Patent ID: 11856938
Assignee: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 20:
21. A drone that is configured to monitor a property, the drone comprising:
a sensor that is configured to generate sensor data;
a motor that is configured to navigate the drone;
one or more processors configured to:
analyze the sensor data;
determine, using a result of an analysis of the sensor data, that an unwanted animal is located at the property;
in response to determining that the unwanted animal is located at the property, determine a location that is more likely than another location to cause the unwanted animal to leave the property, wherein the location comprises at least one of a location that causes the drone to approach the unwanted animal in a manner that drives the unwanted animal away from the center of the property;
generate, using data for location that is more likely than another location to cause the unwanted animal to leave the property, an instruction to navigate the drone towards the unwanted animal;
provide, to the motor, the instruction to cause the motor to navigate the drone towards the unwanted animal in response to the instruction to navigate the drone towards the unwanted animal; and
generate an instruction to activate a device that is configured to encourage the unwanted animal to leave the property.