Unmanned device interaction methods and systems
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one unmanned vehicle including one or more electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices including at least;
circuitry configured for determining an existence of a device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and a first entity;
circuitry configured for obtaining one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature;
circuitry configured for determining a cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity;
circuitry configured for determining a time interval from the cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signal path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity until a reference time;
circuitry configured for comparing the time interval to a threshold time interval;
circuitry configured for determining at least one navigation protocol for operating the at least one unmanned vehicle based at least partly on the one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature responsive to a result of the comparing the time interval to the threshold time interval andcircuitry configured for at least partially operating the at least one unmanned vehicle in accordance with the at least one navigation protocol.
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Abstract
Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to participate in the performance of tasks, for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance, or for facilitating other interactions with such devices.
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1. A system comprising:
at least one unmanned vehicle including one or more electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices including at least; circuitry configured for determining an existence of a device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and a first entity; circuitry configured for obtaining one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature; circuitry configured for determining a cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity; circuitry configured for determining a time interval from the cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signal path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity until a reference time; circuitry configured for comparing the time interval to a threshold time interval; circuitry configured for determining at least one navigation protocol for operating the at least one unmanned vehicle based at least partly on the one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature responsive to a result of the comparing the time interval to the threshold time interval and circuitry configured for at least partially operating the at least one unmanned vehicle in accordance with the at least one navigation protocol.
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2. A system comprising:
at least one unmanned vehicle including at least; at least one processing device; and one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, program the at least one processing device to perform operations including at least; determining an existence of a device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and a first entity; obtaining one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature; determining a cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity; determining a time interval from the cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signal path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity until a reference time; comparing the time interval to a threshold time interval; and determining at least one navigation protocol for operating the at least one unmanned vehicle based at least partly on the one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature responsive to a result of the comparing the time interval to the threshold time interval; and at least partially operating the at least one unmanned vehicle in accordance with the at least one navigation protocol. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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determining an existence of a device-detectable energy signature path between at least one unmanned vehicle and a first entity; obtaining one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature; determining a cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity; determining a time interval from the cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signal path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity until a reference time; comparing the time interval to a threshold time interval; determining at least one navigation protocol for operating the at least one unmanned vehicle based at least partly on the one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature responsive to a result of the comparing the time interval to the threshold time interval; and at least partially operating the at least one unmanned vehicle in accordance with the at least one navigation protocol.
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35. An article of manufacture comprising:
one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least determining an existence of a device-detectable energy signature path between at least one unmanned vehicle and a first entity; obtaining one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature; determining a cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signature path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity; determining a time interval from the cessation of the existence of the device-detectable energy signal path between the at least one unmanned vehicle and the first entity until a reference time; comparing the time interval to a threshold time interval; determining at least one navigation protocol for operating the at least one unmanned vehicle based at least partly on the one or more location coordinates associated with the at least one unmanned vehicle and associated with the existence of the device-detectable energy signature responsive to a result of the comparing the time interval to the threshold time interval; and at least partially operating the at least one unmanned vehicle in accordance with the at least one navigation protocol.
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