Invention Application
- Patent Title: FLYING DRONE FOR INSPECTING SURFACES, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SURFACES BY SUCH A FLYING DRONE
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Application No.: US17535052Application Date: 2021-11-24
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Publication No.: US20220172344A1Publication Date: 2022-06-02
- Inventor: Nicolas Dominguez , François Lefebvre Albaret , Florent Montet , Jérome Fayolet
- Applicant: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
- Applicant Address: FR Toulouse
- Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
- Current Assignee Address: FR Toulouse
- Priority: FR2012246 20201127
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/247 ; G06T7/40 ; G06T7/514 ; G06T7/70 ; G06T7/55 ; H04N5/232 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D47/02 ; B64D47/08 ; F21V21/30

Abstract:
A flying drone for inspecting surfaces able to reflect light has a lighting device formed of two light sources each having a shape that is elongate in a longitudinal direction of each of the light sources, two first image acquisition devices, and a second image acquisition device between the two first image acquisition devices. The two light sources are respectively between the second image acquisition device and each of the first image acquisition devices. The flying drone allows effective detection of dents in surfaces by analyzing specular reflections, by the lighting device and of the first image acquisition devices, and effective detection of superficial defects on surfaces by the second image acquisition device, with the lighting device switched off.
Public/Granted literature
- US11783465B2 Flying drone for inspecting surfaces, and method for inspecting surfaces by such a flying drone Public/Granted day:2023-10-10
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