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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Richard Hong, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/34 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system is disclosed for capturing and distributing aerial images and/or videos. Images and/or videos are captured from aircraft and transmitted to a ground station. Users are able to view captured images on a real-time or near real-time basis through a user platform on mobile devices and web browsers. The location of the user may also be determined and used to interpolate the user's location with the captured images.