Drone piggybacking on vehicles
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores machine-readable instructions; and
a processor that executes the machine-readable instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;
receiving information indicative of an intended destination;
calculating, based on the information, a first route for a drone to travel to the intended destination;
sending, to the drone, instructions associated with traveling of the drone to the intended destination using the first route;
determining whether a portion of a second route associated with a host vehicle, if traveled by the drone, facilitates progress by the drone toward the intended destination; and
according to a result of the determining, causing the drone to piggyback with the host vehicle along the portion of the second route.
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Abstract
A system for providing drone piggybacking on vehicles is disclosed. In particular, the system may enable drones or other unmanned mobile connected devices to piggyback onto various types of hosts, such as vehicles, in a symbiotic fashion. Through the symbiotic relationship created between the drones and hosts, the drones may utilize the hosts as a means for transport, such as while delivering a good to an intended destination, and the hosts may receive certain incentives in exchange for transporting the drones. Drones may be paired with hosts based on any number of factors, such as whether the host is traveling on a route that corresponds with reaching the intended destination, whether the host is capable of recharging the drone, and whether the drone has sufficient power to reach the intended destination. By enabling drones to piggyback with hosts, the required traveling range for a drone may be reduced.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores machine-readable instructions; and a processor that executes the machine-readable instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising; receiving information indicative of an intended destination; calculating, based on the information, a first route for a drone to travel to the intended destination; sending, to the drone, instructions associated with traveling of the drone to the intended destination using the first route; determining whether a portion of a second route associated with a host vehicle, if traveled by the drone, facilitates progress by the drone toward the intended destination; and according to a result of the determining, causing the drone to piggyback with the host vehicle along the portion of the second route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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receiving information indicative of an intended destination; calculating, by utilizing instructions from a memory that are executed by a processor, a first route for a drone based on the intended destination; initiating traveling of the drone to the intended destination using the first route; determining whether the drone is to piggyback with a host vehicle during the traveling of the drone to the intended destination; and according to a result of the determining, causing the drone to travel toward the intended destination by piggybacking with the host vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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receiving information indicative of an intended destination; calculating a first route for a drone based on the intended destination; sending, to the drone, instructions associated with traveling of the drone to the intended destination using the first route; determining whether a portion of a second route associated with a host vehicle corresponds with reaching the intended destination; and according to a result of the determining, causing the drone to piggyback with the host vehicle along the portion of the second route. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification