US 11,939,056 B2
Device installation systems, methods, and media for providing ubiquitous connectivity in outdoor environments
Thomas Kennedy, Brooklyn, NY (US); Craig Nevill-Manning, New York, NY (US); Amanda Meurer, Brooklyn, NY (US); Veronica Pinchin, New York, NY (US); and Daniel Riegel, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/740,129.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,887, filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0223548 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device installation system comprising:
a host connector that includes a controller, a host power subsystem, a host communication subsystem, and a lock; and
a client connector that is connected to a client device and that is connected to the host connector, wherein the client connector includes a client power subsystem, a client communication subsystem, and a latch;
wherein the host power subsystem is connected to at least one power source, the client power subsystem is charged by the host power subsystem of the host connector, and the client power subsystem transmits power to the client device;
wherein the host power subsystem includes power measurement and driver control circuitry configured to determine which of the at least one power source provides power to the client device;
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a locking instruction to the lock that causes the lock of the host connector to actuate with the latch of the client connector; and
wherein the client communication subsystem is configured to communicate with the client device such that data from the client device can be communicated over a communications network.