Unmanned aerial vehicle remote flight planning system

US12397675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Skydio, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eric Johnson · Mill Valley, US
• Alan Jay Poole · San Francisco, US
• Donald Curry Weigel · Los Altos, US
• Mark Patrick Bauer · San Francisco, US
• Volkan Gurel · San Francisco, US
• Jesse Daniel Kallman · San Francisco, US
• Adam Sax · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight planning. One of the methods includes receiving a location for an aerial survey to be conducted by a UAV. One or more images depicting the location are obtained, and a geofence boundary to limit flight of the UAV is determined. A survey area is determined, and a flight data package is created for transmission that includes information describing a flight plan. After the flight plan is conducted, flight log data and sensor data are received. The flight log data and sensor data are processed, and at least a portion of the processed sensor data is displayed.