Privacy Shield for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Abstract

A system having: a processor and addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: receive a geographic data defining a selected geographical area; receive an operating mode associated with the selected geographical area, where the received operating mode restricts at least one of: a viewing of a UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by at least one user device; and broadcast the UAV data to the at least one user device based on the selected geographical area and the received operating mode.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising: 
       a processor and addressable memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
 receive an operating mode associated with a geographical area, wherein the received operating mode restricts at least one of: a viewing of a UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by at least one user device when a field of view of a UAV imager is within the geographical area, and wherein the UAV imager is located outside of the geographical area. 
 
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 receive a geographic data defining the geographical area.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 broadcast the UAV data to the at least one user device based on the geographical area and the received operating mode.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the UAV data comprises at least one of: a video stream from the UAV imager and a metadata associated with the video stream from the UAV imager. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine the field of view of the UAV imager; and   determine if the field of view of the UAV imager is within the geographical area.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the field of view of the UAV imager is at least one of: based on a center field of view of the UAV and based on four corners of the video stream of the UAV imager. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts viewing the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if any portion of the determined field of view of the UAV imager is within the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts viewing the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if no portion of the determined field of view of the UAV imager is within the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts viewing a portion of the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if the determined field of view of the UAV imager is partially within the selected geographical area and partially not within the selected geographical area, wherein the restricted viewing portion of the UAV data is one of: the field of view inside the selected geographical area and the field of view outside the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts recording the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if any portion of the determined field of view of the UAV imager is within the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts recording the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if any portion of the determined field of view of the UAV imager is not within the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the received operating mode restricts recording a portion of the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if the determined field of view of the UAV imager is partially within the selected geographical area and partially not within the selected geographical area, wherein the restricted recording portion of the UAV data is one of: the field of view inside the selected geographical area and the field of view outside the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 broadcasting, by the processor of the UAV, a UAV data defining a geographical area, an operating mode, and a field of view of a UAV imager to at least one user device;   wherein the selected operating mode restricts at least one of: a viewing of the UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by the least one user device when the field of view of the UAV imager is within the geographical area, and wherein the UAV imager is located outside of the selected geographical area.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 selecting, by an operator of a Ground Control System (GCS) having a processor and addressable memory, the geographical area;   selecting, by the operator of the GCS, the operating mode to associate with the geographical area; and   sending, by the operator of the GCS, the geographical area and the operating mode to the processor of the UAV.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the selected operating mode restricts viewing the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if the determined field of view of the UAV imager includes at least one of: any area inside of the selected geographical area; and any area outside of the selected geographical area; an area inside the selected geographical area and an area outside the selected geographical area, wherein the restricted portion of the UAV data is one of: the area inside the selected geographical area and the area outside the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the selected operating mode restricts recording the UAV data, by the at least one user device, if the determined field of view of the UAV imager includes at least one of: any area inside of the selected geographical area; any area outside of the selected geographical area; and an area inside the selected geographical area and an area outside the geographical area, wherein the restricted portion of the UAV data is one of: the area inside the selected geographical area and the area outside the selected geographical area. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 inverting, by the operator of the GCS, any areas where at least one of: viewing of the UAV data and recording of the UAV data by the at least one user device are restricted with any areas where at least one of: viewing of the UAV data and recording of the UAV data by the at least one user device are allowed. 
 
     
     
         18 . A system comprising:
 a processor and addressable memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
 receive, by a user, a request to prevent at least one of: viewing a geographical area and recording a geographical area by at least one UAV imager; and 
 update at least one database with the received request. 
   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 receive, from the at least one database, metadata containing information on one or more geographical areas where the at least one UAV imager has at least one of: viewed the one or more geographical areas and recorded the one or more geographical areas.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine if the geographical area was at least one of: viewed and recorded based on the received metadata on one or more geographical areas.