Patents by Inventor Attila Takács

Attila Takács has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12008912
    Abstract: Broadcasting geolocation information of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the UAV by determining current geolocation of the UAV by communicating with a geolocation service and utilizing the geolocation service to geolocate the UAV. Then the UAV prepares a radio frame that includes geolocation information identifying the current geolocation of the UAV and other information associated with the UAV using a radio protocol of one of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio protocol, a WiFi radio protocol, a wireless personal area network protocol and a low-power wide-area network protocol and transmits the radio frame to broadcast the current geolocation of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takacs
  • Patent number: 11817001
    Abstract: Broadcasting geolocation information of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the UAV by determining current geolocation of the UAV by communicating with a geolocation service and utilizing the geolocation service to geolocate the UAV. Then the UAV prepares a radio frame that includes geolocation information identifying the current geolocation of the UAV and other information associated with the UAV using a radio protocol of one of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio protocol, a WiFi radio protocol, a wireless personal area network protocol and a low-power wide-area network protocol and transmits the radio frame to broadcast the current geolocation of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11657720
    Abstract: A method for managing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. The method includes determining, by a Network Coverage and Policy Server (NCPS), an airspace; determining, by the NCPS, a granularity that indicates sizes for volume elements in a set of volume elements that logically divide the airspace; determining, by the NCPS, network policy information for volume elements in the set of volume elements to produce one or more maps; and transferring, by the NCPS, the one or more maps to a UAV Traffic Management (UTM) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11645923
    Abstract: A method for controlling an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. The method includes receiving an enhanced flight plan, wherein the enhanced flight plan includes one or more predefined points and each of the predefined points is associated with a set of conditions and a set of locations; storing the one or more predefined points in the UAV; flying the UAV according to the enhanced flight plan; detecting, by the UAV, a condition associated with a predefined point in the one or more predefined points stored in the UAV; and adjusting, autonomously by the UAV and in response to detecting the condition, a flight of the UAV using a set of locations associated with the predefined point and associated with the detected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11638257
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A base station configured to communicate with a wireless device (UE) is provided. The base station is configured to, and/or comprise a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to configure the UE to transmit an indicator associated with flight information in a predefined message associated with UE assistance information, and receive the predefined message, the predefined message including the indicator associated with the flight information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Helka-Liina Määttanen, Siva Muruganathan, Zhenhua Zou, Attila Takács
  • Publication number: 20230073112
    Abstract: A method for managing a robotic system includes determining connection performance metrics indicating current performance characteristics of a connection with a remote-control center; determining a safety envelope description from a set based on the connection performance metrics, wherein each description includes a mapping of connection performance metrics to operational parameters defining operating parameters for the system, and the determined safety envelope description maps the connection performance metrics to first operational parameters. The method further includes determining that the first operational parameters differ from second operational parameters currently being used by the system; and applying the first operational parameters to govern operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Attila TAKÁCS
  • Patent number: 11485493
    Abstract: A method for managing connections between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and one or more associated UAV devices is described. The method includes determining, by a radio control management service, that one or more associated UAV devices are attached to a wireless network; determining, by the radio control management service, that one or more UAVs are attached to the wireless network; and routing, by the radio control management service in response to determining that the one or more associated UAV devices and one or more UAVs are attached to the network, at least one of (1) communications from at least one of the one or more UAVs to at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices and (2) communications from at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices to at least one of the one or more UAVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11474539
    Abstract: A method for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. The method may include receiving flight information describing a flight plan for the UAV; determining, based on the flight information, quality-of-service requirements for accomplishing the flight plan; transmitting, toward a policy and charging control system that manages a wireless network, a reservation request for reserving resources in the wireless network to achieve the quality-of-service requirements; receiving, from the policy and charging control system, a response to the reservation request; and determining a status of the flight plan based on the response from the policy and charging control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11445510
    Abstract: A method for managing a wireless connection of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving flight information describing a flight path for the UAV; determining a set of network resources for the UAV based on the flight information; and reserving the set of network resources by a first network cell and a second network cell of a wireless network based on the flight information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Attila Takács, Ravi Manghirmalani, Heikki Mahkonen, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Xingqin Lin
  • Patent number: 11218840
    Abstract: A method for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. The method may include transmitting a request to monitor a location of the UAV to a location services system provided by a network operator that provides location information of the UAV based on wireless communications of the UAV in a network operated by the network operator, wherein the request to monitor the location of the UAV indicates an area of interest; receiving, from the location services system, a message that indicates a current location of the UAV as a result of the location services system detecting the UAV in the area of interest; and causing one or more remedial actions to be performed responsive to receipt of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11217105
