US 12,091,193 B2
Method and apparatus for inspecting aeronautical light using aerial vehicle
Jin Seob Jung, Seoul (KR); Chae Taek Lim, Jeollanam-do (KR); Byung Joo Park, Seoul (KR); Dae Sin Yu, Seoul (KR); Dae Young Lim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kwang Ock Ryu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Young Il Go, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Korea Airports Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Youyang Airport Lighting Equipment Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/763,553
Filed by Korea Airports Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Youyang Airport Lighting Equipment Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/007207
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/145597, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0189614 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166863 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 1/20 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/20 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/176 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for inspecting an aeronautical light using an aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
defining a first reference point based on a plurality of aeronautical lights installed on a runway surface, and defining a second reference point based on the first reference point;
defining a flight path of the aerial vehicle taking off from the second reference point and heading to the first reference point;
transmitting, to the ground, an image of the aeronautical lights photographed by the aerial vehicle; and
inspecting and adjusting elevation angles of the aeronautical lights by analyzing the image of the aeronautical lights in real time.