US 12,254,779 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle privacy controls
Dana Livonia Contreras, San Francisco, CA (US); Lucas Palage Doyle, San Francisco, CA (US); Justin Eugene Kuehn, San Francisco, CA (US); Volkan Gurel, San Francisco, CA (US); Eric David Johnson, Walnut Creek, CA (US); and Edward Dale Steakley, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,938.
Application 17/740,938 is a continuation of application No. 17/008,344, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,361,665.
Application 17/008,344 is a continuation of application No. 15/088,042, filed on Mar. 31, 2016, granted, now 10,762,795, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/298,429, filed on Feb. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/292,783, filed on Feb. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392353 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G08G 5/006 (2013.01) [G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0033 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06V 2201/10 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle, while the unmanned aerial vehicle navigates along a flight path, that the unmanned aerial vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a geofence boundary;
disabling, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, use of one or more hardware components of the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle is within the predetermined distance;
determining, while the use of the one or more hardware components is disabled, that the unmanned aerial vehicle has moved outside of the predetermined distance; and
enabling the use of the one or more hardware components based on the unmanned aerial vehicle being outside of the predetermined distance.