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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 12748424 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2024

Autonomous inspection system and method

Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventor:

Stephen Matthew Jones, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:

Foley IP Law, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Aniss Chad

Assistant Examiner:

Christine Nguyen Huynh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/36 (2024.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 50/38 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/686 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01M 5/0033 (2013.01); G01M 5/0075 (2013.01); G01M 5/0091 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/686 (2024.01); B64U 50/38 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01);
Abstract

An autonomous inspection solution includes: a UAV having a navigation component and a first inspection sensor suite. The navigation component is configured to: autonomously deploy the UAV from a support vehicle; fly a first route at an inspection site, based at least upon a sensor type of the first inspection sensor suite; and autonomously return to the support vehicle upon completion of assigned inspections. In some examples, the first inspection sensor suite includes an optical camera, a thermal imaging sensor, an RF sensor, or an inventory management sensor, and a second inspection sensor suite has at least one different sensor than the first inspection sensor suite. The navigation component is further configured navigate the UAV to fly a second route, based at least upon a sensor type of the second inspection sensor suite. A data component stores or wirelessly transmits data received from the affixed inspection sensor suites.

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