Drone manufacturers

A ready video chain for your drone.

You have your own airframe and flight software. Developing image with proven age would take years. Brain brings it in one enclosure.

Needs: Integration into your own drone Evidence after the flight

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Illustrative case study

One aircraft, then the customer's fleet

This is not a customer and not a flight that happened. It is a description of how this area would read if the image carried its age.

An integration hall, an illustration

The maker has its own airframe. An image chain with age would take years to build. In the example they fit Brain, four screws, one connector.

Verify measures age before and after. The number goes into the file as a target until a further measurement confirms it. It is not a type certificate.

The maker's customer has several aircraft. The same chain is repeated. VERA licensing is planned for 2028. That is not a commitment for this year.

Measurement

Verify shows how old the image is today.

After the fit

A before-and-after report, not a promise on a datasheet.

The next aircraft

A repeat measurement, not one good-looking flight.

Brain does not fly the aircraft. It adds the image chain.

Image age through the example

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The chart is a simulation. Move the slowdown and see when the example stops being under the 50 ms target. The target is not a measured result.

Deployment schematic

Where everything stands and how the image travels

The schematic is not to scale and is not a design for a specific site. It shows where the drone is, which two networks carry the frame and where the decision is made.

Schematic, not to scale. A design, not a deployment plan. N

Numbers in the schematic

1The maker's airframe on the bench. Brain fits with four screws.
2Verify V measures age before and after the fit.
3Brain Duo carries the frame over two networks.
4Platform stores the before-and-after report.
5Direct shows the maker the same state as the customer.
6The report enters the file as a target until a measurement confirms it.

Symbols in the schematic

BStation or launch point
DDrone with AKIZU Brain
S1 · S2Two mobile networks at once
PAKIZU Platform: fleet and pack
OAKIZU Direct: operator and image state

Red and blue beacons: police, state, the military in training. Orange: everyone else. The blink is only on screen. Schematic, design. The list beside it explains the codes in the drawing. The beacon is a payload from another maker, not an AKIZU product.

Concrete case

Minute by minute

The same illustrative case as above, written out in time. The times are an example. It is not a record of a flight that happened.

Deň 1Verify measures the maker's image today.
Deň 2Brain is fitted. One connector, power from the airframe.
Deň 3First flight. Age is logged for every frame.
Deň 4Second and third flight on another day. A repeat, not one good-looking flight.
Deň 5A before-and-after comparison in the report.
Deň 10A second aircraft with the same chain.

An illustration, not a deployment record. N

Use options

Everything it can be used for in this area

Each row is a separate use. The Parts column says which AKIZU parts it would involve. Status N is a design, C is a target, U is unknown.

Use	Who uses it	What AKIZU supplies	Parts	Status
Integration into a new airframe	Drone maker	An image chain with age without in-house development	Brain, Direct	N
Measurement before sale	The maker and the customer	Verify: a before-and-after report	Brain	N
Two networks for a BVLOS variant	Maker	Brain Duo and a switch log	Brain, SIM	N
The customer's fleet	The maker's customer	The same panel for every aircraft	Platform, Direct	C
A VERA protocol licence	Maker	A plan for 2028, not an offer for this year	Brain	U

None of these uses is deployed today. A row is not an offer and not an authorisation to fly.

The problem today

Video is the weak spot

Camera, encoding and network are three different worlds. Nobody measures total image age from light to light.

Customers ask for numbers

Without measuring image age it is hard to say how delayed the image is beyond line of sight.

In-house development is costly

A protocol that carries the exposure time and deadline of every frame is a development project of its own.

The customer has a fleet, not one aircraft

A number from one measurement is not enough if integration differs between drones.

Without AKIZU and with AKIZU

The same situation, different information on the screen. Proposed behaviour, to be verified in a pilot.

Situation	Without AKIZU	With AKIZU
The image is late	The image looks live; the pilot does not know how old it is.	Frame age is on the screen and the state changes to Reduced freshness. N
Your own drone, your own software	Image-age measurement has to be built from scratch.	Brain and VERA as a module with a clear interface. N
You need to explain what happened	Video without exposure time and without commands.	Evidence package with image age, states and commands. N

How it would work

Measure todayVerify measures image age in your current system.
IntegrationBrain mounts with one connector and four screws.
Measure afterThe same measurement with Brain and VERA.
DocumentationThe result goes into the drone technical documentation.
Repeat measurementVerify on the next aircraft shows whether image age holds.

The flow is illustrative. AKIZU is in development.

Mission scenario

How many metres further the drone is than the image shows. Pick a scenario or set the speed and image age.

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Scenario speeds are examples. 87.4 ms is the p99 measured internally over WiFi with a phone as transmitter, not on a drone.

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Requirements and answers

Requirement	How AKIZU answers it	Status
Total image age of your drone	AKIZU Verify measurement from light to light	P
Simple integration	Brain with one connector and four screws	N
Flight computer	ModalAI VOXL 2 inside the Brain unit	M
Protocol licence	VERA licensing for manufacturers planned for 2028	P

Zmeasured internally
Mmanufacturer data, not verified by AKIZU
NAKIZU design
Ctarget
Pplan
Odesign estimate
Unot yet known

Who works with it

Development team

Gets a ready video chain and an interface for the flight software.

Product manager

Has an image-age number for the datasheet and customers.

Sales

Can show the measured difference before and after integration.

What we will measure in the pilot

Image age before integrationwe will measure P
Image age after integration, p99≤ 50 ms C
Difference before and afterin the measurement report P

What you get after every flight

Image age before and after integration
Frame age p50 and p99 for your profile
Material for technical documentation
Platform access for a test fleet
A before-and-after report on every aircraft measured

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Context

Built on VOXL 2

Brain uses the ModalAI VOXL 2 flight computer, common in development drones.

Source: ModalAI

Licences later

Licensing of the VERA protocol to manufacturers is planned for 2028.

Questions about this area

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How can image age be measured independently?

Optically: an instrument records a light signal in front of the drone camera and the same signal on the operator display. The difference is the real image age. We plan this measurement for Q4 2026.

Is VERA an open standard?

No. VERA is AKIZU’s own protocol. We share the detailed protocol plan with partners on request.

Can I have the image age on my drone measured?

We plan to offer AKIZU Verify measurement once optical measurement is validated. If you are interested, write to us and we will put you on the early list.