US 12,602,061 B2Granted

Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating apparatus and method

AssigneeDelta Electronics, Inc.

InventorsKual-Zheng Lee, Tzu-Yang Lin

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Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus generates a plurality of inspection points corresponding to a target object to be inspected, and each of the inspection points corresponds to a spatial coordinate. The apparatus calculates a plurality of flight segments based on a three-dimensional model corresponding to the target object to be inspected and the spatial coordinates corresponding to the inspection points, and each of the flight segments corresponds to two of the inspection points. The apparatus calculates a risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments. The apparatus generates an inspection route corresponding to the target object to be inspected based on the risk values and the flight segments.

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Dependent claims

An unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating apparatus, comprising:

a storage, being configured to store a three-dimensional model corresponding to a target object to be inspected;
and
a processor, being electrically connected to the storage, and being configured to perform operations comprising:
generating a plurality of inspection points corresponding to the target object to be inspected, wherein each of the inspection points corresponds to a spatial coordinate;
calculating a plurality of flight segments based on the three-dimensional model and the spatial coordinates corresponding to the inspection points, wherein each of the flight segments corresponds to two of the inspection points;
calculating a risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments, wherein the risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments is calculated based on a ratio of each path length of the flight segments to a straight line distance;
and
generating an inspection route corresponding to the target object to be inspected based on the risk values and the flight segments.

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An unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating method, being adapted for use in an electronic apparatus, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection route generating method comprises the following steps:

calculating a plurality of flight segments based on a three-dimensional model corresponding to a target object to be inspected and a plurality of spatial coordinates corresponding to a plurality of inspection points, wherein the inspection points correspond to the target object to be inspected, and each of the flight segments corresponds to two of the inspection points;
calculating a risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments, wherein the risk value corresponding to each of the flight segments is calculated based on a ratio of each path length of the flight segments to a straight line distance;
and
generating an inspection route corresponding to the target object to be inspected based on the risk values and the flight segments.

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Facts

Application: 18/490,776Filed 20 Oct 2023
Priority: CN 202310484467.728 Apr 2023
Published: US 2024/0361775 A131 Oct 2024
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
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Classification14 codes

G05D 1/229
Command input arrangements: command input data, e.g. waypoints
G05D 1/644
Intended control result: optimisation of travel parameters, e.g. of energy consumption, journey time or distance
G01C 21/20
Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00: instruments for performing navigational calculations
G05D 1/2297
Command input data, e.g. waypoints: positional data taught by the user, e.g. paths

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