US 12,112,647 B2 · Methods and devices for unmanned aerial vehicle based site inspection and scale rendered analysis

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) scale rendered analysis, orthomosaic, and 3D mapping and landing platform systems. More specifically, some embodiments relate to systems, methods, and means for the collection and processing of images captured during a UAV flight sequence. In some embodiments, the UAV landing platform retrieves flight information and initial map information over a unidirectional virtual private network from a multitenant cloud-based scheduling application. The UAV landing platform sends the initial map information to a UAV over a WiFi, Bluetooth, or radio frequency network and initiates a drone flight sequence once the drone flight sequence has been approved by a local user. The UAV landing platform receives property image data from a UAV after a UAV flight sequence has ended and transmits the received property image data back to the cloud application.

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Dependent claims

A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving one or more multidimensional models of an environment from a model generation platform, wherein the one or more multidimensional models were generated based on image data captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a UAV flight sequence;
receiving user input comprising a model analysis request for the one or more multidimensional models;
executing a model analysis of the one or more multidimensional models based on the model analysis request;
and
enabling display of results of the model analysis for access by an end user.

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A computing apparatus comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage media;
and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media that, when executed by a processing system, direct the computing apparatus to at least:
receive one or more multidimensional models of an environment from a model generation platform, wherein the one or more multidimensional models were generated based on image data captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a UAV flight sequence;
receive user input comprising a model analysis request for the one or more multidimensional models;
execute a model analysis of the one or more multidimensional models based on the model analysis request;
and
enable display of results of the model analysis for access by an end user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Methods and devices for unmanned aerial vehicle based site inspection and scale rendered analysis

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Methods and devices for unmanned aerial vehicle based site inspection and scale rendered analysis

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