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US 11,857,987 B1Granted
Systems and method for painting using drones
AssigneeRobotArmy Corp.
InventorsDamien Stolarz, Zack Gainsforth, David Diaz
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Abstract
A method and system for performing painting using an unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed herein. The system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle and a user computing device. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a plurality of nozzles, at least one camera, at least one sensor, at least one software module, a plurality of paint containers, lidar, and a plurality of blades.
Claims11
A system for performing painting using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a main body having a plurality of arms extending outward from the main body, a plurality of nozzles, a microprocessor, a comparator coupled to the microprocessor, a memory, a transceiver, at least one camera, a bump map sensor configured to determine texture, roughness and curvature of a surface of a building, at least one software module, a plurality of paint containers, an IR sensor configured to determine the wetness of paint, a spectroscopic sensor configured to analyze paint composition and application, a plurality of structured light emitters configured to test surface deformities, lidar, and a plurality of blades for flight, each of the plurality of blades positioned on a corresponding arm of the plurality of arms, wherein each of the plurality of paint containers is positioned on an underside of the main body away from the plurality of blades and in flow communication with a corresponding nozzle of the plurality of nozzles;
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- a user computing device in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle and comprising a software module to monitor usage;
- wherein the comparator is configured to compare a first plurality of images taken by the at least one camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle before and a second plurality of images taken by the at least one camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle after a cleaning protocol of a building to be painted to ensure that the cleaning protocol achieves a desired result without damage;
- wherein the at least one software module is configured to separate various layers of painting and create an additive layered painting plan, to make layers when a set of spot paints are used, and to predict a mixture of two thin colors and a result of the mixture of the two colors;
- wherein the comparator is configured to detect the difference between dirt and an image through a particle detection or obstacle detection technique;
- wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to paint a building using the plurality of nozzles and paint from the plurality of paint containers.
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A system for performing painting using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a main body having a plurality of arms extending outward from the main body, a microprocessor, a plurality of nozzles, at least one camera, a bump map sensor configured to determine texture, roughness and curvature of a surface of the building, at least one software module, an IR sensor configured to determine the wetness of paint, a spectroscopic sensor configured to analyze paint composition and application, a plurality of structured light emitters configured to test surface deformities, lidar, and a plurality of blades, each of the plurality of blades positioned on a corresponding arm of the plurality of arms;
- a reservoir containing a plurality of different colors of paint;
- a plurality of hoses, each hose connected to a corresponding nozzle of the plurality of nozzles and the reservoir;
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- a user computing device;
- wherein the at least one software module is configured to separate various layers of painting and create an additive layered painting plan, to make layers when a set of spot paints are used, and to predict a mixture of two thin colors and a result of the mixture of the two colors;
- wherein the microprocessor of the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to receive data from the at least one software module for a paint protocol for painting the building using the plurality of nozzles and paint from the reservoir via the plurality of hoses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.