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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Uipco, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert Wiseman Simpson, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US);
Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US);
Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael J. Maciolek, Kerrville, TX (US);
Kelsey Anne O'brien, Austin, TX (US);
Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US);
Emily Margaret Gray, San Antonio, TX (US);
Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US);
Matthew Ryan Santacroce, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically pre-generating a flight path for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to survey a target location is disclosed. The system comprises a computing system that considers environmental conditions such as external and structural factors about the target location to determine an optimal time and route that should be employed in order to best obtain the desired images of selected structures. The factors can include data about the weather, lighting, and atmospheric conditions in the target region, as well as specific physical characteristics for the structures and surrounding land, and features that have been designated as being of higher importance. By customizing the flight path to reflect the target location's particular environmental and structural conditions, the UAV can obtain images of greater quality and relevance.