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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Skydio, Inc., Redwood, CA (US);
Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Fabien Blanc-Paques, San Francisco, CA (US);
Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wind turbine inspection system. One of the methods includes obtaining first sensor information by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the first sensor information describing physical aspects of a wind turbine, including one or more blades of the wind turbine. An orientation of the blades of the wind turbine are determined based on the obtained first sensor information. A flight pattern for the UAV to inspect the blades of the wind turbine is determined, the flight pattern being based on the determined orientation of the blades. Each of the blades of the wind turbine is inspected by the UAV according to the determined flight pattern, the inspection including obtaining second sensor information describing the blades of the wind turbine.