying information about a particular aircraft or flight via a first detection channel at a first time, may determine that the first set of identifying information lacks commonality with previously received sets of identifying information for other detected aircraft of flights, and may track the particular aircraft or flight based on the first set of identifying information. The system may then obtain a second set of identifying information via a different second detection channel at a second time, may determine commonality between the second set of identifying information and the first set of identifying information, and may update the tracking of the particular aircraft or flight by incorporating or adding identifying information from the second set of identifying information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Publication number: 20200312165Abstract: An aircraft detection system identifies aircraft based on identifying information obtained from two or more different detection channels using a distributed set of user equipment, network equipment, broadcast receivers, aircraft control cloud system, and/or flight tracking equipment with different sensors. The different sensors may detect aircraft that communicate via different wireless networks, network connectivity, message broadcasts, visual features, and sound in addition to or instead traditional radar and satellite detection. Accordingly, the aircraft detection system may perform multi-channel remote identification to accelerate the identification of aircraft and may use the two or more detection channels as alternate means with which to identify aircraft that may go undetected with one or more of the detection channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Publication number: 20200250996Abstract: Provided is an airspace controller for creating and managing dynamic airspace for different users. The airspace controller may produce different dynamic airspace for each user by continually updating static controlled airspace maps with user-specific flight information including user-planned flights, authorization status of the user's flights, waivers, controlled airspace restrictions, and real-time flight telemetry. The airspace controller may generate a static airspace map for all users with different airspace user interface (“UI”) elements at different regions that correspond to different airspace restrictions in effect at those regions. The airspace controller may create dynamic airspace for each user by modifying the static airspace map to include flight UE elements over regions of the static airspace map where user-defined flights are to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Publication number: 20200250997Abstract: Provided is an airspace controller for creating and managing dynamic airspace for different users. The airspace controller may produce different dynamic airspace for each user by continually updating static controlled airspace maps with user-specific flight information including user-planned flights, authorization status of the user's flights, waivers, controlled airspace restrictions, and real-time flight telemetry. The airspace controller may generate a static airspace map for all users with different airspace user interface (“UI”) elements at different regions that correspond to different airspace restrictions in effect at those regions. The airspace controller may create dynamic airspace for each user by modifying the static airspace map to include flight UE elements over regions of the static airspace map where user-defined flights are to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering
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Patent number: 10354536Abstract: Provided is an airspace controller for creating and managing dynamic airspace for different users. The airspace controller may produce different dynamic airspace for each user by continually updating static controlled airspace maps with user-specific flight information including user-planned flights, authorization status of the user's flights, waivers, controlled airspace restrictions, and real-time flight telemetry. The airspace controller may generate a static airspace map for all users with different airspace user interface (“UI”) elements at different regions that correspond to different airspace restrictions in effect at those regions. The airspace controller may create dynamic airspace for each user by modifying the static airspace map to include flight UE elements over regions of the static airspace map where user-defined flights are to occur.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Kittyhawk.io, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Hegranes, Andrew Elefant, Michael Curry, Joshua Ziering