US 12,264,918 B2
Dynamically adjusting UAV flight operations based on thermal sensor data
Bernard J. Michini, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US); and Fabien Blanc-Paques, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/519,352.
Application 18/519,352 is a continuation of application No. 17/507,249, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,828,599.
Application 17/507,249 is a continuation of application No. 15/636,871, filed on Jun. 29, 2017, granted, now 11,181,375, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,269, filed on Jun. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200949 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/50 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/31 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/20 (2013.01) [B64U 10/50 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/31 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
navigate an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
while navigating the UAV, periodically monitor ambient temperature external to the UAV; and
store a plurality of temperature values and respective geospatial locations of where the ambient temperature was monitored.