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System and methods for drone-based vehicle status determination

  • US 10,424,130 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2017
  • Issued: 09/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drone system comprising:

  • a drone configured for navigation of an outdoor facility and equipped with;

    an RFID reader,an optical code reader and,at least one of a powertrain control module (PCM) data receiver and electronic control module (ECM) data receiver; and

    a computing system in communication with the drone and configured to execute;

    a security module, andan analysis module,wherein the outdoor facility houses a plurality of trucks and a plurality of trailers and the drone is configured to;

    operate the RFID reader to read an RFID tag affixed to a selected truck or a selected trailer to determine a first identifier or operate the optical code reader to read a second identifier for the selected truck or selected trailer,receive data at the PCM data receiver from a PCM installed in the selected truck or the selected trailer or receive data at the ECM data receiver from an ECM in the selected truck or the selected trailer, the data received at the PCM data receiver or the ECM data receiver including an error code, andtransmit the first or second identifier, the received data and a location of the selected truck or the selected trailer in the outdoor facility to the computing system, andwherein the computing system is further configured to;

    process the received PCM or ECM data with the analysis module to determine a status of the selected truck or the selected trailer, andprocess the first or second identifier and the location received from the drone with the security module to verify an assigned location for the selected truck or the selected trailer.

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