Drone-based grid-asset inspection
AssigneeDuke Energy Corporation
InventorsNorvin Clontz, II, Huiwen Pang, Saurabh Patil, Naveen Barnabas, Matthew Orr
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Abstract
Methods of drone-based grid-asset inspection are provided. A method of drone-based inspection of an overhead asset of an electrical grid, according to some embodiments, includes flying a drone toward the overhead asset. The method includes capturing, via the drone, a plurality of digital images of the overhead asset. The method includes identifying, using computer vision with respect to the digital images, the overhead asset. Moreover, the method includes updating a geographic information system (GIS) database in response to identifying the overhead asset.
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A method of drone-based inspection of an overhead asset of an electrical grid, the method comprising:
- flying a drone toward the overhead asset;
- capturing, via the drone, a plurality of digital images of the overhead asset;
- identifying, using computer vision with respect to the digital images, the overhead asset;
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- updating a geographic information system (GIS) database in response to identifying the overhead asset.
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