Patent ID: 9600997
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B64C,G08B,Y02A

Claim:
1. A flood warning system comprising: an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) including a controller that communicates flight path instructions to the UAV via the communication circuitry of the UAV; at least one processor coupled to non-transient storage such that the at least one processor can cause information to be stored within the non-transient storage and retrieved from the non-transient storage; a flood alarm system, coupled to the at least one processor, that, based upon GPS information provided by the GPS receiver circuitry, will determine whether specific personal mobile devices are within a specified range of a flood impacted area and, based upon flood depth information obtained using the ultrasound transceiver-based flood depth determination circuitry, communicate flood-related data messages to the specific personal mobile devices within the specified range of the flood impacted area, in accordance with pre-specified personalized alert parameters, so as to cause personalized alerts to be displayed on those specific personal mobile devices.