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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohammed H. Al Qizwini, Macomb, MI (US);
David H. Clifford, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/43 (2010.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/182 (2022.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 19/43 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01);
Abstract
A method of surveying roads includes generating a dynamic flight plan for a drone using a vehicle traveling on a road as a target. The dynamic flight plan includes instructions for movement of the drone. The method includes controlling the drone as a function of position of the vehicle based on the dynamic flight plan. The method includes maintaining, based on the controlling, line of sight with the drone while the drone with an onboard camera follows the vehicle and captures images of the road being traveled by the vehicle using the onboard camera.