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Geographic survey system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

  • US 9,880,563 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2016
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation, comprising:

  • receiving from a customer a first data request, the first data request comprising;

    a first geographic coverage area; and

    a refresh rate for the first geographic coverage area;

    planning a first plurality of flight missions to accomplish the first data request;

    uploading flight missions data representing the first plurality of flight missions into a UAV pod;

    deploying the UAV pod;

    providing a two-rotor UAV with flight mission data for one of the first plurality of flight missions from the UAV pod;

    launching the two-rotor UAV from the UAV pod to perform the one of the first plurality of flight missions;

    receiving the two-rotor UAV on the UAV pod; and

    receiving in the UAV pod a first flight survey data obtained from the one of the first plurality of flight missions from the two-rotor UAV.

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