System and Method for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Detection
Authors
Yakimenko, Oleg A.
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Date of Issue
2022-03-22
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Publisher
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Language
en_US
Abstract
A computer-based system and method allows a user to automatically aerially inspect a selected runway/taxiway tarmac surface for foreign object debris (FOD) using a plurality of UAVs equipped with electro - optical (EO) sensors. Live images of the runway surface captured by the EO sensors are transmitted from the UAVs during an inspection sweep of the runway surface and are compared with FOD free reference images of the runway surface to determine whether candidate FOD are detected on the runway surface. Information about and images of candidate FOD are displayed to the user allowing the user to determine whether to send a team to remove the FOD from the runway.
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Patent
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Department
Organization
Research and Sponsored Programs Office (RSPO)
Identifiers
US 11,281,905 B2
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Format
22 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.