Security Camera Drone Surveillance for Unattended Home Service Visits
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Solution Overview
Problem
As in-house services become more popular, there is an increased risk of property theft and damage due to unattended access, as visitors are often given access to homes without adequate monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A security system integrated with a drone equipped with a security camera that monitors visitors, uses sensor data to determine authorized areas and times, and sends notifications if a visitor breaches boundaries or stays beyond authorized times, thereby enhancing property protection and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If visitors are given unattended access to homes for in-house services, then service convenience is improved, but property security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by scheduling the drone to be positioned and ready before the service visit begins. The drone autonomously navigates to predetermined locations within the property prior to visitor arrival, ensuring surveillance is already in place when unattended access is granted, thus maintaining security while enabling service convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The drone acts as an intermediary surveillance device between the property owner and the service visitor. It provides continuous monitoring capability during unattended visits without requiring direct owner presence, mediating the security risk while preserving the convenience of unattended service access
2Reliability
If drones monitor visitors continuously throughout the property, then security monitoring is improved, but battery consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drone implements local quality by focusing surveillance on specific high-risk or relevant areas of the property rather than continuously monitoring the entire space. It autonomously navigates to predetermined locations where monitoring is most critical, maintaining reliable security coverage while minimizing unnecessary battery consumption in low-risk areas
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs periodic action by having the drone visit predetermined monitoring locations at scheduled intervals corresponding to the service visit timeline. The drone autonomously navigates to specific spots, performs monitoring, then returns to base or moves to the next location, creating periodic surveillance cycles that maintain security reliability while managing battery usage through structured intervals
3Measurement precision
If drones navigate autonomously to monitor visitor locations, then surveillance effectiveness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses preliminary action by pre-mapping the property and establishing predetermined drone navigation routes and monitoring locations before the service visit begins. This pre-planned autonomous navigation path reduces real-time decision complexity while maintaining surveillance effectiveness, as the drone follows predetermined safe and strategic routes to monitor visitor locations
Solution Approach 2:
The drone implements self-service through autonomous navigation capabilities that allow it to independently travel to predetermined locations and return to base without human intervention. This self-managed navigation reduces the operational complexity burden on human operators while maintaining precise surveillance effectiveness through automated position tracking and visitor monitoring
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for surveillance with security camera drone. In some implementations, a determination is made to begin surveillance of an in-house service with a drone. A duration of the in-house service is determined. A location to land the drone during the in-house service is determined based on the duration of the in-house service. Landing of the drone is initiated at the determined location.