INPECTING UTILITIES BY MEANS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND CHARGING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OF THE VEHICLE IN FLIGHT USING A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE VEHICLE

A method (900) of monitoring utilities (182) by an unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is presented. A rechargeable battery (114) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is charged using an electromagnetic field (152) of a high voltage power line (146). The unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is flown a specified...

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1. Verfasser:	Jaugilas, John M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT AVIATION CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method (900) of monitoring utilities (182) by an unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is presented. A rechargeable battery (114) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is charged using an electromagnetic field (152) of a high voltage power line (146). The unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is flown a specified distance (158) from the high voltage power line (146) during the charging (902). Utilities (182) are inspected (906) using a sensor (138) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) while flying the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) the specified distance (158) from the high voltage power line (146).