Unmanned aerial vehicle system for taking close-up picture of facility and photography method using the same
AssigneeKorea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
InventorHyeong Yeol Kim
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Abstract
Provided are an unmanned aerial vehicle system for taking a close-up picture of a facility and a photography method using the same. The unmanned aerial vehicle system can safely bring a drone, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle, close to a facility surface, which is a subject, using supports and settling members to precisely photograph damage, deterioration, and defects on the facility surface and can safely bring the unmanned aerial vehicle close to the facility and fix the unmanned aerial vehicle on the facility in a perpendicular direction with respect to the subject surface of the facility to improve the quality of an image captured by a camera when the unmanned aerial vehicle is remotely controlled or autonomously navigates.
Claims18
An unmanned aerial vehicle system for taking a close-up picture of a facility, the unmanned aerial system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to include a rotary body, a propeller motor, and a propeller, be remotely controlled using an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, and fly and come close to a facility;
- the unmanned aerial vehicle controller configured to remotely control the unmanned aerial vehicle through wireless communication;
- a camera configured to be installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle to rotate with the rotary body and photograph the facility;
- at least two supports configured to be installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle and rotate with the rotary body so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can come close to the facility, and configured to separately extend to a surface of the facility in a perpendicular direction so that a predetermined distance is maintained between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the facility;
- support settling members configured to be separately installed at ends of the supports and attached to the surface of the facility so that the camera takes a close-up picture of the facility;
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- a range finder configured to be installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle and measure a distance between the camera and the facility,
- wherein the camera takes a close-up picture of damage, a defect, or deterioration of the facility when the unmanned aerial vehicle comes close to the facility and is settled by the support settling members.
A photography method using an unmanned aerial vehicle for taking a close-up picture of a facility, the method comprising:
- a) when it is necessary to take a close-up picture of a facility, measuring a distance to the facility using a range finder installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- b) causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly and come close to the facility while checking a location of the facility through a monitor connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle controller;
- c) rotating a rotary body by operating a body rotator installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- d) extending at least two supports to a surface of the facility in a perpendicular direction;
- e) causing support settling members separately installed at fore-ends of the extended supports to be very close to the surface of the facility;
- f) settling the support settling members on the surface of the facility so that a predetermined distance is maintained between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the facility;
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- g) taking a close-up picture of the surface of the facility with a camera installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle,
- wherein the rotary body is integrated with the camera and the supports so that operation c) of rotating the rotary body includes rotating the rotary body together with the camera and the supports, and
- the camera takes a close-up picture of damage, a defect, or deterioration of the facility when the unmanned aerial vehicle comes close to the facility and is settled by the support settling members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.