Patents by Inventor Brendan SCHULMAN

Brendan SCHULMAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20210319703
    Abstract: A method for regulating flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes obtaining information related to the UAV in response to determining that the UAV is flying approaching or within a flight-restriction region; obtaining, automatically with aid of one or more processors, a permission level for the UAV to fly within the flight-restriction region based on the information related to the UAV; determining, by a flight controller on board the UAV, a flight response measure associated with the flight-restriction region based on the permission level, where the flight response measure includes one or more rules governing an operation of the UAV; and controlling, by the flight controller on board the UAV, the operation of the UAV based on the flight response measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan SCHULMAN, Bingzhen YANG, Xinan XU, Shunnian LI, Weiping HUANG, Jian ZHAO, Pingfa AI
  • Publication number: 20210256857
    Abstract: A method for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, includes receiving a data file indicating flight restriction level and range of an airport area in an airport generated according to a risk level of the airport, parsing the data file to obtain the flight restriction level and the range of the airport area, and controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to execute a flight restriction strategy according to the flight restriction level and the range of the airport area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shu WANG, Brendan SCHULMAN, Ruiyi ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210134161
    Abstract: A method of providing prompt information includes obtaining sensitive area information and marking a sensitive area on a navigation map according to the sensitive area information. The sensitive area affects a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method further includes obtaining position information of the UAV, determining a positional relationship between the UAV and the sensitive area according to the sensitive area information and the position information of the UAV, and generating the prompt information according to the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan SCHULMAN, Shanshan LIU, Zhuo XIE, Bingzhen YANG, Shunnian LI, Yu CHEN, Xinan XU, Yayun ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10902734
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for managing flight restriction regions. The flight restriction regions of the present disclosure may comprise a plurality of distinct levels and may comprise releasable flight restriction regions. The releasable flight restriction regions may be released based on authentication of an operator of a UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brendan Schulman, Bingzhen Yang, Xinan Xu, Shunnian Li, Weiping Huang, Jian Zhao, Pingfa Ai
  • Patent number: 10902733
    Abstract: A method of providing prompt information includes obtaining sensitive area information and marking a sensitive area on a navigation map according to the sensitive area information. The sensitive area affects a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method further includes obtaining position information of the UAV, determining a positional relationship between the UAV and the sensitive area according to the sensitive area information and the position information of the UAV, and generating the prompt information according to the positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brendan Schulman, Shanshan Liu, Zhuo Xie, Bingzhen Yang, Shunnian Li, Yu Chen, Xinan Xu, Yayun Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190114925
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for managing flight restriction regions. The flight restriction regions of the present disclosure may comprise a plurality of distinct levels and may comprise releasable flight restriction regions. The releasable flight restriction regions may be released based on authentication of an operator of a UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Brendan SCHULMAN, Bingzhen YANG, Xinan XU, Shunnian LI, Weiping HUANG, Jian ZHAO, Pingfa AI
  • Publication number: 20180308368
    Abstract: A method of providing prompt information includes obtaining sensitive area information and marking a sensitive area on a navigation map according to the sensitive area information. The sensitive area affects a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method further includes obtaining position information of the UAV, determining a positional relationship between the UAV and the sensitive area according to the sensitive area information and the position information of the UAV, and generating the prompt information according to the positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan SCHULMAN, Shanshan LIU, Zhuo XIE, Bingzhen YANG, Shunnian LI, Yu CHEN, Xinan XU, Yayun ZHENG