Title:
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/241534
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides an aerial photography system and a method suitable for using an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a visible light camera and a millimeter-wave radar to image a structure with the visible light camera and the millimeter-wave radar onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle. A drone (100) constituting the aerial photography system is equipped with a visible light camera (120) and a millimeter-wave radar (130). When imaging a structure, a processor in the drone (100) controls the visible light camera (120) to acquire, by the visible light camera, a visible light image of the surface layer of the structure, and controls the millimeter-wave radar (130) to transmit a millimeter wave toward the structure and receive a reflected wave of the millimeter wave from the structure. While the drone (100) is in flight, the altitude of the drone (100) is measured by an altimeter installed onboard the drone (100), and altitude information indicating the measured altitude is acquired and used when flying the drone (100).
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Inventors:
KASAMATSU TADASHI (JP)
NIHEI YASUKAZU (JP)
NAKAMURA HIROAKI (JP)
YOSHIDA NAOKO (JP)
YONAHA MAKOTO (JP)
NIHEI YASUKAZU (JP)
NAKAMURA HIROAKI (JP)
YOSHIDA NAOKO (JP)
YONAHA MAKOTO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/019701
Publication Date:
December 02, 2021
Filing Date:
May 25, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B64C39/02; B64D47/00; B64D47/08; G01N22/00; G01N22/02; G01S13/89; G01S13/933; G05D1/10
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MATSUURA, Kenzo (JP)
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