Claims:WHAT IS CLAIMED AS NEW AND DESIRED TO BE SECURED BY LETTERS OF PATENT is ::
001 An intelligence guided and flight control system, comprising: a first circuit board adapted to be mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drones/RPAS/RPV(s);
002 On-Board Storage with repository of geographical information of Allowed/Restricted/Time-based areas specific to a location or locations adapted to be mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) / drones/RPAS/RPV(s);
003 a Positioning System receiver mounted on a third circuit board for providing signals indicative of location; means, plurality of sensors and said positioning receiver (SBAS, GNSS, GBAS) for generating data packages with said flight control parameters, said Surveillance parameters, and said signals indicative of location; a fourth circuit board adapted to be mounted on the UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s): a controller mounted on said fourth circuit board for processing ones of said data packages containing said flight control parameters and said signals indicative of location to generate flight control signals, and for storing ones of said data packages containing said Surveillance parameters
004 A self-contained intelligence guided and flight control system adapted to be mounted on one or more circuit boards that are adapted to be mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drones/RPAS/RPV(s), comprising: a first plurality of sensors for guided flight control parameters 100;
005 a second plurality of sensors for guided Surveillance parameters; a Positioning Receiving System (GNSS, SBAS, GBAS) receiver for providing signals indicative of location; 100B
006 flash memory for storing at least said ZONE MAPS and flight kinematic parameters; means for processing said flight control parameters and said signals indicative of location to generate flight control signals; 100D
007 a look-up table storing sets of values with each of said sets being associated with a navigated path mounted on the UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and with each of said values in each of said sets indicating a unique governing mechanism for the flight control associated therewith, 100D
008 Governing Modules to regulate the manual control and takeover for traversals in restricted zones or non-approved flight paths mounted on the UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) with each of said values in each of sat sets indicating a unique flight guidance and control associated therewith 100 and 100A
009 The enforced controls which constitutes as part of the invention can be referred as
ON OR MORE CIRCUIT BOARDS WITH MODULES ON-BOARD UAV/RPV
010 Navigation, Guidance Control with On-board Governing Intelligence for the Flight Controller
011 Remote Secured Up-link and Downlink for the regular updates of on-board repository of geo-referenced areas of clearance and restrictions
012 Location Acquisition and Information via Positioning Receiver System (GNSS, GBAS, SBAS)
GOVERNING PROCESS FLOW FOR OPERATIONS OF UAV/RPVS
013 Methods and controls for validation and updates of the on-board/in-built repository of geo-graphical areas cleared for operation for UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and Flight Planning Software.
014 Secured Up-linking and Downloads for UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and Flight Planning Software respectively.
015 Flight plan creation/planning is governed by the geo-referenced area repository available on-board UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and Flight Planning software in-built Database.
016 Prepared Flight Plans are subject to approval and governing intelligence available on-board UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and flight planning software restricts/denies the flight operations without obtaining an approval from the regulatory authority.

017 Telemetry and Trajectory updates that varies from the original flight plan and renewed geo-referenced area information received from the regulatory authorities are dynamically accommodated and are secured uploaded to on-board storage in UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) and Flight Planning Software in-built database.

018 Operator Manual Control is denied in the event of non-receipt of the approval for the previously submitted flight plan in any given geographical area

019 Operator Manual Control is denied for traversal or manoeuvre in the areas marked with restrictions

020 Operator Manual Control for take-off is denied if the on-board geographical area repository of UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) or in-built database of the Flight Planning Software is outdated or not updated with relevant and most recent version of the repository.
, Description:ORIGIN and SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 002
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide on-board intelligence modules to provide compliance based approved route planning, control and navigation for use on Drones/UAV/RPAS/RPVs.
In accordance with the present invention, an intelligence guidance and control along with on-board accessible memory storage for compliance and approved/allowed route paths is provided. The system is adapted to be mounted on one or more circuit boards that are installed on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV) as referred per Exhibit A. With respects to the on-board intelligence and compliance based guidance control, the system also includes sensors, and geo-position acquisition receiver system (SBAS, GBAS, GNSS) to arrive and provide location indication related signals to be further processed by the flight control signals as referred per Exhibit A
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0003
1. Field of the Invention
a) This invention relates to unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV)/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s). More specifically, the invention is a self-contained onboard AI powered Intelligence Modules for guided and controlled navigation for a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) to steer clear as per compliance based operations in public and non-public air spaces.
b) Regulating flight mission for UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s) with derivative intelligence based on current location with control and appropriate decisions of deviations from restricted region which is either previously set or dynamically updated during the flight mission with the aid of one or more processing modules to provide governing inputs to flight controllers for operation of the UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s).
c) On-board intelligence to negate the manual control to intersect restricted regions
d) Automatic Flight response measure for adjusting the operational characteristics and required threshold-based configurations of UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s)
2.Description of the Invention.
The “unmanned aerial vehicle' (UAV)/Drones / Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicle (RPAS)/ Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) sector is rapidly progressing Globally including India in the fields of Agriculture, intelligence gathering, surveillance/reconnaissance, logistics, hobby and professional photography. In each of these verticals, the Drones/UAV/RPAS/RPV(s) must be properly equipped for flight and guided operations to suit a particular application as well as compliant to the local airspace regulations. In this context, though a variety of Navigation, Control and Sensor systems along with flight planning systems available for various vertical based operations; compliance based flight planning, navigation and control is a primary concern for the regulatory in public and private air-spaces
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
EXHIBIT A is a block diagram of an intelligence guided and flight control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and

