Unmanned aerial vehicle path generation method and device supporting tower key component inspection

Abstract

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle path generation method and device supporting tower key component inspection, and belongs to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle inspection. The method comprises the steps: generating three-dimensional models of all towers in an inspection area in advance, receiving an inspection task, and determining the towers to be inspected and key components;setting a starting point and an ending point of inspection; acquiring an inspection plan of each key component, and generating a sequence, a flight path, an attitude during inspection and an angle during shooting of a holder of the unmanned aerial vehicle by adopting a preset algorithm according to the three-dimensional model and the inspection plan in combination with real-time illumination, wind direction and wind speed conditions, so as to obtain an inspection scheme; and issuing a driving instruction to drive the unmanned aerial vehicle to execute an inspection task according to the inspection scheme. The device comprises an initial module, a determining module, a setting module, a generating module and a driving module. According to the invention, the efficiency of tower inspection by the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved, and the workload of inspectors is reduced.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of drone inspections, in particular to a method and device for generating a path for drones supporting the inspection of key components of a tower. Background technique [0002] When the UAV inspects multiple key components on the tower, it is usually necessary to set the UAV inspection path first, and then the UAV will inspect the key components in turn according to the path. At present, there is a method for generating autonomous inspection routes of UAVs for power poles as follows: According to the three-dimensional coordinates of several positions on the power poles, generate the corresponding UAV cruise point coordinates, and then optimize an optimized path that includes all cruise points. However, this method only explains how to generate an optimized inspection path method through three-dimensional coordinates. It does not specify how to select the three-dimensional coordinates on the poles and towers, nor does it d...

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However, this method only explains how to generate an optimized inspection path method through three-dimensional coordinates, and does not specify how to select the three-dimensional coordinates on the tower, nor does it describe the design of the entire process of the optimized path

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