Patent ID: 7398946

Claim:
Unmanned aerial surveillance apparatus comprising the combination of: a miniature sub human sized propeller driven aerial vehicle of electro-optic sensor apparatus carrying capability; electrical motor driven propulsion apparatus received in said aerial vehicle; rechargeable electrical battery apparatus received in said aerial vehicle and selectively connected with said electrical motor in aerial vehicle propulsion energization thereof; an electrical energy generating magnetic circuit apparatus saliently located on an upper portion of said aerial vehicle and having a magnetic circuit aperture portion disposable in at least partial encirclement of an overhead suspended electrical current conveying tension member conductor during a temporary parking of said unmanned aerial surveillance apparatus on said tension member; selective electrical circuit apparatus interconnecting an electrical output of said electrical energy generating magnetic circuit apparatus with said rechargeable electrical battery apparatus and with said electro-optic sensor apparatus in battery charging electrical energization thereof; and radiant energy communication apparatus energized by said electrical battery apparatus and interconnecting said unmanned aerial surveillance apparatus with ground based sources of command and control signals and receptors of said unmanned aerial vehicle collected electro-optic sensor data.