US 12,602,043 B2Granted

Asset failure and replacement management of a set of assets

AssigneeAnduril Industries, Inc.

InventorsAbhay Venkatesh, Brian W. Schimpf, Elston ToChip, Jared Newman, Joshua John Bennett, Nikhil Reddy, Samuel R. Elie

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Abstract

A system for asset failure and replacement management is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface and processor(s) configured to: receive an indication that the drone is part of a set of assets, wherein the set of assets are tasked with performing element(s) of task(s), and the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones; determine that at least one drone has experienced a failure; in response to a determination that the at least one drone has experienced the failure, update a plan to an updated plan to perform the task(s); and communicate, via the communication interface, information pertaining to the updated plan, wherein the information pertaining to the updated plan is communicated with at least one remaining drone of the set of assets.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A semi-autonomous drone, comprising:

a communication interface;
and
one or more processors coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
receive, via the communication interface, an indication that the drone is part of a set of assets, wherein the set of assets are tasked with performing one or more tasks in accordance with a plan, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones, and wherein the plan includes a topographical model of a geographic location for performing the one or more tasks;
in response to determining to partition the set of assets to perform at least a first task of the one or more tasks:
determine a first partition of the set of assets, wherein the first partitions comprises a first plurality of assets of the set of assets;
cause determination of a first partition leader for the first partition, wherein the first partition leader is a first asset of the first plurality of assets;
and
communicate, via the communication interface and to the first partition leader, an instruction to implement at least the first task;
during performance of the one or more tasks by the set of assets, receive feedback from at least one asset of the set of assets, wherein the feedback includes updated topographical information associated with the geographic location and obtained during the performance of the one or more tasks;
determine that at least one drone of the set of assets has experienced an asset failure;
in response to determining that the at least one drone has experienced the asset failure, determine that the asset failure impacts performance of the one or more tasks;
in response to determining that the asset failure impacts the performance of the one or more tasks:
update the topographical model of the geographic location to an updated topographical model of the geographic location based on the received updated topographical information;
and
based at least in part on the updated topographical model, update the plan to an updated plan to perform the one or more tasks;
and
communicate, via the communication interface, information pertaining to the updated plan, wherein the information pertaining to the updated plan is communicated with at least one remaining drone of the set of assets.

15 more elements

A method for dynamically implementing a plan by a drone, comprising:

receiving, via a communication interface, an indication that the drone is part of a set of assets, wherein the set of assets are tasked with performing one or more tasks in accordance with a plan, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones, and wherein the plan includes a topographical model of a geographic location for performing the one or more tasks;
in response to determining to partition the set of assets to perform at least a first task of the one or more tasks:
determining a first partition of the set of assets, wherein the first partitions comprises a first plurality of assets of the set of assets;
causing determination of a first partition leader for the first partition, wherein the first partition leader is a first asset of the first plurality of assets;
and
communicating, via the communication interface and to the first partition leader, an instruction to implement at least the first task;
during performance of the one or more tasks by the set of assets, receiving feedback from at least one asset of the set of assets, wherein the feedback includes updated topographical information associated with the geographic location and obtained during the performance of the one or more tasks;
determining that at least one drone of the set of assets has experienced an asset failure;
in response to determining that the at least one drone has experienced the failure, determining that the asset failure impacts performance of the one or more tasks;
in response to determining that asset failure impacts the performance of the one or more tasks:
updating the topographical model of the geographic location to an updated topographical model of the geographic location based on the received updated topographical information;
and
based at least in part on the updated topographical model, updating the plan to an updated plan to perform the one or more tasks;
and
communicating, via the communication interface, information pertaining to the updated plan, wherein the information pertaining to the updated plan is communicated with at least one remaining drone of the set of assets.

12 more elements

A computer program product for implementing a plan by a drone, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, via a communication interface, an indication that the drone is part of a set of assets, wherein the set of assets are tasked with performing one or more tasks in accordance with a plan, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones, and wherein the plan includes a topographical model of a geographic location for performing the one or more tasks;
in response to determining to partition the set of assets to perform at least a first task of the one or more tasks:
determining a first partition of the set of assets, wherein the first partitions comprises a first plurality of assets of the set of assets;
causing determination of a first partition leader for the first partition, wherein the first partition leader is a first asset of the first plurality of assets;
and
communicating, via the communication interface and to the first partition leader, an instruction to implement at least the first task;
during performance of the one or more tasks by the set of assets, receiving feedback from at least one asset of the set of assets, wherein the feedback includes updated topographical information associated with the geographic location and obtained during the performance of the one or more tasks;
determining that at least one drone of the set of assets has experienced an asset failure;
in response to determining that the at least one drone has experienced the failure, determining that the asset failure impacts performance of the one or more tasks;
in response to determining that asset failure impacts the performance of the one or more tasks:
updating the topographical model of the geographic location to an updated topographical model of the geographic location based on the received updated topographical information;
and
based at least in part on the updated topographical model, updating the plan to an updated plan to perform the one or more tasks;
and
communicating, via the communication interface, information pertaining to the updated plan, wherein the information pertaining to the updated plan is communicated with at least one remaining drone of the set of assets.

12 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/478,654Filed 17 Sep 2021
Published: US 2023/0091555 A123 Mar 2023
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G05D 1/0027
Associated with a remote control arrangement: involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling
G05D 1/104
Specially adapted for aircraft: involving a plurality of aircrafts, e.g. formation flying
B64U 10/13
Rotorcrafts: flying platforms
G05D 1/69
Intended control result: coordinated control of the position or course of two or more vehicles

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