US 12,443,902 B2
Method and system for utility infrastructure condition monitoring, detection and response
Chinmoy Prosun Saha, San Ramon, CA (US); Jeffrey Scott Pickles, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Kourosh Jafari Khouzani, Lexington, MA (US)
Assigned to Green Grid Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed by Green Grid Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/951,213.
Application 16/951,213 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/330,978, filed on Jun. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,880,623.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/348,950, filed on Jun. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0073692 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0635 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/163 (2024.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08B 17/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/10 (2006.01); G08B 21/16 (2006.01); G08B 29/20 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01) [B63B 35/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/163 (2013.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08B 17/005 (2013.01); G08B 21/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/16 (2013.01); G08B 29/20 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring a utility infrastructure, comprising:
a node installed at a stationary tower or pole location, wherein the node includes a sensor configured to capture data associated with an area of the utility infrastructure;
a detection circuit configured to:
obtain the captured data from the sensor; and
based on the captured data, determine whether a condition associated with the area of the utility infrastructure poses a risk of hazard to the utility infrastructure; and
a control circuit configured to, based on a determination that the condition associated with the area poses a risk of hazard to the utility infrastructure, cause an unmanned aerial system (UAS) or watercraft to be dispatched.