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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.

Patent No.:

US 12612776 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2019

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Applicants:

Acsl Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Njs Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Kuroiwa, Osaka, JP;

Shosuke Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Yusuke Inagaki, Suita, JP;

Patrik Ken Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignees:

ACSL Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

NJS Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Primary Examiner:

Joshua D Huson

Assistant Examiner:

Anna L. Gordon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 50/30 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/21 (2023.01); E03F 7/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/38 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03F 7/00 (2013.01); F16L 55/38 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 30/21 (2023.01); B64U 50/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device configuration, and a method for performing an imaging survey within a survey space using an unmanned aerial vehicle. An unmanned aerial vehicle with at least four rotating blades, and a control unit which controls the rotation of the at least four rotating blades. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a survey camera in a position on a chassis of the unmanned aerial vehicle, between at least one rotating blade positioned on the side in the direction of travel, from among the at least four rotating blades, and at least one rotating blade positioned on the opposite side to the direction of travel, and wherein, when flying above a surface in which a liquid is at least partially present, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies while at least partially preventing scattered liquid from reaching above the chassis.

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