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Patent No.:

US 10800505 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017

Autonomous aerial personal assistant device

Applicant:

X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Aaron Ladd Edsinger, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Christian Chace

Assistant Examiner:

Jordan S Fei

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, relating to an autonomous aerial personal assistant device (AAPAD). The AAPAD can include a base unit housing various electronic components, a balloon for providing lift to carry a weight of the base unit, and a positioning unit that maintains a position of the balloon based at least on feedback provided by a plurality of sensors and computers. In some implementations, a request to initiate a communication session can be received on the AAPAD. Data indicating a presence of the user can then be obtained. A preset distance between the user and the AAPAD can be determined. Instructions to one or more components of the AAPAD can then be transmitted to automatically navigate the AAPAD to travel toward a location of the user.

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