公开(公告)号：US10207801B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15537162

申请日：2014-12-17

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Winston Garcia-Gabin ,  Bengt Stridh ,  Elina Vartiainen ,  Kari Saarinen ,  Per-Erik Modén ,  Veronika Domova

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H02S50/10 ,  G01N21/88 ,  G06K9/00 ,  F24S40/00

Abstract: A method for inspecting a solar panel of a solar power station is performed in a controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, and includes the steps of: receiving an inspection request for a subset of the solar panels navigating, in a first stage, using radio signals, the UAV to an initial location in a vicinity of a particular solar panel of the subset of solar panels; positioning, in a second stage, the UAV using at least one near field sensor of the UAV; and capturing, using the infrared camera, an image of the particular solar panel.