Drone carrier

US11183072B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Jeanette L. Blomberg · Portola Valley, US
• Eric K. Butler · San Jose, US
• Anca A. Chandra · Los Gatos, US
• Pawan R. Chowdhary · San Jose, US
• Thomas D. Griffin · Campbell, US
• Divyesh Jadav · San Jose, US
• Shun Jiang · Beijing, CN
• Sunhwan Lee · Menlo Park, US
• Robert J. Moore · San Jose, US
• Hovey R. Strong, Jr. · San Jose, US
• Chung-hao Tan · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2021
• Expiry date: May 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/23328
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method comprising receiving a task set comprising multiple tasks, receiving operational information identifying one or more operating characteristics of multiple drones, and obtaining an initial heuristic ordering of the multiple tasks based on the operational information and the climate information. Each task has a corresponding task location. The method further comprises scheduling the multiple tasks to obtain a final ordering of the multiple tasks. The final ordering represents an order in which the multiple tasks are scheduled, and the final ordering may be different from the initial heuristic ordering.