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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:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Geomni, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jeffery D. Lewis, Orem, UT (US);

Jeffrey C. Taylor, Sandy, UT (US);

Corey D. Reed, Cedar Hills, UT (US);

Troy Tomkinson, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for mission planning and flight automation for an unmanned aircraft comprising generating an aerial imagery map of a capture area; generating a flight plan based on criteria for capturing images used to create a model of a feature present in the images; comparing the generated aerial imagery map with the generated flight plan; determining whether there is a possible collision between an obstacle associated with the generated aerial imagery map and the unmanned aircraft along a flight path of the generated flight plan; and executing, based on the determination, the generated flight plan.


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