Patent ID: 11897630
Assignee: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1, comprising rotating the drone while the drone has not yet landed on the ground station by:
determining, for a third magnetic component and a fourth magnetic component included in the ground station, to generate:
a third magnetic field at the third magnetic component at a third position in the ground station, the third position being offset from the first position, and
a fourth magnetic field at the fourth magnetic component at a fourth position in the ground station, the fourth position being offset from the second position;

stopping generation of the first magnetic field at the first magnetic component and the second magnetic field at the second magnetic component; and
generating, while the drone has not yet landed on the ground station and using the third magnetic component and the fourth magnetic component included in the ground station:
the third magnetic field at a third the third magnetic component to enable the first corresponding magnetic component in the drone to couple by magnetic attraction with the third magnetic component, and
the fourth magnetic field at the fourth magnetic component to enable the second corresponding magnetic component in the drone to couple by magnetic attraction with the fourth magnetic component,
wherein the third magnetic field has a same polarity as the first magnetic field and the fourth magnetic field has a same polarity as the second magnetic field.