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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Brad Thomas Costa, Melbourne, FL (US);
Seneca Snyder, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jerry Duncan, Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael Scott Miner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Shannon Joseph Clouse, Erie, PA (US);
Anwarul Azam, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Matthew Lawrence Blair, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Nidhi Naithani, Bangalore, IN;
Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Anju Bind, Bangalore, IN;
Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Bangalore, IN;
Scott Daniel Nelson, Melbourne, FL (US);
Nikhil Uday Naphade, Maharashtra, IN;
Wing Yeung Chung, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Wattsburg, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Jeffrey James Kisak, Erie, PA (US);
Dale Martin DiDomenico, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aerial camera system includes an aerial device disposed onboard a non-aerial vehicle as the non-aerial vehicle moves along a route. The aerial device also can be configured to fly above the route during movement of the vehicle along the route. The camera unit is configured to be disposed onboard the aerial device and to generate image data during flight of the aerial device. The one or more image analysis processors are configured to examine the image data and to identify a hazard disposed ahead of the non-aerial vehicle along a direction of travel of the non-aerial vehicle based on the image data. A method for identifying route-related hazards using image data obtained from a camera unit on an aerial device.