Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drone inspection of an undifferentiated surface using a reference image
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Application No.: US17116569Application Date: 2020-12-09
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Publication No.: US11544919B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Matthew E. Tompkins , John P. Cannon, Jr. , Richard P. Statile
- Applicant: PrecisionHawk, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: PrecisionHawk, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PrecisionHawk, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G06V20/13
- IPC: G06V20/13 ; G06V10/25

Abstract:
Drone inspection of an undifferentiated surface using a reference image is disclosed. A plurality of images of a surface of a structure are analyzed to identify at least one image that depicts a feature in a portion of the surface based on a feature criterion, the plurality of images being generated by a drone comprising a camera, each image depicting a corresponding portion of the surface, and at least some of the images depicting the corresponding portion of the surface and a portion of a reference image. A location on the surface that corresponds to the at least one image is determined based on a depiction of the reference image in an image of the plurality of images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220180085A1 DRONE INSPECTION OF AN UNDIFFERENTIATED SURFACE USING A REFERENCE IMAGE Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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