The present invention provides a system and a method for inspecting a vertical building passageway (100), such as an elevator shaft, using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (200). The UAV (200) is provided with a sensor module configured to collect data and scan the surrounding environment, and a processing unit (297), which is configured, based on the collected data, to guide the UAV from a starting position to the internal space of the building passageway (100). Upon entering the internal space, the processing unit (297) is configured to compute a flight path within the internal space, based on data collected from the sensor module, and guide the UAV (200) along the computed flight path to perform the inspection, the processing unit (297) is configured to collect data generated from sensor modules at predetermined time steps along the flight path. Upon completing the building passageway (100) inspection, the processing unit (297) is configured to guide the UAV (200) back to the starting position.


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    Title :

    AN AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION OF A VERTICAL BUILDING PASSAGEWAY


    Additional title:

    AUTONOMES UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG ZUR INSPEKTION EINES VERTIKALEN GEBÄUDEDURCHGANGS
    VÉHICULE AÉRIEN AUTONOME SANS PILOTE POUR L'INSPECTION D'UN PASSAGE VERTICAL DE BÂTIMENT


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    Publication date :

    2022-11-30


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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