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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. 25, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US);

Fabien Blanc-Paques, San Francisco, CA (US);

Logan Kaminski, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/02 (2010.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some implementations, a UAV flight system can dynamically adjust UAV flight operations based on radio frequency (RF) signal data. For example, the flight system can determine an initial flight plan for inspecting a RF transmitter and configure a UAV to perform an aerial inspection of the RF transmitter. Once airborne, the UAV can collect RF signal data and the flight system can automatically adjust the flight plan to avoid RF signal interference and/or damage to the UAV based on the collected RF signal data. In some implementations, the UAV can collect RF signal data and generate a three-dimensional received signal strength map that describes the received signal strength at various locations within a volumetric area around the RF transmitter. In some implementations, the UAV can collect RF signal data and determine whether a RF signal transmitter is properly aligned.


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