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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Precisionhawk, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew E. Tompkins, Portland, OR (US);
John P. Cannon, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard P. Statile, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
PRECISIONHAWK, INC., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Drone inspection of an undifferentiated surface using a reference image is disclosed. A plurality of images of a surface of a structure are analyzed to identify at least one image that depicts a feature in a portion of the surface based on a feature criterion, the plurality of images being generated by a drone comprising a camera, each image depicting a corresponding portion of the surface, and at least some of the images depicting the corresponding portion of the surface and a portion of a reference image. A location on the surface that corresponds to the at least one image is determined based on a depiction of the reference image in an image of the plurality of images.
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