Automated drone systems

US11215986B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NIGHTINGALE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS · US

Inventors

• Ian Chen · Campbell, US
• Hugo Boyer · San Francisco, US
• John Hsu · Walnut, US
• Frank Berthold Alfons Gaugel · San Francisco, US
• Davor Bauk · New York, US
• Arnd Schöter · Grimbergen, BE
• Cyril Damm · Ditzingen, DE
• Jack Wu · Gukeng, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automated drone security system for surveilling a location includes one or more drones with onboard sensors and an imaging device for measuring surveillance data. The surveillance data may include images, telemetry data, infrared data, or other detectable information of the location. Drones may be capable of executing one or multiple flight operations as well as storing and transmitting the surveillance data to a server assembly operable for coordinating the drone and receiving the surveillance data. A drone dock may be included for drone launching, landing, and/or storing the drones. A user computing device may be in communication with the server assembly and the drone(s), the user computing device being capable of receiving user input and displaying surveillance data from the drone. Flight operations associated with surveilling the location may be automatically and/or manually controlled by the user computing device and/or or the server assembly in connection with the location.