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Systems and methods for operating drones in response to an incident

  • US 10,752,355 B1
  • Filed: 10/19/2018
  • Issued: 08/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A response drone for detecting incidents within a coverage area including a plurality of zones, the response drone comprising a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a sensor, wherein the processor is programmed to:

  • determine a navigation path to a first zone of the plurality of zones that is associated with a triggering activity;

    travel to the first zone based upon the determined navigation path;

    collect sensor data using the sensor at the first zone;

    detect items located within the first zone;

    compare the detected items to a virtual inventory stored in the memory of items within the first zone;

    identify a difference between the detected items and the stored items of the virtual inventory;

    tag a point of interest within the first zone based upon a stored location of the difference by associating an identifier and a location with the point of interest and storing the identifier and the location within the memory;

    trigger an insurance event based upon the tagged point of interest; and

    transmit an alert to a user computing device associated with a user to notify the user of the triggered insurance event, wherein the alert includes the collected sensor data with the tagged point of interest.

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