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Patent No.:

US 12333756 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2022

Systems and methods for 3d model based drone flight planning and control

Applicant:

Neural Enterprises Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Laurence Arksey, Seattle, WA (US);

Deon Blaauw, Lisse, NL;

Lucas Thomas Hahn, Brooklyn, NY (US);

John Gordon McQueen, Seattle, WA (US);

Satoshi Nakajima, Medina, WA (US);

Guy David Byron Shefner, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);

Richard Chia Tsing Tong, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

NEURAL ENTERPRISES INC., Kirkland, WA (US);

Attorney:

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

Primary Examiner:

Anne Marie Antonucci

Assistant Examiner:

Jared C Bean

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/695 (2024.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/56 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/695 (2024.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/56 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/102 (2023.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a plurality of drones to survey a location, the method comprising, at a computing system: automatically generating preliminary flight plans for a plurality of drones to survey the location based on a 3D model; receiving survey data from the plurality of drones as the plurality of drones are surveying the location based on the preliminary flight plans; updating the 3D model based on the survey data received from the plurality of drones; and automatically updating at least a portion of the flight plans based on the updated 3D model

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