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Patent No.:

US 11803956 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021

Method for detecting potential dents in a surface able to reflect light, system and computer program for the implementation thereof

Applicant:

Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;

Inventor:

François Lefebvre Albaret, Toulouse, FR;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;

Attorney:

KDW Firm PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Jerome Grant, Ii

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for detecting potential dents in a surface includes providing a flying drone with an image acquisition device and a light source, the shape of which is elongate, and a data processing device. At least one series of images is acquired of portions of the surface by the image acquisition device by moving the flying drone past the surface along a trajectory so that, for each image of the series, the light source is illuminating the corresponding portion of the surface. The data processing device is operated to analyze the shape of a specular reflection of the light source in images of the series of images to estimate the position of any dents in the surface.

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Lefebvre Albaret, François. (2023). Method for detecting potential dents in a surface able to reflect light, system and computer program for the implementation thereof (U.S. Patent No. 11803956). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11803956

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