Closed surface flight pattern generation for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flux plane assessment of large facilities
US12197233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 2, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/59
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: determine one or more flight paths for an aerial vehicle, where the determined flight path creates a continuous surface about one or more potential gas sources of a survey site receive a trace gas data from one or more trace gas sensors of the aerial vehicle of the continuous surface as the aerial vehicle flies the determined one or more flight paths; and determine based on the received trace gas data whether a gas leak is present in the received survey site and a rate of the gas leak if present in the survey site.
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