SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAKING, PROCESSING, RETRIEVING, AND DISPLAYING IMAGES FROM UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving aerial images captured by one or more unmanned aerial vehicle;
receiving metadata associated with the aerial images captured by the one or more unmanned aerial vehicle;
geo-referencing the aerial images based at least in part on a geographic location of a surface to determine geographic coordinates of pixels of the aerial images;
receiving a geographic location from a user;
retrieving one or more of the aerial images associated with the geographic location based on the determined geographic coordinates of the pixels; and
displaying to the user one or more overview image depicting the geographic location and overlaid with one or more icons indicative of and associated with the retrieved aerial images associated with the geographic location.
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Abstract
A method comprising receiving aerial images captured by one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving metadata associated with the aerial images captured by the one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; geo-referencing the aerial images based on a geographic location of a surface to determine geographic coordinates of pixels of the aerial images; receiving a geographic location from a user; retrieving one or more of the aerial images associated with the geographic location based on the determined geographic coordinates; and displaying to the user one or more overview image depicting the geographic location and overlaid with one or more icons indicative of and associated with the retrieved aerial images associated with the geographic location.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving aerial images captured by one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving metadata associated with the aerial images captured by the one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; geo-referencing the aerial images based at least in part on a geographic location of a surface to determine geographic coordinates of pixels of the aerial images; receiving a geographic location from a user; retrieving one or more of the aerial images associated with the geographic location based on the determined geographic coordinates of the pixels; and displaying to the user one or more overview image depicting the geographic location and overlaid with one or more icons indicative of and associated with the retrieved aerial images associated with the geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving aerial images captured by one or more image capture device on one or more unmanned aerial vehicle, the aerial images depicting only objects above the ground; receiving metadata associated with the one or more image capture device at the time the aerial images were captured, the metadata including latitude and longitude of the one or more image capture device and one or more of altitude, orientation, attitude, and bearing of the one or more image capture device; receiving information indicative of a location of a region of interest; and geolocating one or more of the aerial images, thereby associating one or more of the geolocated aerial images with the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving aerial images captured by one or more unmanned aerial vehicle and time data indicative of a time the aerial images were captured; receiving metadata captured by the one or more unmanned aerial vehicle including time data indicative of when the metadata was captured; associating the metadata with the aerial images based at least in part on matching the time data of the metadata with the time data of the aerial images; geo-referencing the aerial images based on a geographic location of a surface to determine geographic coordinates of pixels for ground locations and objects depicted in the aerial images; receiving a geographic location from a user; retrieving one or more of the aerial images associated with the geographic location based on the determined geographic coordinates; and displaying to the user one or more overview image depicting the geographic location and overlaid with one or more icons indicative of and associated with the retrieved aerial images associated with the geographic location.
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10. A method, comprising:
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receiving non-standardized metadata captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle and associated with one or more image captured by the unmanned aerial vehicle; transforming the non-standardized metadata into a standardized format; and storing the transformed metadata in a first database associated with the one or more image stored in a second database.
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11. A method for capturing aerial images, comprising:
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determining, with at least one of a controller of an unmanned aerial vehicle and a processor of a remote station, a flight plan of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight plan configured such that the unmanned aerial vehicle and fields of view of an image capture device of the unmanned aerial vehicle are restricted to an area within boundaries of a geographic location identified by coordinates of the geographic location; executing, with the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight plan; and capturing, with the image capture device, one or more aerial images solely within the boundaries of the geographic location and restricted to fields of view within the boundaries while executing the flight plan. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving aerial images captured by one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving metadata associated with the aerial images captured by the one or more unmanned aerial vehicle; geo-referencing the aerial images based at least in part on a geographic location of a surface to determine geographic coordinates of pixels of the aerial images; receiving a geographic location from a user based on selection by the user of one or more pixels of a first one of the aerial images, the geographic location being above the ground; and retrieving one or more of second ones of the aerial images associated with the geographic location from the user based on the determined geographic coordinates of the pixels. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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