Weather drone

• Main Authors: Stephane Cheikh, Thierry Le Gall
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.08.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING

A weather drone 100 comprises: a first sensor 101 configured to repeatedly measure one or more parameters indicative of weather; a memory 103 coupled to the first sensor 101 and configured to store data recorded by the first sensor 101, the data comprising a series of repeatedly measured parameters; and a processor 104 coupled to the first sensor 101 and the memory 103. The processor 104 is configured to analyse the data as it is being recorded by the first sensor 101, and determine if the data exceeds a first threshold value and/or falls below a second threshold value. If the processor 104 determines that the data exceeds the first threshold value and/or falls below the second threshold value, either on at least one occasion, or more than a predetermined number of times, the processor 104 is configured to prevent the storage of further data from the first sensor 101 in the memory 103. Alternatively, the processor may be configured to send a message to a base station 20, via a wireless communication module 105, indicating that the first sensor has measured data exceeding the first threshold value and/or falls below the second threshold value, and the processor may be configured to prevent the storage of further data from the first sensor in the memory, only in response to the wireless communication module receiving a reply message from the base station, instructing the processor to prevent the storage of further data from the first sensor in the memory. The drone may comprise a second sensor 102