Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crisscross boustrophedonic flight patterns for UAV scanning and imaging
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Application No.: US16035888Application Date: 2018-07-16
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Publication No.: US10364027B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Jim Loveland , Leif Larson , Dan Christiansen , Tad Christiansen
- Applicant: Loveland Innovations, LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT Pleasant Grove
- Assignee: Loveland Innovations, LLC
- Current Assignee: Loveland Innovations, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Pleasant Grove
- Agency: Phillips, Ryther & Winchester
- Agent Justin Flanagan
- Main IPC: G06T17/05
- IPC: G06T17/05 ; G05D1/00 ; G01C11/34 ; G05D1/08 ; B64C39/02 ; H04N5/232 ; G06T17/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
An unmanned autonomous vehicle assessment and reporting system may implement a crisscross boustrophedonic flight pattern for capturing images of a structure to develop a three-dimensional model of the same. Patch scan analysis of predefined sample sizes of the roof may be captured in a separate scan and/or as part of the crisscross boustrophedonic flight pattern. The crisscross boustrophedonic flight pattern may include integrated oblique image captures via structure-facing camera angles during approach portions of each pass of a boustrophedonic flight pattern, via structure-facing end passes, and/or via rounded structure-facing end passes. A crisscross boustrophedonic flight pattern may include two or more boustrophedonic flight patterns that are at angles relative to one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190118945A1 CRISSCROSS BOUSTROPHEDONIC FLIGHT PATTERNS FOR UAV SCANNING AND IMAGING Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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