公开(公告)号：US10192354B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15338700

申请日：2016-10-31

申请人： Charlie Terry ,  Jordan Bates ,  Alan Lombadu ,  Josh Godwin ,  Richard Murphy ,  Lee Priest

发明人： Charlie Terry ,  Jordan Bates ,  Alan Lombadu ,  Josh Godwin ,  Richard Murphy ,  Lee Priest

IPC分类号： G06T17/05 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04W16/18 ,  H04N13/275 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04N13/221

摘要： Systems and methods for developing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a cell site using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to obtain photos and/or video include preparing the UAV for flight and programming an autonomous flight path about a cell tower at the cell site, wherein the autonomous flight path comprises a substantially circular flight path about the cell tower with one or more cameras on the UAV facing the cell tower; flying the UAV around the cell tower in a plurality of orbits comprising at least four orbits each with a different set of characteristics of altitude, radius, and camera angle, wherein the flying comprises of at least four orbits for a monopole cell tower and at least five orbits for a self-support/guyed cell tower; obtaining photos and/or video of the cell tower, the cell site, and cell site components during each of the plurality of orbits; and using the photos and/or video to develop the point cloud three-dimensional (3D) model of the cell site.