Patents
US 12079013 B2: Systems and methods for taking, processing, retrieving, and displaying images from unmanned aerial vehicles
- Granted
- 2024-09-03
- Filed
- 2021-10-07 application 17495988
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
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Abstract
Systems and methods for taking, processing, retrieving, and/or displaying images from unmanned aerial vehicles are disclosed, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising: an image capture device; and a controller configured to: determine a flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight plan configured such that the unmanned aerial vehicle and fields of view of the image capture device are restricted to a geographic area within boundaries of a geographic location identified by coordinates of the geographic location; execute the flight plan; and capture, with the image capture device, one or more aerial images restricted to fields of view within the boundaries of the geographic location while executing the flight plan, such that items outside of the boundaries are not captured in the one or more aerial images.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240903.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pictometry International Corp. 132 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark A. Foster | Fairport, NY | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Frank Gluffrida | Honeoye Falls, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Antony Parchment | Rochester, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/1064 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B64C | Aeroplanes; helicopters | B64C39/024 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B64D | Equipment for fitting in or to aircraft; flight suits; parachutes; arrangement or mounting of power plants or propulsion transmissions in aircraft | B64D17/80 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B64U | Unmanned aerial vehicles [uav]; equipment therefor | B64U30/26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01V | Geophysics; gravitational measurements; detecting masses or objects; tags | G01V20/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/5866 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T7/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-28 | Security interest Security interest First lien security agreement | EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2025-03-27 PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. signed 2025-03-27 | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. BALTIMORE, MD | 70671/78 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-10-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2017-09-19 | PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. ROCHESTER, NY | 57728/135 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PARCHMENT, ANTONY signed 2015-08-03 | EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BOTHELL, WA | 57728/72 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-10-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FOSTER, MARK A. signed 2017-02-14 GIUFFRIDA, FRANK signed 2017-02-15 | PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. ROCHESTER, NY | 57727/886 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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