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US 2022/0055749 A1Published application
Unmanned aerial vehicle with neural network for enhanced mission performance
AssigneeDrobotics, LLC
InventorEyal STEIN
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or “drone” executes a neural network to assist with inspection, surveillance, reporting, and other missions. The drone inspection neural network may monitor, in real time, the data stream from a plurality of onboard sensors during navigation to an asset along a preprogrammed flight path and/or during its mission (e.g., as it scans and inspects an asset).
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a flight package;
- a navigation system;
- an image-acquisition device;
- a communication facility;
- a computer memory;
- and
- a computer including a processor and electronically stored instructions, executable by the processor, for using data received from the image-acquisition device as input to a predictor that has been computationally trained to identify and classify objects appearing in images acquired by the image-acquisition device during flight.
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A method of inspecting an asset using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring digital images in real time during a flight of the UAV;
- computationally analyzing the acquired digital images with a predictor that has been computationally trained to identify and classify objects appearing in the images;
- and
- taking an action based on at least one classified object.
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