UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE 3D MAPPING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for generating a UAV flight plan for an area to be mapped, comprising:
- identifying the area to be mapped;
identifying special regions within the area to be mapped; and
applying a rule set for generating an optimized flight plan.
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Abstract
An automatic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight control system for 3D aerial mapping includes a UAV with an onboard camera, and a controller capable of communication with a flight control module of the UAV. The controller is configured to determine an area mapping flight path based on terrain characteristics of an area to be mapped. The controller also can determine a structure mapping flight path based on the existence and location of vertical structures within the area to be mapped. The area mapping flight path can be appended with the structure mapping flight path, thus providing an integrated and optimized UAV flight path for 3D mapping and modeling.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for generating a UAV flight plan for an area to be mapped, comprising:
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identifying the area to be mapped; identifying special regions within the area to be mapped; and applying a rule set for generating an optimized flight plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An automatic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight control system for 3D aerial mapping, the system comprising:
- a UAV with an onboard camera;
a controller capable of communication with a flight control module of the UAV, the controller configured to;
determine an area mapping flight path based on terrain characteristics of an area to be mapped;
determine a structure mapping flight path based on the existence and location of vertical structures within the area to be mapped; and
determine an optimized flight path for the UAV by integrating the area mapping flight path and the structure mapping flight path. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a UAV with an onboard camera;
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16. A computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon to control a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based image capture system for 3D modeling, the instructions comprising:
- determining an initial movement path based on an area to be mapped, the existence of vertical structures and avoidance areas within the area to be mapped;
capturing images of the area and structures to be mapped; and
guiding the UAV flight path. - View Dependent Claims (17)
- determining an initial movement path based on an area to be mapped, the existence of vertical structures and avoidance areas within the area to be mapped;
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