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Patent No.:

US 12130204 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2020

Rapidly deployable uas system for autonomous inspection operations using a combined payload

Applicant:

Seekops Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Andrew David Aubrey, Austin, TX (US);

Brendan James Smith, Lakeway, TX (US);

Assignee:

SeekOps Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Concept IP LLP

Michael Zarrabian

Primary Examiner:

Hongmin Fan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 80/70 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for a mobile vehicle, the mobile vehicle comprising a base station; an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the UAV is launched from the base station; a payload disposed on the UAV, where the payload is configured to generate payload data of at least one infrastructure, and where the payload data comprises at least one of: a gas sensor data, an infrared imager for optical gas imaging (OGI) camera data, an infrared imager tuned for radiometric measurement camera data, a visible camera data, and a 3D mapping data; and a processor in communication with the UAV and the payload, where the processor is configured to determine an integrity of the at least one infrastructure based on payload data from the payload.

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