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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Scott W. Lea, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for measuring the distance to a target object and acquiring scale and point-to-point distance information for that target object in an environment using a remotely operated flying platform, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system uses on-board sensors and processing techniques to provide discrete or continuous measurements of the distances between points on a target object or the scale of the target object. The addition of on-board three-dimensional measurement capabilities to UAVs (or other flying platforms) allows the collection of distance data. Having this capability enables these systems to acquire distances between points on a single object, such as determining the true scale factors of items in images captured by the UAV, in the course of performing metrology-related tasks.