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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF SHORTEST LATERAL PATHS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS

  • US 20170116863A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2016
  • Published: 04/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • accessing an initial scenario including a source point, a target point, and a no flight zone;

    determining a computation time for identifying a lateral path that avoids the no flight zone, the computation time being associated with a number of vertices of the no flight zone,determining whether the determined computation time satisfies a threshold of a reference computation time;

    determining a buffer area surrounding the no flight zone, wherein the buffer area is defined by an offset distance from a perimeter of the no flight zone;

    constructing a visibility graph including lateral paths between the source point and the target point, the lateral paths not passing through the no flight zone, the lateral paths connecting vertices of the no flight zone; and

    identifying a first lateral path of the lateral paths, the first lateral path being shorter than others of the lateral paths.

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