SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AERIAL SURVEILLANCE
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1. An aerial surveillance method, the method comprising:
- sequentially capturing a plurality of images of selected portions of a surveillance region;
automatically determining a surveillance path for a lighter-than-air aerial platform through the surveillance region based at least in part upon the sequentially captured plurality of images; and
moving the lighter-than-air aerial platform along the determined surveillance path.
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Abstract
A system and method for an aerial surveillance system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises a lighter-than-air aerial platform, at least one image capture device carried by the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to sequentially capture a plurality of images, and at least one control surface physically coupled to the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to control direction of movement of the lighter-than-air aerial platform along a surveillance path in response to a guidance control signal determined in part upon the sequentially captured plurality of images.
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1. An aerial surveillance method, the method comprising:
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sequentially capturing a plurality of images of selected portions of a surveillance region; automatically determining a surveillance path for a lighter-than-air aerial platform through the surveillance region based at least in part upon the sequentially captured plurality of images; and moving the lighter-than-air aerial platform along the determined surveillance path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An aerial surveillance system, comprising:
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a lighter-than-air aerial platform; at least one image capture device carried by the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to sequentially capture a plurality of images; and at least one control surface physically coupled to the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to control direction of movement of the lighter-than-air aerial platform along a surveillance path in response to a guidance control signal determined in part upon the sequentially captured plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An aerial surveillance system, comprising:
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at least one lighter-than-air aerial platform, comprising; at least one image capture device carried by the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to sequentially capture a plurality of images; and at least one control surface physically coupled to the lighter-than-air aerial platform and operable to control direction of movement of the lighter-than-air aerial platform along a surveillance path in response to a guidance control signal determined in part upon the sequentially captured plurality of images; a remote base station communicatively coupled to the lighter-than-air aerial platform via a radio frequency (RF) signal and operable to receive data corresponding to at least one captured image from the lighter-than-air aerial platform; and a remote user station communicatively coupled to the remote base station via a network, and operable to receive the at least one captured image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An aerial surveillance method, the method comprising:
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obtaining information of interest of selected portions of a surveillance region; automatically determining a surveillance path for a lighter-than-air aerial platform through the surveillance region based at least in part upon the obtained information; and moving the lighter-than-air aerial platform along the determined surveillance path. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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