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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:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Ent. Services Development Corporation Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Chandra H. Kamalakantha, Plano, TX (US);

Parag Doshi, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/14 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); G08C 2201/51 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to control of a drone. In one example, aerial movement of the drone is controlled. In the example, it is determined, based on a plurality of devices, whether the drone is within a line-of-sight with at least a respective one of a plurality of humans within a physical proximity to a respective one of a the devices. In the example, the devices are used by the drone to track the humans. In the example, when the drone is determined to lack the line-of-sight, aerial movement of the drone is controlled to move the drone to become within the line-of-sight.


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