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AssigneeSkydio, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Downey, Mark Patrick Bauer, Edward Dale Steakley, Brian Richman, Bernard J. Michini
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Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for unmanned aerial vehicle flight for performing an inspection of land, property, structures or other objects. Automated aerial surveys allow a UAV to obtain aerial data without human manual control of a UAV. For certain aerial surveys, a UAV is not capable of completing the survey without refueling, or exchanging out used batteries for fresh batteries. For such aerial surveys, a method and system is needed to allow an operator to automatically perform an aerial survey while determining battery usage and replacement. Also, in circumstances where manual control of the UAV is needed, contingency-based software controls may be needed.
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A flight control system comprising:
A method performed by one or more processors comprising hardware, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a flight control system, cause the one or more processors to:
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