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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:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Geocue Group, Llc, Madison, AL (US);

Inventors:

Lewis Graham, Madison, AL (US);

Nancy Graham, Madison, AL (US);

Derek Morris, Decatur, AL (US);

Carl Steven Riddell, Madison, AL (US);

Hai Quang Dinh, Huntsville, AL (US);

Assignee:

GEOCUE GROUP, LLC, Madison, AL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drone system has a camera mounted to a frame of a drone, the camera configured to acquire image data upon receipt of a signal from a flight controller and a precision location device configured for continuously obtaining location data. Additionally, the drone system has a computing device configured for receiving a signal indicating that an image has been acquired, the computing device configured for transmitting a signal to a precision location device indicating that an image has been acquired, and the precision location device is further configured to record event data associated with a time indicating when the image was acquired.


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