US 12,475,802 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle area surveying
Patrick Michael Bouffard, Albany, CA (US); and Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,658.
Application 17/891,658 is a continuation of application No. 15/600,290, filed on May 19, 2017, granted, now 11,453,494.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/339,307, filed on May 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388656 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/55 (2025.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/32 (2025.01); G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/59 (2025.01); G08G 5/72 (2025.01); G08G 5/76 (2025.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 101/31 (2023.01); B64U 101/40 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 5/55 (2025.01) [B64U 20/87 (2023.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01); G08G 5/32 (2025.01); G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); G08G 5/59 (2025.01); G08G 5/727 (2025.01); G08G 5/76 (2025.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 2101/31 (2023.01); B64U 2101/40 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a geofence boundary for an area to be inspected by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein flight operations of the UAV in the area are limited to locations within the geofence boundary;
determining a configuration of the UAV including capabilities of the UAV;
automatically determining a flight pattern for the UAV to follow while the UAV is within the geofence boundary based, at least in part, on the configuration of the UAV, wherein the flight pattern includes multiple inspection legs for the UAV to navigate in a navigation order determined based on weather information associated with one or more of the locations; and
causing an autonomous navigation of the UAV along the multiple inspection legs.