EXHIBIT B . Schematic of Flight Control

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
001 Referring now to the drawings and more particularly to EXHIBIT A, an intelligence guided and flight control system for use with a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) in accordance with the present invention is shown and is referenced generally by Exhibit A . The governing intelligence aspects of system Exhibit A are indicated generally by numeral 100 and the flight control navigation and guidance aspects are indicated generally by numeral 100A. The position acquisition and location information aspects are generally indicated by numeral 100B and flight parameters and kinematics are generally indicated by numeral 100C. The flight planning software and user interface for route planning and approval related aspects are indicated by numeral 100D. Delineating the functions of System Exhibit A in this way provides a design that permits usage of all functions and it will be assumed that all components and functions associated with indicators 100, 100A, 100B, 100C & 100D is inclusive of overall functionality of UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s).

002 As will be explained further below, System Exhibit A is designed for use onboard a variety of UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s).

003 Methods, systems, and necessary artifacts, including computer programs encoded on onboard storage for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) flight navigation and control. One of the methods includes planning the area and scope for the survey in the form of geo-referenced points/polygon and the approach path or route to the designated area for survey which represents as scope for the survey or the plan for the survey for the UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s). This scope or Survey Plan is primary artefact and is subjected for compliance and approvals from the designated authority. The on-board governing intelligence module facilitates the appropriate route planning, path traversal, required kinematics based on the version controlled based master geographical database of restricted/cleared regions/areas/barrier lines/ altitude restrictions/ allowed payload. Methods/functions to update/refresh this database periodically via secured wireless link are also part of the governing intelligence module. The Flight planning software works in tandem with the compliance latest updated repository to plan/prepare/conduct survey(s)/missions. For example, upon receiving a location for an aerial path or survey to be conducted by a UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s). One or more images depicting the location are obtained, and a geofence boundary to limit flights of the UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) is determined. A survey area is determined, and a flight data package is created for transmission that includes information describing a flight plan under compliance.

004 Modus operandi of the implemented system design of Exhibit A is to realize one or more of the following
005 A system can receive succinct user input describing flight plan for an UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s to implement

006 The system can further package the described flight plan in a flight authorization request to be provided to specific regulatory agencies for approval of the flight plan.
007 Upon receiving the approval for the flight in the designated location/area, prior take-off, the system can determine one or more measures quantifying the risk associated with the described flight plan.

008 Post take-off and during the flight, to affect the quantification, the system with the aid of on-board storage information of all zones that includes both restricted and non-restricted ,cleared neutral landing zones along with permitted time and altitude; In the event of any mechanical or un-foreseen component errors or eminent failures, the system can determine the alternate waypoint/waypoints or landing zone for the user operator for safe landing and the same information is provided to the regulating agencies/authorities.

009 In general, innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification as referred in FIGURE 2 can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receive, via a user interface, a location for an aerial route to be conducted by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drones/RPAS/RPV(s); display, via the user interface, one or more images depicting a view of the location; determine whether area is clear for flight operations and information pertaining to adjacent geospatial boundaries restricted for flight operations or limit flight of the UAV/drones/RPAS/RPV(s). In addition, if the designed area of survey is set within the geofence boundary/restricted area that includes either launch location, having a landing location or flight waypoints set within the geofence boundary; flight plan will not be generated and suggests an alternate available route plan to be sent for approval to designated agencies. On-board geo-spatial boundaries and location information storage/repository of all restricted public/private places governs the flight controller to prevent any manual override by the operator/ground control station for ad-hoc manoeuvre which may cause damage to the property or cause security concerns.

