Drone detection systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11017680-B2
Application number	US-201615282216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a device includes a network interface, one or more sensors, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable to perform operations. The operations include monitoring a predetermined geographic area that surrounds a particular property, determining that a drone device is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the particular property, determining whether the drone device that is detected within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property is an unauthorized drone device, and in response to determining that the drone device that is detected within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property is an unauthorized drone device, transmitting a signal indicating the detection of the unauthorized drone device within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a network interface;
one or more sensors;
one or more processors; and
one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a predetermined geographic area that surrounds a property;
detecting, using the one or more sensors, a presence of a drone device that is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property;
determining whether the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device comprising:
accessing a set of stored permissions defining drone device access to the property, wherein the permissions define (i) one or more authorized drone device actions related to the property and (ii) one or more unauthorized drone device actions related to the property;
responsive to determining, based on sensor data generated by the one or more sensors, that at least one action of the detected drone device includes at least one of the one or more unauthorized drone actions defined by the set of stored permissions, determining that the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device;

in response to determining that the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device, transmitting an instruction to deploy an authorized drone device to engage the detected drone device;
receiving, from the authorized drone device, data indicating that (i) the detected drone device is determined to be a security threat to the property based on engaging the detected drone device, and (ii) an instruction to perform an adjustment to a present configuration of one or more fixtures of the property, wherein the adjustment to the present configuration of the one or more fixtures is determined by the authorized drone device in response to the detected drone device being determined to be the security threat to the property; and
performing the adjustment to the present configuration of the one or more fixtures.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property comprises airspace that surrounds the property.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property comprises:
capturing sensor data that is output from at least one of the one or more sensors.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein detecting the presence of the drone device that is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property comprises:
determining, based on detection of sensor data generated by the one or more sensors, that the drone device is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property, wherein the sensor data includes (i) audio signals from a propeller of the drone device, (ii) video signals of airspace near the drone device, (iii) thermal signals generated from the drone device, (iv) radar detection of aerial speed of the drone device, (v) radiofrequency (RF) detection of oscillation in electronic circuits of the drone device, or (vi) RF communications.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein detecting the presence of the drone device that is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property further comprises:
confirming, based on the processing of second data associated with the property, that the drone device exists within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the second data comprises video or image data captured by a security camera that is located within a predetermined distance from the property.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment to the present configuration of the one or more fixtures comprises:
lowering one or more window shades;
turning on one or more lights;
locking one or more windows; and
activating one or more holograms.

8. A device, comprising:
a network interface;
one or more sensors;
one or more processors; and
one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a predetermined geographic area that surrounds a property;
detecting, using the one or more sensors, the presence of a drone device that is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property;
determining whether the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device including:
generating an electronic signature that is associated with the detected drone device comprising:
obtaining, using the one or more sensors, two or more sensor signals that include at least two of (i) audio signals from a propeller of the detected drone device, (ii) video signals of airspace near the detected drone device, (iii) thermal signals generated from the detected drone device, (iv) radar detection of aerial speed of the detected drone device, (v) radiofrequency (RF) detection of oscillation in electronic circuits of the detected drone device, or (vi) RF communications;
generating the electronic signature for the detected drone device based on the obtained two or more sensor signals; and
determining, based on the generated electronic signature, that the drone device is an unauthorized drone device; and

in response to determining that the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device, transmitting an instruction to deploy an authorized drone device to engage the detected drone device;
receiving, from the authorized drone device, data indicating that (i) the detected drone device is determined to be a security threat to the property based on engaging the detected drone device, and (ii) an instruction to perform an adjustment to a present configuration of one or more fixtures of the property, wherein the adjustment to the present configuration of the one or more fixtures is determined by the authorized drone device in response to the detected drone device being determined to be the security threat to the property; and
performing the adjustment to the present configuration of the one or more fixtures.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein determining, based on the generated electronic signature, that the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device comprises:
accessing a database storing one or more electronic signatures that are each associated with a respective authorized drone device; and
determining whether the generated electronic signature that is associated with the detected drone device is included in the database.

10. The device of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the detected drone device is an unauthorized drone device when the generated electronic signature is not included in the database.

11. The device of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the detected drone device is an authorized drone device when the generated electronic signature is included in the database.

12. The device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
transmitting a notification to a user device, a central alarm station, or a combination thereof, that alerts the user device, or the central alarm station server of the presence of the unauthorized drone device within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the notification comprises information that identifies the detected drone device.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the information that identifies the detected drone device comprises a drone device type, a time of detection of the detected drone device, or both.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Trundle Stephen Scott
• Slavin Alison Jane

Classifications

• G08G5/59

  in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones · CPC title

• G08G5/57

  for unmanned aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/55

  for a single aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/26

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title

• G08G5/22

  located on the ground · CPC title