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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:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:

International Electronic Machines Corp., Troy, NY (US);

Inventor:

Zahid F. Mian, Loudonville, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned mobile observation device, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, can be used to acquire observation data for a sensitive area. The observation data can include image data and geolocation data corresponding to a real-world geographic location at which the image data was acquired. The geolocation data can be accurate to five centimeters or less. The observation data can be evaluated to identify any defects within the sensitive area. Such evaluation can include comparison with previously acquired image data for the sensitive area, which can be enables by using the geolocation data to select the corresponding previously acquired image data.


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