Patent ID: 6626078
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
A system for detecting the existence of buried objects, said system comprising:at least one aerial platform capable of powered flight, a plurality of object detection sensors on said at least one aerial platform, a base station, a communication link between said base station and said at least one aerial platform, a plurality of additional aerial platforms, and a control station remote from said base station and including means for communicating with said base station, means for defining a region to be inspected by said at least one aerial platform, wherein the means for defining a region to be inspected by said at least one aerial platform further defines a plurality of overlapping sub-regions to be inspected by the plurality of additional aerial platforms, and each of said at least one aerial platform and the plurality of additional aerial platforms includes a collision avoidance sensor; and means for displaying locations of objects detected by said at least one aerial platform.