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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Matthew J. Flood, Dubuque, IA (US);

Mark J. Cherney, Dubuque, IA (US);

Andrew W. Kahler, Moline, IL (US);

Richard Lawler, Dubuque, IA (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); A01G 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); A01G 23/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 9/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06K 9/00657 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to collect and forward information pertaining to a forestry worksite area. The UAV is controlled to fly to a first location and capture image information at the first location. The UAV is also controlled to fly to a second location, establish a communication connection between the UAV and a communication system at the second location, and send the captured image information to the communication system via the established connection. In another example, the UAV uploads (e.g., sends) the data to a communication system (e.g., computing device operated by an operator), and the uploaded data is further sent to a remote computing system (e.g., a forestry analysis system).


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