Detachable drone for monitoring a moving vessel

Provided are techniques for monitoring a moving vessel using a detachable drone coupled to the moving vessel. An event is identified that triggers detachment of the detachable drone from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is detached from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is moved to a pr...

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Main Authors Florence, Christopher R, Sherk, Walker L, Moore, Jordan T, Yang, Pu
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.09.2019
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE
AVIATION
CHECKING-DEVICES
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS
HELICOPTERS
MINE-LAYING
MINE-SWEEPING
OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES
RELATED EQUIPMENT
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS
SUBMARINES
TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS
TRANSPORTING
VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Summary:Provided are techniques for monitoring a moving vessel using a detachable drone coupled to the moving vessel. An event is identified that triggers detachment of the detachable drone from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is detached from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is moved to a predetermined location. A beacon based on beacon data is transmitted from the detachable drone. In response to the detachable drone receiving a request for the data, data collected from monitoring the moving vessel is delivered.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615360839