US 2022/0029438 A1 · BATTERY DRONE

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for charging devices at a property using battery-charging drones. In some implementations, a monitoring system is configured to monitor a property and includes a battery-powered sensor configured to generate sensor data. The system includes a drone that is configured to navigate the property and charge the battery-powered sensor. A monitor control unit is configured to obtain a battery level from the battery-powered sensor and compare the battery level to a battery level threshold. Based on the comparison, the monitor control unit determines that the battery level does not satisfy the threshold. Based on the determination, the monitor control unit generates and transmits an instruction to a drone for the drone to navigate to the battery-powered sensor and charge a battery of the battery-powered sensor. The monitor control unit receives data from the drone that indicates whether the drone charged the battery of the sensor.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more battery-powered devices at one or more monitored properties;
one or more drones configured to navigate to and charge the one or more battery-powered devices;
a processor configured to:
determine that a battery-powered device requires charging at one of the monitored properties;
identify a drone from the one or more drones to charge the battery-powered device that requires charging at the monitored property;
provide at least one instruction to the identified drone to charge the battery-powered device, the at least one instruction comprising data indicative of the battery-powered device that requires charging;
and
receive an indication from the identified drone that the battery-powered device has been charged.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a system that is configured to monitor one or more properties, that a battery-powered device from one or more battery-powered devices requires charging at one of the monitored properties;
identifying, by the system, a drone from the one or more drones configured to navigate to and charge the one or more battery-powered devices at the monitored property;
providing, by the system, at least one instruction to the identified drone to charge the battery-powered device, the at least one instruction comprising data indicative of the battery-powered device that requires charging;
and
receiving, by the system, an indication from the identified drone that the battery-powered device has been charged.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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