Autonomous Drone Incident Verification for Faster Property Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems for properties lack timely response to incidents due to long response times, limited coverage, limited owner control, insufficient information collection, and increased insurance costs resulting from delayed actions.
Innovation Solution
A network-based system utilizing autonomous drones for data gathering and response, including a drone, navigation system, security system, user computing device, and insurance computing device, which detects triggering activities, navigates to incident zones, collects sensor data, and activates response devices or notifies emergency services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If stationary security sensors are installed to monitor property, then detection capability is improved, but response time remains delayed and coverage is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from stationary security sensors to dynamic mobile drones that can actively move throughout the property. The drone navigates autonomously using GPS and onboard sensors, allowing it to reach incident locations quickly and provide real-time monitoring, thereby reducing response time while maintaining detection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces aerial monitoring capability by deploying drones from a control center to monitor property from three-dimensional space. This adds a vertical dimension to security monitoring, enabling the system to access areas that ground-based stationary sensors cannot reach, thus improving both coverage and response time.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple stationary sensors are installed for comprehensive coverage, then monitoring coverage is improved, but system cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a single mobile drone that can perform multiple monitoring functions across the entire property. The drone is equipped with various sensors including cameras, thermal detectors, and GPS, allowing it to detect different types of incidents (fire, intrusion, environmental hazards) and navigate autonomously, replacing the need for multiple specialized stationary sensor systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The drone system operates autonomously using onboard navigation capabilities, GPS receivers, and pre-programmed flight paths. The control center communicates deployment requests to the drone, which then self-navigates to incident locations and returns data without requiring manual intervention, reducing the need for human operators and additional infrastructure.
3Loss of time
If owner is present at property during incident, then timely response is improved, but property security cannot be ensured when owner is absent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an autonomous drone as an intermediary between the control center and the property. The drone acts as a mobile monitoring and response device that can detect incidents, gather sensor data, and relay information to the control center, which then coordinates appropriate responses. This intermediary system ensures continuous security monitoring and timely response regardless of owner presence.
Data Source
AI summary
A response system may be provided. The response system may include an autonomous drone. The drone may include a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a drone sensor. The processor may be programmed to receive the deployment request from a security system, navigate to the one or more zones of the coverage area included in the deployment request, collect drone sensor data of the one or more zones of the coverage area using the at least one drone sensor, determine that an incident has occurred, and/or transmit the collected drone sensor data and incident verification to the security system, wherein, in response to receiving the collected drone sensor data and incident verification, the security system is configured to generate a command for responding to the incident.