Surveillance drone with microbots
View Patent ↗A drone which carries out surveillance by surveilling the user's property. Items in the property can be mapped by the drone. People come on the property can be imaged, and use image processing to compare the image of the people with known images of known people. An alarm can because when an unknown person comes. When the packages delivered, the drone can carry out surveillance on the package, including imaging the outside of the package in the inside of the package.
1. A surveillance drone, comprising:
a flying drone, which operates using power from an internal battery, to allow flying the drone based on a programmable control, the drone having electrical contacts which allow charging the battery, wherein the drone also includes a camera which obtains a picture over 360° and processes an image from the camera; and
a drone base, having charging contacts, the charging contacts being in a similar pattern to the electrical contacts on the drone,
the drone base and having structure enabling the flying drone to automatically land on the drone base in a location where the drone is charged via its electrical contacts from the charging contacts on the drone,
wherein the drone uses a processor for carrying out surveillance over an area,
wherein the drone runs a mapping program that determines a perimeter of a user's property, and carries out surveillance within the perimeter, wherein the camera is a pan and tilt movable camera,
and the processor in the drone runs a routine which automatically determines people who are on the user's property, and compares and obtains images of the people on the user's property and compares the images to known images using image processing to determine people who are not authorized to be on the property, and automatically takes an action when finding an unauthorized person, wherein the image processing compares a logo on a uniform against known logos on uniforms to determine a package delivery person,
wherein the drone automatically surveils packages which are left on the property,
wherein the drone also includes micro bots, which are smaller than the drone, and
which are stored in the drone and are electrically recharged when stowed in the drone, and where the micro bots have a function to leave the drone and to carry out an action based on results of the surveillance,
wherein the micro bots include a camera on a probe, and the micro bots automatically insert the probe into a package to obtain an image of an inside of the package.
2. The drone as in claim 1 , wherein the image processing compares faces against known faces.