Geographic area monitoring systems and methods that balance power usage between multiple unmanned vehicles
First Claim
1. An unmanned aerial task system, comprising:
- multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising;
a UAV control circuit;
a motor; and
a propulsion system coupled with the motor and configured to enable the respective UAVs to move themselves; and
multiple different types of tool systems each configured to perform at least one of multiple different types of tasks and each different tool system is further configured to couple and decouple with any one of the multiple UAVs to be utilized by the respective one of the multiple UAVs in performing a respective one of the different types of tasks;
wherein a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs is configured to access power level data corresponding to each of the multiple UAVs, and select a second UAV of the multiple UAVs based at least in part on a power level of the second UAV relative to a threshold power level corresponding to a first task to be performed and a predicted power usage by the second UAV while utilizing a first tool system temporarily cooperated with the second UAV in performing the first task.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, unmanned aerial task systems are provided that comprise multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising: a UAV control circuit; a motor; and a propulsion system coupled with the motor and configured to enable the respective UAVs to move themselves; and wherein a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs is configured to access power level data corresponding to each of the multiple UAVs, and select a second UAV of the multiple UAVs based at least in part on a power level of the second UAV relative to a threshold power level corresponding to a first task to be performed and a predicted power usage by the second UAV while utilizing a first tool system temporarily cooperated with the second UAV in performing the first task.
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19 Claims
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1. An unmanned aerial task system, comprising:
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multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising; a UAV control circuit; a motor; and a propulsion system coupled with the motor and configured to enable the respective UAVs to move themselves; and multiple different types of tool systems each configured to perform at least one of multiple different types of tasks and each different tool system is further configured to couple and decouple with any one of the multiple UAVs to be utilized by the respective one of the multiple UAVs in performing a respective one of the different types of tasks; wherein a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs is configured to access power level data corresponding to each of the multiple UAVs, and select a second UAV of the multiple UAVs based at least in part on a power level of the second UAV relative to a threshold power level corresponding to a first task to be performed and a predicted power usage by the second UAV while utilizing a first tool system temporarily cooperated with the second UAV in performing the first task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19)
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9. A method of performing tasks through unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), comprising:
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accessing, by a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs, power level data corresponding to each of the multiple UAVs; evaluating the accessed power level data; identifying a first tool system, of multiple different types of tool systems, is to be utilized by a different one of the multiple UAVs, wherein each of the multiple different types of tool systems is configured to perform at least one of multiple different types of tasks and each different tool system is further configured to couple and decouple with any one of the multiple UAVs to be utilized by the respective one of the multiple UAVs in performing a respective one of the different types of tasks; selecting a second UAV of the multiple UAVs based at least in part on a power level of the second UAV relative to a threshold power level corresponding to a first task to be performed and a predicted power usage of the first tool system to be temporarily cooperated with the second UAV and to be used in performing the first task. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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