Personal sensory drones

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11076134-B2
Application number	US-202016883670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2020
Priority date	Jun 25, 2015
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

Various systems and methods for personal sensory drones are described herein. A personal sensory drone system includes a drone remote control system comprising: a task module to transmit a task to a drone swarm for the drone swarm to execute, the drone swarm including at least two drones; a transceiver to receive information from the drone swarm related to the task; and a user interface module to present a user interface based on the information received from the drone swarm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drone fleet management system, the system comprising:
a drone remote control center comprising:
a cellular transceiver to communicate with a drone fleet to receive information related to a task, the information including visual data from multiple drones in the drone fleet, the task received from a user of the drone remote control center; and
a user interface device comprising:
a display; and
circuitry to:
composite the visual data from the multiple drones in the drone fleet to produce composited visual data; and
present, on the display, a user interface based on the information received from the drone fleet, the user interface including the composited visual data and controls for the user to selectively deploy the drones with a cooperative or distributed plan.

2. The drone fleet management system of claim 1 , wherein the task comprises an assisted navigation task, and the cellular transceiver is to transmit a set of parameters to the drone fleet to configure the assisted navigation task.

3. The drone fleet management system of claim 2 , wherein the set of parameters includes user preferences defining a set of hazards to avoid while traversing a path, and wherein the drone fleet scouts the path to identify a hazard from the set of hazards.

4. The drone fleet management system of claim 1 , wherein the task comprises an inspection task, and wherein the user interface device is to:
transmit an area of interest to the drone fleet,
wherein the information received from the drone fleet includes visual data or chemical data.

5. The drone fleet management system of claim 4 , wherein to transmit the area of interest to the drone fleet, the user interface device is to provide an area to cover; the cooperative or distributed plan causing the drones to cover the area.

6. The drone fleet management system of claim 1 , wherein to present the composited visual data, the user interface device is to present multiple views of the object of interest.

7. The drone fleet management system of claim 4 , comprising the drone fleet.

8. A method to manage a drone fleet, the method comprising:
communicating, using a cellular transceiver of a drone remote control center, with a drone fleet to receive information related to a task, the information including visual data from multiple drones in the drone fleet, the task received from a user of the drone remote control center;
compositing the visual data from the multiple drones in the drone fleet to produce composited visual data; and
presenting, on the display of the drone remote control center, a user interface based on the information received from the drone fleet, the user interface including the composited visual data and controls for the user to selectively deploy the drones with a cooperative or distributed plan.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising transmitting, using the cellular transceiver; a set of parameters to the drone fleet, wherein the task comprises an assisted navigation task, and wherein the set of parameters configure the assisted navigation task.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of parameters includes user preferences defining a set of hazards to avoid while traversing a path, and wherein the drone fleet scouts the path to identify a hazard from the set of hazards.

11. The method of claim 8 , comprising transmitting an area of interest to the drone fleet, wherein the task comprises an inspection task, and wherein the information received from the drone fleet includes visual data or chemical data.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein transmitting the area of interest to the drone fleet includes providing an area to cover, the cooperative or distributed plan causing the drones to cover the area.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein presenting the composited visual data includes presenting multiple views of the object of interest.

14. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions to manage a drone fleet, the instructions, when executed by circuitry, cause the circuitry to perform operations comprising:
communicating, using a cellular transceiver of a drone remote control center, with a drone fleet to receive information related to a task, the information including visual data from multiple drones in the drone fleet, the task received from a user of the drone remote control center;
compositing the visual data from the multiple drones in the drone fleet to produce composited visual data; and
presenting, on the display of the drone remote control center, a user interface based on the information received from the drone fleet, the user interface including the composited visual data and controls for the user to selectively deploy the drones with a cooperative or distributed plan.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise transmitting, using the cellular transceiver, a set of parameters to the drone fleet, wherein the task comprises an assisted navigation task, and wherein the set of parameters configure the assisted navigation task.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the set of parameters includes user preferences defining a set of hazards to avoid while traversing a path, and wherein the drone fleet scouts the path to identify a hazard from the set of hazards.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise transmitting an area of interest to the drone fleet, wherein the task comprises an inspection task, and wherein the information received from the drone fleet includes visual data or chemical data.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein transmitting the area of interest to the drone fleet includes providing an area to cover, the cooperative or distributed plan causing the drones to cover the area.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein presenting the composited visual data includes presenting multiple views of the object of interest.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Raffa Giuseppe
• Anderson Glen J
• Durham Lenitra M
• Beckwith Richard
• Yuen Kathy
• Ekandem Joshua
• Sherman Jamie
• Moshkovitz Ariel
• Ben-Shalom Omer
• Healey Jennifer Anne
• Brown Stephen
• Gaidar Tamara
• Govezensky Yosi

Classifications

• B64U2201/102

  adapted for flying in formations · CPC title

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title