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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2015
Usman Hafeez, Chicago, IL (US);
David Mauer, Chicago, IL (US);
Usman Hafeez, Chicago, IL (US);
David Mauer, Chicago, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention is directed toward a system and method for assigning mission directives to one or more unmanned vehicles and transferring mission directives from one unmanned aerial vehicle to a second unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises providing a set of instructions to a first unmanned aerial vehicle, storing the set of instructions on a nonvolatile memory component of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, executing one or more tasks of the set of instructions by the first unmanned aerial vehicle, transferring a set of instructions comprising unexecuted tasks from the first unmanned aerial vehicle to a second unmanned aerial vehicle, and storing the set of instructions on a nonvolatile memory component of the second unmanned aerial vehicle. The invention is further directed toward a method of determining a flight path for one or more unmanned aerial vehicles stationed at charging stations.