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公开(公告)号:US10382975B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-13
申请号:US15480792
申请日:2017-04-06
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: Systems and method for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a cell site for one or more of a cell site audit, a site survey, and cell site planning and engineering include obtaining first data capture for above ground components including a cell tower, associated cell site components on the cell tower, one or more buildings, and surrounding geography around the cell site; obtaining second data capture for subterranean geography associated with the surrounding geography; utilizing the first data capture and the second data capture to develop the 3D model which includes both the above ground components and the subterranean geography; and utilizing the 3D model to perform the one or more of the site audit, the site survey, and the cell site planning and engineering.
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公开(公告)号:US10327151B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15175314
申请日:2016-06-07
Applicant: Lee Priest , Charlie Terry , Joshua Godwin
Inventor: Lee Priest , Charlie Terry , Joshua Godwin
Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based method of wireless coverage testing includes with a UAV comprising a wireless coverage testing configuration, flying the UAV in a route in a wireless coverage area associated with a cell tower; collecting measurement data via the wireless coverage testing configuration during the flying and associated with collected measurement data with location identifiers; and, subsequent to the flying, processing the collected measurement data with the location identifiers to provide an output detailing wireless coverage in the wireless coverage area including wireless coverage at ground level and above ground level to a set elevation.
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公开(公告)号:US10109205B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-23
申请号:US15244023
申请日:2016-08-23
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control and monitoring systems and methods implemented by a consolidated system include communicating with a plurality of servers each configured to communicate with a plurality of UAVs in a geographic or zone coverage; consolidating data from the plurality of servers to provide a visualization of a larger geography comprising a plurality of geographic or zone coverages; providing the visualization via a Graphical User Interface (GUI); and performing one or more functions via the GUI for air traffic control and monitoring at any of a high-level and an individual UAV level.
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公开(公告)号:US09959772B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-01
申请号:US15217135
申请日:2016-07-22
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
CPC classification number: G08G5/0043 , B64C39/024 , B64D47/08 , G05D1/0011 , G05D1/0088 , G08G5/0013 , G08G5/0026 , G08G5/0034 , G08G5/0039 , G08G5/0069 , G08G5/0082 , G08G5/0091 , G08G5/045
Abstract: A flying lane management method implemented in an air traffic control system communicatively coupled to one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) via one or more wireless networks includes initiating communication to the one or more UAVs at a preflight stage for each, wherein the communication is via one or more cell towers associated with the one or more wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each comprise hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers; determining a flying lane for the one or more UAVs based on a destination, current air traffic in a region under management of the air traffic control system, and based on detected obstructions in the region; and providing the flying lane to the one or more UAVs are an approval to takeoff and fly along the flying lane.
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公开(公告)号:US10510260B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US15193488
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method utilizing wireless networks and concurrently supporting delivery application authorization and management communicating with a plurality of UAVs via a plurality of cell towers associated with the wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each include hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers; maintaining data associated with flight of each of the plurality of UAVs based on the communicating; processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions associated with air traffic control of the plurality of UAVs; and processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions for the delivery application authorization and management for each of the plurality of UAVs.
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公开(公告)号:US10475239B1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15440737
申请日:2017-02-23
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining data capture at a cell site for developing a three dimensional (3D) thereof include obtaining or providing the multiple camera apparatus comprising a plurality of cameras at a shelter, a cabinet, or an interior of a building and positioning the multiple camera apparatus therein; causing the plurality of cameras to simultaneously take photos based on the positioning; repositioning the multiple camera apparatus at a different location in the shelter, the cabinet, or the interior of the building to take additional photos; and providing the photos taken by the multiple camera apparatus to a 3D modeling system to develop a 3D model of the shelter, the cabinet, or the interior of the building, for a virtual site survey thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US10231133B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-12
申请号:US15160890
申请日:2016-05-20
Applicant: Lee Priest , Charlie Terry , Joshua Godwin
Inventor: Lee Priest , Charlie Terry , Joshua Godwin
Abstract: A method for modeling a cell site with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes causing the UAV to fly a given flight path about a cell tower at the cell site, wherein a launch location and launch orientation is defined for the UAV to take off and land at the cell site such that each flight at the cell site has the same launch location and launch orientation; obtaining a plurality of photographs of the cell site during about the flight plane, wherein each of the plurality of photographs is associated with one or more location identifiers; and, subsequent to the obtaining, processing the plurality of photographs to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site based on the associated with one or more location identifiers and one or more objects of interest in the plurality of photographs.
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公开(公告)号:US10157548B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-18
申请号:US15338559
申请日:2016-10-31
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: A waypoint management method for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) includes communicating with a plurality of UAVs via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network; receiving updates related to an obstruction status of each of a plurality of waypoints from the plurality of UAVs, wherein the plurality of waypoints are defined over a geographic region under control of the ATC system; and managing flight paths, landing, and take-off of the plurality of UAVs in the geographic region based on the obstruction status of each of the plurality of waypoints.
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公开(公告)号:US10150661B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-11
申请号:US15235686
申请日:2016-08-12
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: A telescoping platform system for providing workers and/or equipment up a cell tower includes a telescoping pole adapted to selectively extend vertically via an extension mechanism; a platform disposed to a top of the telescoping pole and adapted to support one or more workers and/or equipment for the cell tower; and a plurality of support connections to attach the telescoping pole while it is selectively extended to the cell tower to provide horizontal support to the telescoping pole and the platform.
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公开(公告)号:US10089888B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-02
申请号:US15268831
申请日:2016-09-19
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: Static obstruction detection and management systems and methods through an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) include receiving UAV data from a plurality of UAVs related to static obstructions; receiving external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions; analyzing the UAV data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions; and transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of UAVs based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
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