US Patent 9854206 Privacy-aware indoor drone exploration and communication framework

The present disclosure provides a method for a privacy-aware indoor drone exploration and communication framework, including: receiving a communication request for a target person from an outside caller; locating the target person in response to the communication request; establishing a video call between the target person and the outside caller to transmit images of the target person to the outside caller; and avoiding showing privacy areas and privacy objects in the indoor environment in the images of the target person to the outside caller during the video call.