CHARGING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE IN FLIGHT USING A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE

Batteries are used to supply power to unmanned aerial vehicles. Flight times and flight distances for the unmanned aerial vehicles are influenced by battery lifetime. An increase in battery capacity not only increases available power, but also increases weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Therefore, it will be preferable to have a method and apparatus for taking account of other possible issues as well as at least some of the above-discussed issues. To this end, methods (900, 1000) and an apparatus are suggested. A method (900) of monitoring utilities (182) within a right-of-way (181) is disclosed. A rechargeable battery (114) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is charged by using an electromagnetic field (152) of a high-voltage power line (146) within the right-of-way (181) and a recharging system (120) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110). The unmanned aerial vehicle (110) makes a flight at a specific interval (158) from the high-voltage power line (146) during a charging process (902). While the unmanned aerial vehicle (110) is making a flight at the specific interval (158) from the high-voltage power line (146), the utilities (182) within the right-of-way are subjected to a checking process (906) by using a sensor (138) of the unmanned aerial vehicle (110). 방법들(900, 1000) 및 장치가 제시된다. 선로 부지(right-of-way)(181) 내의 모니터링 유틸리티들(182)의 방법(900)이 개시된다. 선로 부지(181) 내의 고전압 전력선(146)의 전자기장(152) 및 무인 항공기(110)의 재충전 시스템(120)을 사용하여, 무인 항공기(110)의 재충전가능 배터리(114)가 충전된다. 무인 항공기(110)는 충전(902) 동안 고전압 전력선(146)으로부터 특정 거리(158)로 비행된다. 무인 항공기(110)가 고전압 전력선(146)으로부터 특정 거리(158)로 비행하는 동안 선로부지 내의 유틸리티들(182)을 무선 항공기(110)의 센서(138)를 이용하여 점검(906)된다.