Systems and methods for operating drones in response to an incident
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorBryan Flick
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Abstract
A response system may be provided. The response system may include an autonomous drone. The autonomous drone may include a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a sensor. The processor may be programmed to build a virtual map of a coverage area, store the virtual map in the memory, receive a deployment signal, deploy the drone in response to the deployment signal, control movement of the drone within the coverage area using the virtual map, collect sensor data of the coverage area using the sensor, and/or analyze the sensor data to generate an inventory list of the coverage area, the inventory list including a personal article within the coverage area.
Claims20
A response system comprising:
- an autonomous drone comprising a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a sensor, the processor programmed to:
- build a virtual map of a coverage area using the autonomous drone;
- control movement of the autonomous drone within the coverage area using the virtual map;
- collect sensor data of the coverage are using the sensor coupled to the autonomous drone, the sensor data including image data of at least one personal article within the coverage area;
- identify, using the collected sensor data, each of the at least one personal article;
- assign to each identified personal article a corresponding list identifier and the corresponding image data, wherein the corresponding list identifier identifies one or more characteristics of each identified personal article;
- generate an inventory list of the coverage are using the collected sensor data, the inventory list including each identified personal article, wherein each entry within the inventory list includes the list identifier and the image data corresponding to each identified personal article;
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- store the inventory list in the memory.
(canceled)
A method for generating an inventory list for a coverage area using a response system that includes an autonomous drone and a processor coupled to a memory, the method comprising:
- building a virtual map of the coverage area using the autonomous drone;
- controlling movement of the autonomous drone within the coverage area using the virtual map;
- collecting sensor data of the coverage area using a sensor coupled to the autonomous drone, the sensor data including image data of at least one personal article within the coverage area;
- identifying, using the collected sensor data, each of the at least one personal article;
- assigning to each identified personal article a corresponding list identifier and the corresponding image data, wherein the corresponding list identifier identifies one or more characteristics of each identified personal article;
- generating an inventory list of the coverage area using the collected sensor data, the inventory list including each identified personal article, wherein each entry within the inventory list includes the list identifier and the image data corresponding to each identified personal article;
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- storing the inventory list in the memory.
(canceled)
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor of a response system including an autonomous drone and a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:
- build a virtual map of a coverage area using the autonomous drone;
- control movement of the autonomous drone within the coverage area using the virtual map;
- collect sensor data of the coverage area using a sensor coupled to the autonomous drone, the sensor data including image data of at least one personal article within the coverage area;
- identify, using the collected sensor data, each of the at least one personal article;
- assign to each identified personal article a corresponding list identifier and the corresponding image data, wherein the corresponding list identifier identifies one or more characteristics of each identified personal article;
- generate an inventory list of the coverage area using the collected sensor data, the inventory list including each identified personal article, wherein each entry within the inventory list includes the list identifier and the image data corresponding to each identified personal article;
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- store the inventory list in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.