US 12,474,477 B2
Sensor-based infrastructure condition monitoring
Ginger Chien, Bellevue, WA (US); Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US); Eric Zavesky, Austin, TX (US); Robert T. Moton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US); Adrianne Binh Luu, Atlanta, GA (US); and Robert Koch, Peachtree Corners, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,334.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110269 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G01S 17/931 (2020.01) [G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
gathering, by a processing system including at least one processor, first imaging data associated with an infrastructure item via at least a first imaging device, wherein the first imaging data represents a first condition of the infrastructure item;
gathering, by the processing system, second imaging data associated with the infrastructure item via at least a second imaging device, wherein at least one of: the at least the first imaging device or the at least the second imaging device is mounted on a vehicle, and wherein the infrastructure item is visible from a road on which the vehicle operates;
determining, by the processing system, a second condition of the infrastructure item in accordance with the second imaging data, wherein the second condition comprises a potentially unsafe condition of the infrastructure item, wherein the determining is based upon a comparison of the second imaging data with the first imaging data;
instructing, by the processing system, at least a third imaging device to deploy to a location of the infrastructure item to gather additional imaging data associated with the infrastructure item;
confirming, by the processing system, the second condition of the infrastructure item based upon the additional imaging data; and
generating, by the processing system, a report of the potentially unsafe condition of the infrastructure item in response to the confirming of the second condition of the infrastructure item.