US 12,478,237 B1
Drone-based mud softening treatment device
Carlos JP Chavez, San Antonio, TX (US); Gregory David Hansen, Fuquay Varina, NC (US); Bradly Jay Billman, Celina, TX (US); Kristina Suniga-Cabrera, San Antonio, TX (US); Dwayne Phillip Wilson, Crossroads, TX (US); Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky, Dallas, TX (US); and David Patrick Dixon, Boerne, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,175.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/367,140, filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Int. Cl. A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2852 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0004 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing mud treatment services at a target location, the method comprising:
obtaining, at a first time and via a first sensor of a first autonomous vehicle navigating inside of a first building at the target location, first sensor data about a first portion of a first room in the first building;
detecting, via an onboard computing system for the first autonomous vehicle and based on the first sensor data, a first mudflow in the first portion;
determining, at an onboard computing system for the first autonomous vehicle and based on the first sensor data, that a first moisture content level for the first mudflow is less than a first threshold level; and
causing, via the onboard computing system and at a second time, a mud softener device installed on the first autonomous vehicle to dispense a first application of softener onto the first mudflow.