Property monitoring and management using a drone
OwnerDonald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne +3inventors
InventorsDonald Gerard Madden, Ethan Shayne, Babak Rezvani, Ahmad Seyfi, Glenn Tournier
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for property management and monitoring using a drone. In some implementations, images of an outside area corresponding to a property are obtained. From the images, it is determined that a person is approaching the property. A state of the property is identified. An action to perform by a drone is determined based on the images and a state of the property. The drone is instructed to navigate to the person and perform the action.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, using one or more imaging devices, images of an outside area corresponding to a property, wherein the images are captured by one or more cameras (i) of the one or more imaging devices or (ii) electronically connected to the one or more imaging devices;
- determining, from the images, that a person is approaching the property or has entered the property;
- identifying a state of the property;
- based on the images and the state of the property, determining an action to perform by a drone;
- and
- instructing the drone to:
- navigate to a location corresponding to the person;
- and
- perform the action.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, using one or more imaging devices, images of an outside area corresponding to a property, wherein the images are captured by one or more cameras (i) of the one or more imaging devices or (ii) electronically connected to the one or more imaging devices;
- determining, from the images, that a person is approaching the property or has entered the property;
- identifying a state of the property;
- based on the images and the state of the property, determining an action to perform by a drone;
- and
- instructing the drone to:
- navigate to a location corresponding to the person;
- and
- perform the action.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, using one or more imaging devices, images of an outside area corresponding to a property, wherein the images are captured by one or more cameras (i) of the one or more imaging devices or (ii) electronically connected to the one or more imaging devices;
- determining, from the images, that a person is approaching the property or has entered the property;
- identifying a state of the property;
- based on the images and the state of the property, determining an action to perform by a drone;
- and
- instructing the drone to:
- navigate to a location corresponding to the person;
- and
- perform the action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.