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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
John Lyle Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Joshua Przybylko, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating information about a forest. A number of locations in the forest are identified over which an electromagnetic energy sensor system in an unmanned aerial vehicle generates the information about the forest by generating a point cloud with a resolution that meets a point cloud threshold. A route is generated for the unmanned aerial vehicle to move to the number of locations and generate the information about the forest in the number of locations.