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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Uvic Industry Partnerships Inc., Victoria, CA;
Inventors:
Rishi Gupta, Victoria, CA;
Harsh Rathod, Victoria, CA;
Assignee:
UVic Industry Partnerships Inc., Victoria, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/14 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/14 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01N 29/4463 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); G01N 2291/0232 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are provided with hammers having contact surfaces to produce acoustic signals in structures to be inspected. By selecting a suitable flight path, the contact surface can be dragged across or tapped against the structure to produce acoustic signals indicative of structure condition. Acoustic detectors are coupled to the UAV to produce detected acoustic signals that can be stored, communicated, and/or processed to access to arbitrary structure surfaces, including bottom surfaces of bridge decks and to locate delaminations.