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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.

Patent No.:

US 11729372 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2020

Drone-assisted sensor mapping

Applicant:

Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);

Inventors:

Ahmad Seyfi, Tysons, VA (US);

Donald Gerard Madden, Columbia, MD (US);

Glenn Tournier, Tysons, VA (US);

Babak Rezvani, Tysons, VA (US);

Assignee:

Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Nasim N Nirjhar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/002 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for drone-assisted sensor mapping are disclosed. A method includes detecting a sensor in a detection area of a drone; based on detecting the sensor in the detection area of the drone, detecting the drone in sensor data captured by the sensor; determining a detection area of the sensor based on movement of the drone after the drone is detected; and determining a destination for the drone based on the detection area of the sensor. The method may include mapping boundaries of the detection area of the sensor to a map of an area where the sensor is located. The sensor can be a passive infrared sensor, an active infrared sensor, a radar sensor, a sonar sensor, a time of flight sensor, a structured light sensor, or a lidar sensor.

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