Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structure scan using unmanned aerial vehicle
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Application No.: US16896066Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11455894B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Peter Henry , Jack Zhu , Brian Richman , Harrison Zheng , Hayk Martirosyan , Matthew Donahoe , Abraham Galton Bachrach , Adam Bry
- Applicant: Skydio, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; G06F3/04845 ; G06F3/04817 ; G06T17/05 ; G06T19/00 ; G06F3/04847 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D47/08 ; G05D1/10 ; G05D1/00 ; G08G5/04 ; G01S13/89 ; G01S17/89 ; H04N5/272 ; G06T17/10 ; G06V20/13 ; G06V20/10 ; H04N13/204

Abstract:
Described herein are systems and methods for structure scan using an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some methods include accessing a three-dimensional map of a structure; generating facets based on the three-dimensional map, wherein the facets are respectively a polygon on a plane in three-dimensional space that is fit to a subset of the points in the three-dimensional map; generating a scan plan based on the facets, wherein the scan plan includes a sequence of poses for an unmanned aerial vehicle to assume to enable capture, using image sensors of the unmanned aerial vehicle, of images of the structure; causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to assume a pose corresponding to one of the sequence of poses of the scan plan; and capturing one or more images of the structure from the pose.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210125406A1 STRUCTURE SCAN USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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