US 12,475,803 B2
Methods and systems for drone flightpath automation for site inspections
Christopher Ergen, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,027.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,625, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062792 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2025.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/55 (2025.01) [G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for drone flight automation at a wireless communication site, the method comprising:
identifying a starting position of a first drone for a first flight;
directing the first flight of the first drone along a first flight path;
during the first flight, capturing a first set of data describing one or more attributes about the wireless communication site;
generating data representing an automated flight path based on the first flight path of the first flight;
performing a second flight with a second drone using the starting position and the automated flight path, wherein the second drone is different than the first drone;
adjusting a speed of the second drone or an angle of capturing data on the automated flight path based on a size or a type of the second drone, wherein the automated flight path is the same flight path as the first flight path; and
capturing a second set of data describing the one or more attributes about the wireless communication site during the second flight along the automated flight path.