Drone-augmented emergency response services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11645904-B2
Application number	US-202117369229-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	May 9, 2023
Grant date	May 9, 2023

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of monitoring control units, and a monitoring application server, wherein the monitoring application server includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving an emergency event notification from a first monitoring control unit of the plurality of monitoring control units, determining a type of emergency event, and a location associated with the emergency event notification, identifying one or more drones that can be deployed to the location associated with the emergency event, and transmitting an instruction to a monitoring station server associated with a drone base station to deploy the one or more identified drones to the location associated with the emergency event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
obtaining data indicating an emergency event detected at a property located within a geographic region, wherein the geographic region is associated with a set of drones configured to service a set of properties located within the geographic region;
determining, based on obtaining the data, one or more characteristics of the emergency event;
selecting, based on the one or more characteristics, a drone from among the set of drones, wherein the drone is selected to perform a surveillance operation related to the property; and
causing the drone to perform the surveillance operation related to the property.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a location of the emergency event within the property;
the method further comprises determining respective proximities of drones included in the set of drones to the location of the emergency event within the property; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on the respective proximities of the drones included in the set of drones.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a type of emergency event;
the method further comprises mapping the type of event to one or more drone capabilities; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on mapping the type of event to the one or more drone capabilities.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
obtaining second data identifying one or more first sensors that detected the emergency event; and
mapping the second data to the type of emergency event of the emergency event.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the emergency event is detected by a sensor located within the property.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensor comprises a power sensor, a contact sensor, a glass break sensor, a motion sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a smoke sensor, a temperature sensor, or a water sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a notification identifying the emergency event for output to a user device associated with the property.

8. A system comprising:
one or more computing devices; and
one or more storage devices storing instructions that cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
obtaining data indicating an emergency event detected at a property located within a geographic region, wherein the geographic region is associated with a set of drones configured to service a set of properties located within the geographic region;
determining, based on obtaining the data, one or more characteristics of the emergency event;
selecting, based on the one or more characteristics, a drone from among the set of drones, wherein the drone is selected to perform a surveillance operation related to the property; and
causing the drone to perform the surveillance operation related to the property.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a location of the emergency event within the property;
the operations further comprise determining respective proximities of drones included in the set of drones to the location of the emergency event within the property; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on the respective proximities of the drones included in the set of drones.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a type of emergency event;
the operations further comprise mapping the type of event to one or more drone capabilities; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on mapping the type of event to the one or more drone capabilities.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
obtaining second data identifying one or more first sensors that detected the emergency event; and
mapping the second data to the type of emergency event of the emergency event.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the emergency event is detected by a sensor located within the property.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor comprises a power sensor, a contact sensor, a glass break sensor, a motion sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a smoke sensor, a temperature sensor, or a water sensor.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise providing a notification identifying the emergency event for output to a user device associated with the property.

15. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions that cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining data indicating an emergency event detected at a property located within a geographic region, wherein the geographic region is associated with a set of drones configured to service a set of properties located within the geographic region;
determining, based on obtaining the data, one or more characteristics of the emergency event;
selecting, based on the one or more characteristics, a drone from among the set of drones, wherein the drone is selected to perform a surveillance operation related to the property; and
causing the drone to perform the surveillance operation related to the property.

16. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a location of the emergency event within the property;
the operations further comprise determining respective proximities of drones included in the set of drones to the location of the emergency event within the property; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on the respective proximities of the drones included in the set of drones.

17. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein:
the one or more characteristics comprises a type of emergency event;
the operations further comprise mapping the type of event to one or more drone capabilities; and
the drone is selected to perform the surveillance operation based on mapping the type of event to the one or more drone capabilities.

18. The storage device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
obtaining second data identifying one or more first sensors that detected the emergency event; and
mapping the second data to the type of emergency event of the emergency event.

19. The storage device of claim 15 , wherein the emergency event is detected by a sensor located within the property.

20. The storage device of claim 19 , wherein the sensor comprises a power sensor, a contact sensor, a glass break sensor, a motion sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a smoke sensor, a temperature sensor, or a water sensor.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Trundle Stephen Scott
• Slavin Alison Jane

Classifications

• G08G5/57

  for unmanned aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/55

  for a single aircraft · CPC title

• B64U2101/31

  for surveillance · CPC title

• B64U10/14

  with four distinct rotor axes, e.g. quadcopters · CPC title

• G08B15/00

  Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives · CPC title