Patent Document ID: 10056001
Application ID: 15160443
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method to establish a three-dimensional model of an object, the method comprising: emitting at a first time and from a laser positioned on an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), a first laser pulse; activating at a second time that is subsequent to the first time, a sensor positioned on the UAV to collect at least a portion of the first laser pulse reflected from a first portion of the object at a distance from the UAV; generating with the at least a portion of the collected first laser pulse, a first representation that includes at least the first portion of the object; correlating first position information representative of a first position of the UAV at the first time with the first representation; navigating at a third time that is subsequent to the second time, the UAV from the first position to a second position; emitting at a fourth time that is subsequent to the third time and from the laser positioned on the UAV, a second laser pulse; activating at a fifth time that is subsequent to the fourth time, the sensor positioned on the UAV to collect at least a portion of the second laser pulse reflected from a second portion of the object at the distance from the UAV; generating with the at least a portion of the collected second laser pulse, a second representation that includes at least the second portion of the object; correlating second position information representative of the second position of the UAV with the second representation; and combining the first representation and the second representation to form a three-dimensional representation of the object, wherein the first representation and the second representation are combined to form the three-dimensional representation of the object based at least in part on the first position information, the second position information, and the distance.