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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. 01, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Dish Wireless L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Prakash Subramanian, Littleton, CO (US);

Nicholas B. Newell, Centennial, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH Wireless L.L.C., Littleton, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/102 (2023.01);
Abstract

Techniques are provided for implementing automated contagion detection and remediation (ACDR) features to detect and remediate environmental contagion conditions. For example, ACDR techniques can be used to target contagion contamination on surfaces in a trafficked area, rather than focusing detecting and remediating human symptoms. ACDR systems can include swarms of specially configured drones under control of one or more centralized controllers to detect presence of one or more types of pathogens on surfaces and to classify detected contagion events. In some embodiments, upon such detection, the same or other specially configured drones can be triggered to remediate the detected condition by removing the pathogen by disinfecting surfaces, by cordoning off infected areas, and/or in other ways. Some embodiments can further log and aggregate data relating to detected contagion events to support tracking, remediation, enforcement, protocol updating, research, and/or other efforts.


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