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Unmanned aerial vehicle based surveillance as a service

  • US 10,322,801 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/2015
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to facilitate a delivery of a package using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:

  • dispatching the UAV to travel from an origination location to deliver the package at a destination location;

    determining one or more remaining resources of the UAV after the delivery of the package at the destination location;

    receiving a list of surveillance locations and one or more surveillance actions to be performed at each surveillance location in the list of surveillance locations;

    determining one or more anticipated resources expected to be used to perform at least one surveillance action of the one or more surveillance actions;

    determining that the one or more remaining resources is greater than or equal to the one or more anticipated resources;

    scheduling the at least one surveillance action to be performed by the UAV based at least in part on the one or more remaining resources being greater than or equal to the one or more anticipated resources;

    determining, based at least in part on scheduling the at least one surveillance action, a first surveillance location from the list of surveillance locations and one or more first surveillance actions at the first surveillance location, the one or more first surveillance actions including causing the UAV to deviate from a direct return path between the destination location and the origination location and to capture imagery, using a camera, of a property at the first surveillance location for an authorized party that is verified as owning or controlling the property;

    assigning the at least one surveillance action to be performed by the UAV;

    receiving the imagery captured by the UAV, the imagery depicting the property and an adjacent property;

    modifying the imagery to at least obscure or remove depictions of the adjacent property while maintaining the imagery of the property;

    detecting a surveillance event at the property;

    creating a surveillance alert; and

    sending the surveillance alert to an electronic device associated with an owner of the first surveillance location.

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