DETERMINATION OF OBJECT DATA BY TEMPLATE-BASED UAV CONTROL
First Claim
1. Method for providing information about an object using an unmanned aerial vehicle with a data acquisition unit, comprising:
- determining positional data with reference to the object, the positional data being referenced to a measuring coordinate system;
providing a digital template regarding the object, the template at least partly representing the object in coarse manner,referencing the template with the positional data so that the template corresponds as to its spatial parameters to the object in the measuring coordinate system;
deriving a spatial position of at least one data acquisition point or section related to the object based on at least the positional data and/or the template;
controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle in a manner such that it approaches the at least one data acquisition point or section; and
acquiring object information as to at least a part of the object according to the at least one data acquisition point or section by triggering the data acquisition unit depending on fulfilling a defined distance criterion, the distance criterion defining a spatial relation between an actual position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the at least one data acquisition point or section.
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Abstract
A Method for providing information about an object using an unmanned aerial vehicle with a data acquisition unit is disclosed according to some embodiments of the invention. The method may include determining positional data with reference to the object, the positional data being referenced to a measuring coordinate system, providing a digital template regarding the object, the template at least partly representing the object in coarse manner, and referencing the template with the positional data so that the template corresponds as to its spatial parameters to the object in the measuring coordinate system.
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22 Claims
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1. Method for providing information about an object using an unmanned aerial vehicle with a data acquisition unit, comprising:
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determining positional data with reference to the object, the positional data being referenced to a measuring coordinate system; providing a digital template regarding the object, the template at least partly representing the object in coarse manner, referencing the template with the positional data so that the template corresponds as to its spatial parameters to the object in the measuring coordinate system; deriving a spatial position of at least one data acquisition point or section related to the object based on at least the positional data and/or the template; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle in a manner such that it approaches the at least one data acquisition point or section; and acquiring object information as to at least a part of the object according to the at least one data acquisition point or section by triggering the data acquisition unit depending on fulfilling a defined distance criterion, the distance criterion defining a spatial relation between an actual position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the at least one data acquisition point or section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A geodetic surveying system for providing information about an object, comprising:
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a data receiving unit adapted to receive and provide positional data with reference to the object, the positional data being referenced to a measuring coordinate system, a data acquisition unit for acquiring object information, and a controlling and processing unit adapted to derive the at least one data acquisition point or section and to control acquisition of the object information, wherein; an unmanned aerial vehicle which comprises the data acquisition unit, a database providing a digital template regarding the object, the template at least partly representing the object in coarse manner, the controlling and processing unit being adapted to control a movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle, to execute a data acquisition functionality, the data acquisition functionality being at least defined by referencing the template with the positional data so that the template corresponds as to its spatial parameters to the object in the measuring coordinate system, deriving a spatial position of at least one data acquisition point or section related to the object based on at least the positional data and/or the template, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle in a manner such that it approaches the at least one data acquisition point or section, and acquiring object information as to at least a part of the object according to the at least one data acquisition point or section by triggering the data acquisition unit depending on fulfilling a defined distance criterion, the distance criterion defining a spatial relation between an actual position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the at least one data acquisition point or section. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer program product having computer-executable instructions for controlling and executing at least the steps of
receiving the positional data and the template regarding the object, referencing the template with the positional data, deriving a spatial position of at least one data acquisition point or section, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle and acquiring object information as to at least a part of the object, based on continuously receiving an actual position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or receiving a referenced spatial position of the unmanned aerial vehicle, when run on a controlling and processing unit of a geodetic surveying system.
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