	US 12,038,767 B2
	Configurator for multiple user emergency response drones
Jane Huang, South Bend, IN (US); Michael Vierhauser, South Bend, IN (US); and Ankit Agrawal, South Bend, IN (US)
Assigned to University of Notre Dame du Lac, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed by University of Notre Dame du Lac, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,449.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,624, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0253076 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)

CPC G05D 1/104 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for configuring a multiple autonomous drone mission comprising:

displaying, by a processor of a computing device, a plurality of queries on a display of the computing device;

receiving, by the processor via a user interface, a plurality of inputs responsive to the plurality of queries, wherein at least a first input of the plurality of inputs specifies a type of mission to be performed and at least a second input of the plurality of inputs specifies a geographical area in which a mission to be performed will be carried out;

automatically determining, by the processor based on the plurality of inputs, an initial location to move to for each of a plurality of drones available for implementing the mission; and

automatically determining, by the processor based on the plurality of inputs, a series of tasks for each of the plurality of drones.