logo

For the Inventor, By the Inventor

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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 11904716 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2021

Base station-less drones

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Babak Rezvani, St Petersburg, FL (US);

Ahmad Seyfi, Reston, VA (US);

Glenn Tournier, Vienna, VA (US);

Donald Gerard Madden, Columbia, MD (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

James E Springer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/37 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/37 (2019.02); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06V 20/176 (2022.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for drones. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining an image of an electrical device; determining a power source of the electrical device based on the image of the electrical device; determining whether the power source of the electrical device is capable of charging a drone based on the image of the electrical device; and based on determining that the power source of the electrical device is capable of charging the drone based on the image of the electrical device, charging the drone with the power source.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…