公开(公告)号：US20230147814A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17519683

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Paul Carver ,  Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan ,  John Craig ,  Andrew Kell ,  James Pratt ,  David Plunkett, JR. ,  James Carlton Bedingfield, SR. ,  Michael Albrecht ,  Michael L. Hunter ,  Virginia S. Ng

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  B60L53/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04W12/63

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G01C21/20 ,  B60L53/30 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  G06F9/547 ,  H04W12/63 ,  B64C2201/066

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for route planning and power management, obtaining information regarding the UAV, a present location of the UAV, a destination location for the UAV, or a combination thereof, determining, based on the information, a need for the UAV to recharge a power source of the UAV as part of a journey of the UAV from the present location of the UAV to the destination location for the UAV, responsive to the determining the need, identifying a recharging station associated with a network for recharging the power source of the UAV, and calculating a flight path for the UAV in accordance with the identifying the recharging station. Other embodiments are disclosed.