US 11,701,978 B2
Battery drone
Kevin Maurer, Tysons, VA (US); Alison Jane Slavin, Falls Church, VA (US); Aaron Lee Roberts, Centreville, VA (US); and Shan Huang, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,714.
Application 17/471,714 is a continuation of application No. 16/420,531, filed on May 23, 2019, granted, now 11,133,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/675,431, filed on May 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029438 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more battery-powered devices at one or more monitored properties;
one or more drones configured to navigate to and charge the one or more battery-powered devices;
a processor configured to:
obtain data from a first battery-powered device, a second battery-powered device, and a third battery-powered device, wherein the data for each of the first, the second, and the third battery-powered devices indicates a battery level associated with a corresponding device, and the battery level associated with each of the first, the second, and the third battery-powered devices are below a battery level threshold;
determine that a battery level of a first drone of the one or more drones is (i) greater than a first amount of power to fully charge a battery of the first battery-powered device and a second amount of power to fully charge a battery of the second battery-powered device, and (ii) not greater than the first amount of power to fully charge the battery of the first battery-powered device plus the second amount of power to fully charge the battery of the second battery-powered device plus a third amount of power to fully charge a battery of the third battery-powered device;
provide at least one instruction to the first drone to charge the battery of the first battery-powered device and the battery of the second battery-powered device, the at least one instruction comprising data indicative of the first battery-powered device and the second battery-powered device that require charging;
provide a second instruction to a second drone to charge the battery of the third battery-powered device; and
receive an indication from the first drone and the second drone that the first battery-powered device and the second battery-powered device have been charged.