Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of autonomous power line detection, avoidance, navigation, and inspection using aerial crafts
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Application No.: US14875927Application Date: 2015-10-06
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Publication No.: US09964658B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: David M. Hull , Ross N. Adelman
- Applicant: U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Eric Brett Compton
- Main IPC: G01V3/08
- IPC: G01V3/08 ; B64C13/18 ; B64C13/10 ; G01S1/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G01C23/00 ; G08G5/00

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to power line detection, and more particularly, to methods and systems for autonomous power line detection, avoidance, navigation, and inspection. They may be implemented using aerial crafts, but do not have to. According to an embodiment, a method for detecting energized power lines in ambient space in the vicinity of an aerial craft is presented. The method includes measuring, with sensors located on the aerial craft, electric and magnetic fields in the space; and with a power line detection controller, detecting an energized power line in the space in the vicinity of the aerial craft using the sensor data; and determining the orientation of the detected energized power line in the space based on the electric and magnetic field measurements. Similar methods and systems are also presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170097435A1 METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS POWER LINE DETECTION, AVOIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND INSPECTION USING AERIAL CRAFTS Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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