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Patent No.:

US 9678507 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2015

Autonomous infrastructure element survey systems and methods using uav fleet deployment

Applicant:

Latitude Engineering, Llc, Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Jason Douglas, Tucson, AZ (US);

Travis Alexander Woodrow, Tucson, AZ (US);

Manu Singh, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Aeko Balthazar, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

LATITUDE ENGINEERING, LLC, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Behrang Badii

Assistant Examiner:

David Testardi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey system and methods for surveying an area of interest are disclosed. The system can include a plurality of docking stations positioned at predetermined locations within the area of interest, each docking station comprising a platform to support a UAV while docked at the docking station; a battery charger; and a communications interface; a plurality of UAVs distributed among the plurality of docking stations, each UAV comprising a communications interface; and a system controller comprising a processor and transmitter communicatively coupled to the plurality of UAVs.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Douglas, Jason. (2017). Autonomous infrastructure element survey systems and methods using uav fleet deployment (U.S. Patent No. 9678507). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9678507

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