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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:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Umer Khalid, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Ningsheng Qiao, Troy, MI (US);

Russell A. Patenaude, Macomb Township, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method for aerial-based event notification includes detecting a trigger event with one or more electronic units of a system. The system includes a telematics unit, a drone having one or more notification actuators, and a tether that connects the drone to the system. The method further includes launching the drone with the telematics unit in response to the trigger event, waiting a predetermined time after the trigger event, retracting the drone in response to a subsequent event being undetected within the predetermined time after the trigger event, detecting the subsequent event with the one or more electronic units, placing the drone in an alert configuration in response to detecting the subsequent event within the predetermined time after the trigger event, and generating one or more alert notifications from the one or more notification actuators while the drone is in the alert configuration.


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