Monitoring a Construction Site Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
AssigneeDronomy Ltd.
InventorsOri Aphek, Guy Raz
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Abstract
Described embodiments include apparatus for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The apparatus includes a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the receiver, coordinates of a position sensor coupled to a portion of a crane, a configuration of the crane changing over time due at least to movement of the portion of the crane relative to a tower of the crane, to compute, in response to the received coordinates, a flight path that passes under a boom of the crane while circumventing the crane, and to cause the UAV to follow the computed flight path, by transmitting flight instructions, via the transmitter, to the UAV. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims20
Apparatus for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
- and
- a processor, configured:
- to receive, via the receiver, coordinates of a position sensor coupled to a portion of a crane, a configuration of the crane changing over time due at least to movement of the portion of the crane relative to a tower of the crane,
- to compute, in response to the received coordinates, a flight path that passes under a boom of the crane while circumventing the crane, and
- to cause the UAV to follow the computed flight path, by transmitting flight instructions, via the transmitter, to the UAV.
Apparatus for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter;
- and
- a processor, configured:
- to ascertain a configuration of a crane,
- to define a plurality of no-fly volumes that encompass different respective portions the crane, in response to the ascertained configuration of the crane,
- to compute a flight path that passes under a boom of the crane without passing through any of the no-fly volumes, and
- to cause the UAV to follow the computed flight path, by transmitting flight instructions, via the transmitter, to the UAV.
Apparatus for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
- and
- a processor, configured:
- to receive, via the receiver, a signal that indicates a configuration of a crane,
- to compute, in response to the signal, a flight path that passes under a boom of the crane while circumventing the crane, and
- to cause the UAV to follow the computed flight path, by transmitting flight instructions, via the transmitter, to the UAV.
A method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:
- receiving coordinates of a position sensor coupled to a portion of a crane, a configuration of the crane changing over time due at least to movement of the portion of the crane relative to a tower of the crane;
- in response to the received coordinates, computing a flight path that passes under a boom of the crane while circumventing the crane;
- and
- causing the UAV to follow the computed flight path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.