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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);
Gary Franklin Bart, Weston, FL (US);
Dean Constantine, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for returning a drone to a drone dock. In one aspect, a method includes detecting, by the drone and using a drone-mounted light detection unit, a first light signal and a second light signal generated by one of a plurality of visible light communication devices coupled to the drone dock, obtaining, by the drone, location information based on the first detected light signal and the second detected light signal, determining, by the drone, a position of the drone relative to the drone dock based on the obtained location information, and adjusting, by the drone, the navigation path of the drone in a manner that alters an alignment of at least a portion of the drone relative to the drone dock based on the determined position.