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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Glenn Craft, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Christopher Edward Thompson, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0091 (2013.01); F03D 17/00 (2016.05); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to inspect equipment and a method of inspecting equipment with the UAS are described. The UAS includes a scanner to obtain images of the equipment and a memory device to store information for the UAS. The UAS also includes a processor to determine a real-time flight path based on the images and the stored information, and a camera mounted on the UAS to obtain camera images of the equipment as the UAS traverses the real-time flight path.