Systems and methods for a housing equipment for a security vehicle
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsPatrick W. Smith, Gabriel Othman, Brandy Shaffer
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Abstract
A system for providing security functions to a vehicle may comprise a chassis and a drone. The chassis may be configured to be mounted on top of the vehicle. The chassis may include a drone port for housing a drone. The drone may include a camera. The camera of the drone may be configured to capture images of objects outside of the chassis while the drone is positioned in the drone port. A device including the chassis may be a light bar and further include lights positioned at a periphery of the device.
Claims20
A system for providing security functions to a vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis configured to be mounted on top of the vehicle, the chassis including a drone port;
- and
- a drone including a camera, wherein while the drone is positioned in the drone port:
- the camera of the drone is configured to capture image data of objects outside of the chassis;
- and
- the drone is configured to receive flight data comprising indicia of an object in the captured image data to be tracked.
A method performed by a drone to provide security functions for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing image data with a camera of the drone while the drone is positioned in a drone port of a chassis configured to be mounted on the vehicle;
- receiving flight data comprising indicia of an object in the captured image data to be tracked;
- launching from the chassis;
- and
- tracking the object based on the received flight data, wherein capturing the image data comprises:
- processing the captured image data to detect the object in the image data;
- generating indicia of the detected object in the image data;
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- outputting the indicia of the detected object from the drone, and wherein the indicia of the detected object is output to a display positioned within the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.