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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:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Eun Young Hwang, Sausalito, CA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Tony S. Pan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user's visibility to a drone may be reported to the user. A positioning subsystem may determine a location of the user. A drone detection subsystem may determine a location of a drone able to view the user. A visibility determination subsystem may determine a visibility vulnerability of the user to imaging by the drone based on the location of the user and the location of the drone. The visibility vulnerability may include a potential quality of an image capturable by the drone of the user, such as a spatial resolution. An output subsystem may report the visibility vulnerability to the user. The subsystems may be included in a mobile communication device or a server or may be split among the device and/or server. The output subsystem may deliver the report over a communication network and/or may display a visual representation of the report.


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