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US 12,361,497 B1Granted
Unmanned vehicle service delivery
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsAnthony Scott Farnsworth, Justin Dax Haslam, Kathleen L Swain, Teddy Joseph Edmond Voutour, Jess W. Gingrich, Michael J. Allen, Anthony G. Castiglione, Jordan A. Newmark
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Abstract
Unmanned vehicles may be used to survey a property in response to or in anticipation of damage to the property. For example, an unmanned vehicle may us one or more sensors to determine damage to the property. Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- determining to place a sensor at a location based on the location being in an expected path of a future event that is anticipated to cause damage;
- prior to occurrence of the future event, placing at the location, using an unmanned vehicle, the sensor configured to collect information regarding a property in a vicinity of the location, wherein the sensor is separated from the unmanned vehicle;
- determining, based on the information regarding the location, damage to the property at the location;
- determining, based on the information, an object or substance configured to mitigate further damage to the property;
- and
- causing one of the unmanned vehicle or a second unmanned vehicle to place the object or the substance on the structure, wherein the object or the substance is not the unmanned vehicle.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned vehicle;
- and
- a computing device configured to:
- determine to place a sensor at a location based on the location being in an expected path of a future event that is anticipated to cause damage;
- prior to occurrence of the future event, place at the location, using an unmanned vehicle, the sensor configured to collect information regarding a property in a vicinity of the location, wherein the sensor is separated from the unmanned vehicle;
- determine, based on the information regarding the location, damage to the property at the location;
- determine, based on the information, an object or substance configured to mitigate further damage to the property;
- and
- cause one of the unmanned vehicle or a second unmanned vehicle to place the object or the substance on the property, wherein the object or the substance is not the unmanned vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.