Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic flight control for UAV based solid modeling
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Application No.: US14574329Application Date: 2014-12-17
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Publication No.: US09352833B2Publication Date: 2016-05-31
- Inventor: Ezekiel Kruglick
- Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Turk IP Law, LLC
- Main IPC: G05D3/00
- IPC: G05D3/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/10 ; G06T17/05 ; G06T17/10 ; B64C19/00

Abstract:
Technologies are generally described for controlling a flight path of a UAV based image capture system for solid modeling. Upon determining an initial movement path based on an estimate of a structure to be modeled, images of the structure to be modeled may be captured and surface hypotheses formed for unobserved surfaces based on the captured images. A normal vector and a viewing cone may be computed for each hypothesized surface. A set of desired locations may be determined based on the viewing cones for the entire structure to be modeled and a least impact path for the UAV determined based on the desired locations and desired flight parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150112516A1 AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL FOR UAV BASED SOLID MODELING Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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