Modifying A Flight Plan For Inspecting Properties Based On Weather Events

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive first inspection data associated with a first flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over a rooftop of a structure, the first inspection data including rooftop imagery and location information associated with the rooftop imagery;
• evaluate the rooftop imagery according to one or more image-quality criteria including at least one of blur, sharpness, overlap, brightness, contrast, exposure, or geographic location error;
• determine, based on the evaluating, that a first image portion of the rooftop imagery fails to satisfy an image-quality threshold for damage assessment;
• identify, from the first inspection data, a corresponding rooftop region associated with the first image portion;
• generate, in response to the determining, second-flight information for a second flight of the UAV, the second-flight information including a target-specific inspection task associated with the corresponding rooftop region;
• assign to the target-specific inspection task an inspection parameter set including at least a target location corresponding to the corresponding rooftop region and a target detail parameter indicative of a level of detail to be obtained during the second flight;
• and
• provide the second-flight information for implementation by the UAV such that the UAV autonomously travels to the target location and obtains follow-up sensor data of the corresponding rooftop region according to the inspection parameter set.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, at one or more processors, first-flight inspection data including imagery of a rooftop of a structure obtained during a first-flight inspection mission of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
• generating, from the first-flight inspection data, a second-flight inspection mission including a target-specific inspection task associated with a selected rooftop region identified from the imagery of the rooftop;
• causing the UAV to autonomously travel, during the second-flight inspection mission, to a target location associated with the target-specific inspection task;
• causing the UAV to maintain a hold position at or above the target location at a safe altitude above the rooftop;
• receiving, from an operator device, authorization to descend from the safe altitude toward the selected rooftop region;
• in response to the authorization, causing the UAV to descend toward the selected rooftop region and obtain follow-up sensor data of the selected rooftop region at a level of detail greater than a level of detail of the imagery obtained during the first-flight inspection mission;
• causing the UAV, after obtaining the follow-up sensor data, to ascend back to the safe altitude above the rooftop;
• and
• causing the UAV to continue the second-flight inspection mission toward another target location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:

• receive first-flight image data associated with a rooftop of a structure;
• receive a user designation of a selected rooftop region in the first-flight image data;
• generate a target-specific inspection waypoint associated with the selected rooftop region for a second inspection flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
• receive or determine prior reference image data corresponding to the selected rooftop region;
• generate second-flight information that causes the UAV, during descent at the target-specific inspection waypoint, to compare live image data captured by the UAV with the prior reference image data and to apply one or more corrections to maintain the selected rooftop region within a field of view of an onboard image sensor;
• and
• cause the second-flight information to be transmitted for execution by the UAV.