Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method using image analysis for controlling a flight path of a surface inspection unmanned aerial vehicle
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Application No.: US17056308Application Date: 2018-02-26
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Publication No.: US11774969B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Shunji Sugaya
- Applicant: OPTIM CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Saga
- Assignee: OPTIM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OPTIM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saga
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Agent James R. Crawford
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/006897 2018.02.26
- International Announcement: WO2019/163118A 2019.08.29
- Date entered country: 2020-11-17
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G06T7/70 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D47/08 ; H04N23/60 ; B64U10/13 ; B64U101/30 ; G05D1/10 ; G06V20/10 ; G06V20/13 ; G06V20/17

Abstract:
Provided are a computer system and method using image analysis for controlling a flight path of a surface inspection unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the computer system is configured to: acquire an image captured by a drone; perform image analysis on the acquired image; extract, in a result of the image analysis, a point whose an edge variation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold; acquire a position coordinate of the extracted point; in a case where there are a plurality of points, set a flight path of the drone in a manner of flying in an order of edge variation amounts of the plurality of points from large to small; and control the drone to fly towards the acquired position coordinate and perform capturing with a camera using light other than visible light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208604A1 COMPUTER SYSTEM, DRONE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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