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US 8,818,705 B2Granted
Capturing environmental information
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorGregory P. Spata
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Abstract
In general, a method performed on a vehicle includes determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of a beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification, navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located with the predetermined range, generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the generating including: specifying the beacon identification, recording navigation data that includes an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and recording environmental data. The method further includes transmitting the first report from the vehicle to a base station, the first report including the beacon identification, the navigation data, and the environmental data.
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A method performed on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center;
- navigating, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon;
- determining, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- conducting a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range;
- determining that the vehicle is located at the first location;
- generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the generating comprising:
- specifying the beacon identification;
- recording navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon;
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- recording environmental data comprising one or more of a temperature or a level of humidity of the first location;
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- transmitting the first report from the vehicle to a base station, the first report comprising the beacon identification, the navigation data, and the environmental data.
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A method performed on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center;
- navigating, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon;
- determining, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- generating an initial report based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the generating comprising:
- specifying the beacon identification;
- recording navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon;
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- recording environmental data;
- transmitting the initial report from the vehicle to a base station, the initial report comprising the beacon identification, the navigation data, and the environmental data;
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- conducting a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location.
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A method performed on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center;
- navigating, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon;
- determining, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- conducting a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range;
- determining that the vehicle is located at the first location;
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- generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the first report comprising the beacon identification, navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and environmental data, wherein the environmental data comprises measurements of one or more of a temperature or a level of humidity of the first location.
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A method performed on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first signal associated with a first protocol;
- navigating a vehicle toward a beacon based on the first signal and a predetermined flight path, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- receiving a second signal associated with a second protocol;
- navigating the vehicle toward a first location based at least in part on the second signal;
- determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the first location based on the second signal;
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- generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range, the first report comprising the beacon identification, navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and environmental data.
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A vehicle comprising:
- one or more first sensors configured to provide location information associated with a location of the vehicle;
- one or more second sensors configured to provide environmental data;
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- one or more memory devices and one or more processing devices in communication with the one or more first sensors and the one or more second sensors, the one or more memory devices and the one or more processing devices being configured to:
- detect a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center;
- navigate, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon;
- determine, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon based on the location information, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- conduct a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range;
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- generate, based on the environmental data, a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the first report comprising the beacon identification, navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and the environmental data.
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A computer storage device configured to store executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices associated with a vehicle to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center;
- navigating, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon;
- determining, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification;
- conducting a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range;
- determining that the vehicle is located at the first location;
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- generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the first report comprising the beacon identification, navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon, and environmental data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.