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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
William Borea Noto, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present approach relates to the inspection of assets, such as assets having parts that move during operation. As discussed herein, operational data for the asset may be incorporated into planning or adapting the flight plan and/or operational commands may be issued to asset in accordance with the flight plan to facilitate acquisition of the inspection data.