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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20120320203A1
  • Filed: 06/15/2012
  • Published: 12/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle image processing system, comprising:

  • a digital camera mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle;

    an autopilot controller installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle acrd pre-loaded with a fly file generated from a base image drawn thereon a target polygon, wherein the autopilot controller is configured to program a flight path as a series of mission lags to cover the target polygon on the base image in a lawnmower pattern for controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a flight mission by traveling along the flight path in which the autopilot controller records plural GPS/INS data and triggers the digital camera plural times to take plural photos which are further calibrated based on calibration parameters of the digital camera to generate plural calibrated photos corresponding to the plural UPS/INS data, respectively; and

    a computer device for receiving the plural calibrated photos and the plural GPS/INS data, processing the plural calibrated photos to generate plural projected photos by using the corresponding plural GPS/INS data, respectively, and stitching the plural projected photos to a mosaic image by a photo-stitching process.

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