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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Inventors:
Eric D. Schwartz, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Stephen S. Cross, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Bryan M. Kitchener, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H02G 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H02G 1/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Unmanned monitoring devices, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), drones or rovers may survey an area of interest (AOI) such an electric power distribution system including generation, transmission, and distribution elements to automatically determine components in the AOI to be monitored. Types, placements locations, and pathways taken by other unmanned monitoring devices to facilitate the monitoring of the components of the AOI are also automatically determined.