Unmanned device interaction methods and systems
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsRoyce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to participate in the performance of tasks, for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance, or for facilitating other interactions with such devices.
Claims29
A system including one or more articles of manufacture that relate to a first unmanned aerial device, the one or more articles of manufacture including a second unmanned aerial device that comprises:
- one or more propellers;
- circuitry for detecting a first unmanned aerial device being within a vicinity of a portal;
- circuitry for obtaining an indication of an identity of the first unmanned aerial device;
- circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to allow an actuator to obstruct the portal partly based on the indication of the identity of the first unmanned aerial device and partly based on the first unmanned aerial device being within the vicinity of the portal;
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- circuitry for transmitting a wireless signal indicative of a delivery of a package to a device associated with a recipient of the package, the wireless signal indicating at least one of the second unmanned aerial device or the package or a sender of the package.
A system including one or more articles of manufacture that relate to a first unmanned aerial device, the one or more articles of manufacture including a second unmanned aerial device that comprises:
- one or more propellers;
- circuitry for detecting a first unmanned aerial device being within a vicinity of a portal;
- circuitry for obtaining an indication of an identity of the first unmanned aerial device;
- circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to allow an actuator to obstruct the portal partly based on the indication of the identity of the first unmanned aerial device and partly based on the first unmanned aerial device being within the vicinity of the portal;
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- circuitry for causing a modular observation unit to be lifted and activated within at most about an hour of the modular observation unit becoming part of the second unmanned aerial device.
A system including one or more articles of manufacture that relate to a first unmanned aerial device, the one or more articles of manufacture including a second unmanned aerial device that comprises:
- one or more propellers;
- circuitry for detecting a first unmanned aerial device being within a vicinity of a portal;
- circuitry for obtaining an indication of an identity of the first unmanned aerial device;
- circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to allow an actuator to obstruct the portal partly based on the indication of the identity of the first unmanned aerial device and partly based on the first unmanned aerial device being within the vicinity of the portal;
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- circuitry for causing a third unmanned aerial device to capture delivery data relating to the second unmanned aerial device.
A system including one or more articles of manufacture that relate to a first unmanned aerial device, the one or more articles of manufacture including a second unmanned aerial device that comprises:
- one or more propellers;
- circuitry for detecting a first unmanned aerial device being within a vicinity of a portal;
- circuitry for obtaining an indication of an identity of the first unmanned aerial device;
- circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to allow an actuator to obstruct the portal partly based on the indication of the identity of the first unmanned aerial device and partly based on the first unmanned aerial device being within the vicinity of the portal;
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- circuitry for causing a data handling device aboard the second unmanned aerial device to contain a task schedule indicating a first future delivery of a first object to a first destination and a second future delivery of a second object to a second destination.
A system including one or more articles of manufacture that relate to a first unmanned aerial device, the one or more articles of manufacture including a second unmanned aerial device that comprises:
- one or more propellers;
- circuitry for detecting a first unmanned aerial device being within a vicinity of a portal;
- circuitry for obtaining an indication of an identity of the first unmanned aerial device;
- circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to allow an actuator to obstruct the portal partly based on the indication of the identity of the first unmanned aerial device and partly based on the first unmanned aerial device being within the vicinity of the portal;
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- circuitry for causing the second unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a particular object to a human recipient contemporaneously with an image capture of a portion of the human recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.