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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Nathan L. Tofte, Downs, IL (US);
Timothy W. Ryan, Hudson, IL (US);
Nathan W. Baumann, Bloomington, IL (US);
Michael Shawn Jacob, Le Roy, IL (US);
Joshua David Lillie, Bloomington, IL (US);
Brian N. Harvey, Bloomington, IL (US);
Roxane Lyons, Chenoa, IL (US);
Rosemarie Geier Grant, Ellsworth, IL (US);
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
Various techniques are described utilizing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or 'drones') for various disaster and/or catastrophe-related purposes. UAVs may collect data in an attempt to predict the occurrence and/or extent of a catastrophe and/or to mitigate the impact of a catastrophe before and, if not at that time, once it has occurred. The UAVs may perform various tasks such that the damage to property caused by a catastrophe (or potential catastrophe) may be eliminated or mitigated. A UAV may receive a flight path based on an energy consumption related condition and operate based on the flight path. Operating based on the flight path includes docking the UAV with a power supply device for charging a power source of the UAV.