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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);
Olegs Cevacins, Jurmaia, LV;
Philip Carter, New Denver, CA;
Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for implementing an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone with ducted fans. The drone includes a housing having a first surface and multiple ducts that each extend from the first surface to a second surface of the housing. The first surface is substantially flat. A respective fan assembly is installed in each of the ducts. The drone includes an internal cavity at a location intermediate two respective ducts and circuitry positioned in the internal cavity. The circuitry is operable to generate control signals used to operate the respective fan assemblies.