Patent ID: 11939194
Assignee: STRUCTURAL SERVICES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A drone-mounted imaging system, comprising:
a drone;
an imager physically coupled to the drone;
a distance sensor physically coupled to the drone;
a processor communicatively coupled to the imager and the distance sensor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the drone-mounted imaging system to:
capture with the imager at least one aerial image of a building material object within a shakeout field, wherein the at least one aerial image contains identifying indicium for the corresponding building material object;
determine the distance from the imager to the building material object using the distance sensor;
recognize the identifying indicium and compare the recognized identifying indicium to a plurality of identifying indicia on a lifting list;
measure, using the image and the distance, at least one dimension of the building material object;
confirm that the at least one dimension of the building material object matches a corresponding dimension for the corresponding building material object on the lifting list; and
transmit a message comprising a location of the building material object within the shakeout field.