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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Unmanned Innovation, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan Jay Poole, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mark Patrick Bauer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Volkan Gurel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Eugene Kuehn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

UNMANNED INNOVATION, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0065 (2013.01); G06K 9/00637 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes receiving, by the UAV, flight information describing a job to perform an inspection of a rooftop. A particular altitude is ascended to, and an inspection of the rooftop is performed including obtaining sensor information describing the rooftop. Location information identifying a damaged area of the rooftop is received. The damaged area of the rooftop is traveled to. An inspection of the damaged area of the rooftop is performed including obtaining detailed sensor information describing the damaged area. A safe landing location is traveled to.


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