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Video enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles

  • US 10,139,819 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2015
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for unmanned vehicle control, the system comprising:

  • an image acquisition device configured to capture an image of an operational area remote from a ground control station, wherein the image acquisition device is located remote from the ground control station and a vehicle;

    the vehicle configured to receive and execute a vehicle control command;

    a control device configured to generate the vehicle control command comprising;

    a display component configured to present the image obtained from the image acquisition device in substantially real-time;

    an input component configured to receive an input indicating a particular position on the displayed image from the image acquisition device located proximate to the ground control station, wherein indicating a particular position comprise selecting a pixel within the displayed image;

    a processor configured to obtain and display the image from the image acquisition device, on the display component, in substantially real-time, determine a coordinate address of the vehicle based on a detected location of a pixel corresponding to the vehicle within the image, and determine a coordinate address based on the received input indicating the particular position, based on the selected pixel, and generate the vehicle control command based on the determined coordinate address; and

    a communication component configured to facilitate transmission of the vehicle control command to the vehicle, wherein the communication component comprises at least a ground control station configured to function as a relay for the transmission of the vehicle control command between the control device and the vehicle.

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