US 12,291,332 B1
Unmanned vehicle morphing
Kade Scott, The Colony, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Richard Daniel Graham, Plano, TX (US); and Matthew Flachsbart, Grapevine, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,627.
Application 18/418,627 is a continuation of application No. 17/840,132, filed on Jun. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,912,407.
Application 17/840,132 is a continuation of application No. 16/143,653, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,372,400, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Application 16/143,653 is a continuation of application No. 15/422,771, filed on Feb. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,162,348, issued on Dec. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/291,317, filed on Feb. 4, 2016.
Int. Cl. B64C 37/00 (2006.01); B60F 5/00 (2006.01); B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 37/00 (2013.01) [B60F 5/003 (2013.01); B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first unmanned vehicle; and
a second unmanned vehicle connected with the first unmanned vehicle; and
a central command device remote to the first unmanned vehicle and the second unmanned vehicle comprising a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
receiving an alert based on damage to a structure;
determining, based on the alert, a mission of the second unmanned vehicle;
receiving, based on the determined mission, a flight path; and
mapping, based on the received mission, one or more sectors of the flight path.