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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2024
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Mackenzie Vecchio, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Eric D. Schwartz, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jackson A Beebe, Juno Beach, FL (US);
John P. Cannon, Mangonia Park, FL (US);
Paul R. Hynes, Jupiter, FL (US);
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A system and method that reduces the time needed to identify infrastructure that has been damaged due to a storm, earthquake, or other event. At a high level, the presently claimed invention includes the following steps. Step 1: Assigned airborne response equipped with high-powered lidar sensors to fly over impacted areas to collect a 3D point cloud. This data focuses on the 3D geometry of the built environment and may be processed in a highly automated fashion to derive the locations of downed poles and wires. Step 2: run automated processes to identify highly impacted areas—providing an output of precise XY locations of downed poles and wires. And step 3: develop unique resource allocation response given the areas of known major damage.