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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23218 (2018.08); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); H04N 5/232061 (2018.08); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-copter on which a camera with a distance to a focal plane where the camera is in focus fixed at d is mounted detects a position of an inspection overhead line when moving to an image capture start point above the inspection overhead line, and moves to a shooting end point immediately above the inspection overhead line while capturing images of the inspection overhead line at the lower side using the camera while keeping an altitude difference d with the inspection overhead line.