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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yujin Hamano, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Uchibori, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Aratake, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inspection apparatus () according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first determination unit () that determines an operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle () based on a first threshold for determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle () can enter the inside, a second threshold, which is greater than the first threshold, for determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle () can land on a water surface of pooled water in the inside, and space information indicating a space of the inside, and a second determination unit () that determines a flight altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle () with respect to the water surface or a floor surface of the manhole after the unmanned aerial vehicle () enters the inside based on the first and second thresholds, and the space information in a case where it has been determined that the unmanned aerial vehicle () can enter the inside and cannot land on the water surface.