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- Patent Title: Methods and entities for alerting about failure of an unmanned aerial vehicle
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Application No.: US16466521Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US11195345B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Andreas Nilsson , Jonas Fridén , Fredrik Harrysson , Lars Manholm
- Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/080937 WO 20161214
- International Announcement: WO2018/108262 WO 20180621
- Main IPC: G07C5/00
- IPC: G07C5/00 ; B64C39/02 ; B64F5/60 ; G07C5/08 ; G08B25/10

Abstract:
A method (20) performed in a network node (4) is provided for alerting about failure of an unmanned aerial vehicle (2). The method (20) comprises receiving (21) a failure report from an unmanned aerial vehicle (2), obtaining (22) an estimated crash point for the unmanned aerial vehicle (2), and sending (23), based on the obtained estimated crash point, warning signals to communication devices (3) residing within a defined area. Methods in an unmanned aerial vehicle and in a network entity, and a network node, unmanned aerial vehicle, network entity, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
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