    Abstract: A method for managing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. The method includes receiving a flight plan that describes a proposed flight mission of the UAV in an airspace; adding one or more predefined points to the flight plan to create an enhanced flight plan, wherein each of the predefined points is associated with a set of conditions and a set of locations; and transmitting the enhanced flight plan to the UAV for storage of the predefined points on the UAV while the UAV carries out the proposed flight mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Patent number: 11166208
    Abstract: A method for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. The method may include receiving flight plan information describing a flight path of the UAV; generating one or more cell lists based on the flight plan information; and transmitting the one or more cell lists to a source cell in a wireless network in which the UAV is currently operating, wherein the one or more cell lists are used in a handover procedure between the source cell that the UAV is currently connected to and a target cell that the UAV will connect to after completing the handover procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Attila Takács, Ravi Manghirmalani, Heikki Mahkonen, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Xingqin Lin
  • Publication number: 20210319710
    Abstract: Broadcasting geolocation information of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the UAV by determining current geolocation of the UAV by communicating with a geolocation service and utilizing the geolocation service to geolocate the UAV. Then the UAV prepares a radio frame that includes geolocation information identifying the current geolocation of the UAV and other information associated with the UAV using a radio protocol of one of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio protocol, a WiFi radio protocol, a wireless personal area network protocol and a low-power wide-area network protocol and transmits the radio frame to broadcast the current geolocation of the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki MAHKONEN, Ravi MANGHIRMALANI, Attila TAKACS
  • Publication number: 20210274311
    Abstract: A method for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. The method may include transmitting a request to monitor a location of the UAV to a location services system provided by a network operator that provides location information of the UAV based on wireless communications of the UAV in a network operated by the network operator, wherein the request to monitor the location of the UAV indicates an area of interest; receiving, from the location services system, a message that indicates a current location of the UAV as a result of the location services system detecting the UAV in the area of interest; and causing one or more remedial actions to be performed responsive to receipt of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki MAHKONEN, Ravi MANGHIRMALANI, Attila TAKÁCS
  • Publication number: 20210227534
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A base station configured to communicate with a wireless device (UE) is provided. The base station is configured to, and/or comprise a radio interface and/or comprising processing circuitry configured to configure the UE to transmit an indicator associated with flight information in a predefined message associated with UE assistance information, and receive the predefined message, the predefined message including the indicator associated with the flight information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Helka-Liina MÄÄTTANEN, Siva MURUGANATHAN, Zhenhua ZOU, Attila TAKÁCS
  • Publication number: 20210206490
    Abstract: A method for managing connections between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and one or more associated UAV devices is described. The method includes determining, by a radio control management service, that one or more associated UAV devices are attached to a wireless network; determining, by the radio control management service, that one or more UAVs are attached to the wireless network; and routing, by the radio control management service in response to determining that the one or more associated UAV devices and one or more UAVs are attached to the network, at least one of (1) communications from at least one of the one or more UAVs to at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices and (2) communications from at least one of the one or more associated UAV devices to at least one of the one or more UAVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki MAHKONEN, Ravi MANGHIRMALANI, Attila TAKÁCS
  • Publication number: 20210118312
    Abstract: A method for managing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described. The method includes determining, by a Network Coverage and Policy Server (NCPS), an airspace; determining, by the NCPS, a granularity that indicates sizes for volume elements in a set of volume elements that logically divide the airspace; determining, by the NCPS, network policy information for volume elements in the set of volume elements to produce one or more maps; and transferring, by the NCPS, the one or more maps to a UAV Traffic Management (UTM) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Attila TAKÁCS
  • Patent number: 10952113
    Abstract: A method for managing a wireless connection of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described herein. The method may include detecting a handover condition for the UAV within a wireless network, wherein the UAV is connected to a source cell in the wireless network when the handover condition is detected; determining, in response to detecting the handover condition, a target cell in the wireless network based on a flight path of the UAV; and initiating a handover of the UAV from the source cell to the target cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takács
  • Publication number: 20200236602
    Abstract: A method for managing a wireless connection of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described herein. The method may include detecting a handover condition for the UAV within a wireless network, wherein the UAV is connected to a source cell in the wireless network when the handover condition is detected; determining, in response to detecting the handover condition, a target cell in the wireless network based on a flight path of the UAV; and initiating a handover of the UAV from the source cell to the target cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki MAHKONEN, Ravi MANGHIRMALANI, Attila TAKÁCS
  • Publication number: 20200154426
    Abstract: A method for managing a wireless connection of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is described herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving flight information describing a flight path for the UAV; determining a set of network resources for the UAV based on the flight information; and reserving the set of network resources by a first network cell and a second network cell of a wireless network based on the flight information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Attila TAKÁCS, Ravi MANGHIRMALANI, Heikki MAHKONEN, Yi-Pin Eric WANG, Xingqin LIN