FIG 2 : HYPOTHETICAL OPERATIONS FLOW AND AERIAL SURVEY MAP WITH CLEARED, RESTRICTED AND TIMEBOUND FREE ZONES/AREAS

FIG 2: OPERATIONS FLOW - HYPOTHETICAL
010 Operator prepares flight plan via user interface from Flight Planning Software in tandem with the on-board repository of geographical areas with full and partial or time-bound restrictions /open areas for survey/traversal.
011 The prepared flight plan packages is then submitted for approval to the regulatory authorities for further processing and seeking approval. Based on the time-stamped information such as duration, payload, kinematics and the UAV/ drones/RPAS/RPV(s) category; regulatory authority responds with the approval plan other otherwise suggests modified flight plan with updated flight paths.
012 Graphical representation of the survey area for a given location as referenced in FIG 2 can be interpreted as follows
013 Approved Flight Survey Area - is the geo-referenced area allowed for flight traversal
014 Time Bound Free Area is geo-referenced area is either restricted/open for flight traversal. Entire flight guidance, navigation and control is governed by this repository of geo-referenced database via on-board governing intelligence module.
015 Blocked path or Blocked area is geo-referenced area restricted for flight traversal which is governed by the on-board flight controller in tandem with the on-board governing intelligence module of the proposed invention.

Operations Flowchart

 
Operational Flow
600 : Drone acquires its Position through SBAS/GNSS/GBAS as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100B
601 : Drone checks its Parameters (which describes how long drone can be able to fly) with the aid of on-board sensors as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100E
602 : Load the current location's map to temporary memory, which contains restricted and permitted zones up to the desired radius as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100G
603 : Route is either defined by the pilot or by the automatically generated by the system based on start and end points with the aid or Flight planning Software referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100D
604 : NPNT request shall be raised on the defined/ intended route to the authority for the approvals with the aid of on-board embedded intelligence module as referenced by System Design Exhibit A identified by 100A
605 : Approval authority validates the route and gives NPNT approval if found correct, the clearance validation is displayed via user-interface identified by 100D
606 : Operator Take-off the Drone with remote telemetry as referenced in System Exhibit A identified by 100D
607 : During the flight, in-flight parameters are continuously monitored (course, direction, altitude, position) to ensure that the route is followed correctly, this is determined and governed by on-board governor referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100 in tandem with the received sensor information kinematics identified by 100C
608 : Route is followed correctly? This determination is observed and governed by on-board governor referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100
609 : If Yes, Continues with the way. This determination is observed and governed by on-board governor referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100
610 : If No, it adjusts its course according to the approved route. This determination is observed and governed by on-board governor referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100 in tandem with the received sensor information kinematics identified by 100C
611 : Reach Destination – log information via telemetry and Flight Planning Software as referenced in System Exhibit A identified by 100D
612 : Perform Landing or mission completion, records, archive flight path, waypoints and closes the approved flight plan via telemetry and Flight Planning Software as referenced in System Exhibit A identified by 100D
Dynamic Update Flowchart

Dynamic Update Process
700 : Self Acquisition of its own Position its Position through SBAS/GNSS/GBAS as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100B
701 : Self Checking of its Parameters and required kinematics in tandem with the aid of on-board sensors as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100E
702 : Loads the current zone/s map of a defined radius into the memory. which contains restricted and permitted zones up to the desired radius as referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100G
703 : The route is established in desired Zones. with the aid or Flight planning Software referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100D
704 : Operator forwards for NPNT(No Permission No Take-off) Approvals with the aid or Flight planning Software referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100D
705 : NPNT examines all the required parameters, all defined zones and maps versions on the defined routes and the radius of its capability of flying time with the aid of on-board embedded modules and sensors as referenced by System Design Exhibit A and identified by 100, 100A, 100 B, 100C, 100D, 100E
706 : NPNT approval authority validates the current versions of the map with refusal/permission to take-off responses. This determination is achieved by user-interface display confirmation and record with the aid of Flight planning Software referenced in System Design Exhibit A identified by 100D. All refusal responses for permission to fly will be further processed by the governed intelligence referenced in System Exhibit A as identified by 100 to fetch the updated database and most relevant version of the zone map information via Telemetry to Flight Planning Software as referenced in Exhibit A identified by 100D and appropriate update packages are securely transmitted and stored via secure up-link in on-board storage as referenced