Apparatus and method for collecting environmental samples
OwnerArthur W. Mohr, JR., David Barron +1inventors
InventorsArthur W. Mohr, JR., David Barron, Kyle Andrew Dorosz
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle detector includes an unmanned aerial vehicle, a pump/detector combination on the unmanned aerial vehicle and a tube including a rigid section and a flexible section. The tube is connected at a proximal end to the pump/detector combination. The pump/detector combination is configured to draw gas samples from a distal end of the tube to the detector and to detect a level of a gas drawn from within a prescribed distance above ground level.
Claims20
An unmanned aerial vehicle detector, comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- a pump/detector combination on the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- and
- a tube connected at a proximal end to the pump/detector combination, wherein the pump/detector combination is configured to draw gas samples from a distal end of the tube to the detector and the distal end is weighted to remain within a prescribed distance above ground level as the unmanned aerial vehicle travels laterally above the ground.
A gas sampling method, comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle flying over a tract of interest;
- and
- a pump/detector combination on the unmanned aerial vehicle drawing gas samples through a tube connected at a proximal end to the pump/detector combination, wherein the pump/detector combination is configured to draw gas samples from a distal end of the tube to the detector and the distal and is weighted to draw gas from within a prescribed distance above ground level as the unmanned aerial vehicle flies over the tract of interest.
An unmanned aerial vehicle gas detecting system, comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle, including:
- a pump/detector combination on the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- a tube connected at a proximal end to the pump/detector combination, wherein the pump/detector combination is configured to draw gas samples from a distal end of the tube to the detector and the distal end of the tube is weighted to draw gas from within a prescribed distance above ground level as the unmanned aerial vehicle travels laterally above the ground;
- a wireless communication system;
- and
- an external controller configured to receive gas detection data transmitted from the unmanned aerial vehicle and to store the gas detection data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.