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Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection system

  • US 9,740,200 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2016
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising one or more processors and a computer storage media storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations associated with inspecting vertical structures, the operations performed prior to inspections of the vertical structures, and the operations comprising:

  • displaying, in a user interface, a representation of a vertical structure to be inspected by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);

    determining an inspection perimeter around the vertical structure to be inspected, the user interface being configured to receive adjustment of the inspection perimeter to increase or decrease a size of the inspection perimeter around the vertical structure, and the inspection perimeter being associated with positions about the vertical structure at which the UAV is to obtain sensor information;

    generating a flight pattern based on the inspection perimeter, the flight pattern, upon implementation by the UAV, causing the UAV to navigate around the vertical structure to a plurality of positions and orient one or more sensors of the UAV towards the vertical structure and obtain sensor information describing the vertical structure; and

    transmitting, to the UAV for implementation, flight information including the flight pattern via a wireless or wired connection.

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