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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Kespry Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventor:

Robert Parker Clark, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kespry Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 7/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 7/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/165 (2013.01); B64D 31/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a camera, one or more sensors, memory storing first instructions that define an overall mission, and memory storing one or more mission cues. The vehicle further includes one or more processors configured to execute a first part of the first instructions to perform a first part of the overall mission. The processors are configured to process at least one of the image data and the sensor data to detect a presence of at least one of the mission cues. The processors are configured to, in response to detecting a mission cue, interrupting execution of the first instructions and executing second instructions to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a first sub-mission of the overall mission. The processors are configured to after executing the second instructions, performing a second part of the overall mission by executing a second part of the first instructions.


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