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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM

  • US 20180002010A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2017
  • Published: 01/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A flight planning system comprising one or more computers and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a type of a vertical structure to be inspected;

    in response to receiving the selection of the type, presenting via the user interface, a representation corresponding to the type of selected vertical structure;

    receiving input via the user interface, the input indicating one or more portions of the vertical structure to be inspected by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);

    presenting, via the user interface, an indication of the one or more portions of the vertical structure to be inspected; and

    determining a flight plan to perform an inspection of a real-world vertical structure that is associated with the representation of the vertical structure, the flight plan determined according to the indicated portions of the vertical structure to be inspected, wherein the flight plan causes the UAV to navigate and obtain sensor information of the real-world vertical structure.

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