Patents by Inventor Tera Lynn Schroeder

Tera Lynn Schroeder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Registration and authentication of a drone, ground control station, and user for flights leveraging a wide area network
    Patent number: 11785462
    Abstract: A device may include a memory and a processor. The device may receive, from a ground control station (GCS) associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), credentials associated with a user. The device may determine whether the GCS has been registered and determine, in response to determining that the GCS has been registered, whether the UAV has been registered. The device may present, in response to determining that the UAV has been registered, a list of UAVs the user is authorized to operate and receive selection of a particular UAV from the list of UAVs. The device may facilitate operational activities of the particular UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Maher, Daniel William McMillan, David Brian Rinaldi, Jr., Jared Nelson Muirhead, Tera Lynn Schroeder
  • Systems and methods for validating imagery collected via unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 11785185
    Abstract: A user device may include a memory and a processor. The user device may send, via a cellular network, instructions to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The instructions may include instructions to capture a plurality of first images while the UAV is in flight. The user device may receive, while the UAV is in flight, one or more second images via a wireless wide area network. The one or more second images may be lower resolution versions of a subset of the first plurality of images. The user device may store the one or more second images at the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Tera Lynn Schroeder, Mark Reynolds Williamson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING IMAGERY COLLECTED VIA UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20230085740
    Abstract: A user device may include a memory and a processor. The user device may send, via a cellular network, instructions to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The instructions may include instructions to capture a plurality of first images while the UAV is in flight. The user device may receive, while the UAV is in flight, one or more second images via a wireless wide area network. The one or more second images may be lower resolution versions of a subset of the first plurality of images. The user device may store the one or more second images at the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Tera Lynn Schroeder, Mark Reynolds Williamson
  • REGISTRATION AND AUTHENTICATION OF A DRONE, GROUND CONTROL STATION, AND USER FOR FLIGHTS LEVERAGING A WIDE AREA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220210644
    Abstract: A device may include a memory and a processor. The device may receive, from a ground control station (GCS) associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), credentials associated with a user. The device may determine whether the GCS has been registered and determine, in response to determining that the GCS has been registered, whether the UAV has been registered. The device may present, in response to determining that the UAV has been registered, a list of UAVs the user is authorized to operate and receive selection of a particular UAV from the list of UAVs. The device may facilitate operational activities of the particular UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Dana Maher, Daniel William McMillan, David Brian Rinaldi, JR., Jared Nelson Muirhead, Tera Lynn Schroeder