Patent ID: 9454157
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B64C,G05D,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method for executing a flight mission by one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to be performed on a computer system comprising two or more microprocessors and two or more nonvolatile memory units, wherein at least one of said two or more microprocessors and one of said two or more nonvolatile memory units is integral to an unmanned aerial vehicle further comprising a flight means, said two or more nonvolatile memory units storing instructions which, when executed by said two or more microprocessors, cause said computer system to perform operations comprising: receiving, by said computer system, a geographic starting point for a mission to be executed sequentially by at least a first unmanned aerial vehicle and a second unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving, by said computer system, a geographic end point for said mission to be executed by at least said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle; calculating, by said computer system, a single geographic flight path for at least said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle receiving, by said computer system, a preferred distance from said single geographic flight path; calculating, by said computer system, a geographic position of at least said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle within said preferred distance from said single geographic flight path; assigning, by said computer system, said mission to said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle prior to the execution of said mission by said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein said first unmanned aerial vehicle and said second unmanned aerial vehicle are selected from among a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles located within said preferred distance from said single geographic flight path; and wherein said second unmanned aerial vehicle is stationed at an intermediary charging station.