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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Swarup Bhunia, Gainesville, FL (US);
Prabuddha Chakraborty, Gainesville, FL (US);
Reiner Dizon, Gainesville, FL (US);
Parker Difuntorum, Gainesville, FL (US);
Christopher Vega, Gainesville, FL (US);
Patanjali Sristi Lakshmiprasanna Sriramakumara, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes various embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for drone-based administration of remotely located devices. One such method comprises deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle from a base station, wherein the base station assigns a maintenance order to the unmanned aerial vehicle for servicing of a remote device, traveling, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, to the location of the remote device, authenticating, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, a valid identification of the remote device; upon the remote device being authenticated by the unmanned aerial vehicle, servicing the remote device by at least charging a power supply of the remote device and transferring contents of a device log to the unmanned aerial vehicle; and after completing the servicing of the remote device; returning to the base station and transferring contents of the device log to the base station.