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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:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher R. Florence, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jordan T. Moore, Raleigh, NC (US);

Walker L. Sherk, Raleigh, NC (US);

Pu Yang, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B63C 7/30 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B63B 79/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0858 (2013.01); B63C 7/30 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B63B 79/00 (2020.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for monitoring a moving vessel using a detachable drone coupled to the moving vessel. An event is identified that triggers detachment of the detachable drone from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is detached from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is moved to a predetermined location. A beacon based on beacon data is transmitted from the detachable drone. In response to the detachable drone receiving a request for the data, data collected from monitoring the moving vessel is delivered.


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