US 12,333,923 B2
Automated alert system using unmanned aerial vehicles
Damon C. Henry, Philadelphia, PA (US); Brent Mclaughlin, Savage, MD (US); Adam I. Mohamed, Philadelphia, PA (US); Justin Kantor, Morrisville, PA (US); and Eric Timmons, Medford, MA (US)
Assigned to Asylon, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Asylon, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/185,495.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,205, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284335 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 25/10 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2024.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/90 (2023.01)
CPC G08B 25/10 (2013.01) [B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/39 (2023.01); B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring a selected area, comprising:
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
one or more sensors configured to monitor the selected area for an anomaly, wherein the selected area includes one or more alarm zones defined by a user as predetermined areas within the selected area and wherein at least one of the one or more alarm zones includes one or more sub-zones each having a level of response different from one another depending upon a sensitivity assigned to the one or more sub-zones;
a processor in communication with the one or more sensors and with the UAV, wherein the processor is programmed to control the UAV to follow a flight corridor in each of the one or more sub-zones based on a site-specific constraint in each of the one or more sub-zones,
wherein the processor is programmed to determine an alternative flight path of the UAV upon receiving an alert from the one or more sensors such that the alternative flight path deviates from a predetermined flight path of the UAV to the alternative flight path within a vicinity of the anomaly,
wherein the processor is further programmed to provide a display to the user with a specified alarm zone indicated within which the anomaly is detected,
wherein the processor is further programmed to provide upon the display one or more waypoints of the alternative flight path marked and one or more points of interest in proximity to the anomaly identified for orienting the user, and
wherein the processor is further programmed to initiate the alternative flight path upon receiving an approval from the user to alter the predetermined flight path to the alternative flight path for the UAV.