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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ali Shoeb, San Rafael, CA (US);
Marcus Hammond, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/106 (2019.05); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0607 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for detection of an obstacle by a UAV includes arriving above a location at a first altitude by the UAV; navigating a descent flight pattern from the first altitude towards the location; acquiring aerial images of the location below the UAV with a camera system disposed onboard the UAV; and analyzing the aerial images with a machine vision system disposed onboard the UAV that is adapted to detect a presence of the obstacle in the aerial images. The descent flight pattern is selected to increase perception by the machine vision system of the obstacle.