IMAGE PARAMETER-BASED SPATIAL POSITIONING

• US 20180131864A1
• Filed: 11/04/2016
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bisti, Jeffrey E.
• Application Number:
  US15/343,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20180131864A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0094 involving pointing a payload, e.g. camera, weapon, sensor, towards a fixed or moving target
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/10 Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions G05D1/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/269 using gradient-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

In an approach to spatial positioning using image parameters, a computer processor identifies one or more image parameters for an image subject. The processor identifies a first image of the image subject and determines whether the first image meets the one or more image parameters for the image subject. If the first image does not meet the one or more image parameters for the image subject, the processor calculates positional instructions based on the one or more image parameters for the image subject and the identified first image, where the calculated positional instructions include positioning instructions for one or more imaging devices.

Claims

1. A method for spatial positioning using image parameters, the method comprising:

identifying one or more image parameters for an image subject;

identifying a first image of the image subject taken by one or more imaging devices of an unmanned imaging vehicle;

responsive to determining that the first image does not meet the one or more image parameters for the image subject based, at least in part, on three-dimensional positioning data of an imaging device of the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle and an angle of the imaging device to the image subject;

calculating a new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle based, at least in part, on a position of an obstruction that blocks, at least in part, the image subject, wherein the new position enables the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle to capture a second image utilizing, at least in part, the identified one or more image parameters;

calculating one or more positional adjustment instructions based, at least in part, on the one or more image parameters for the image subject and the calculated new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle; and

sending the one or more positional adjustment instructions to the unmanned imaging vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the first image meets the one or more image parameters further comprises, confirming that the first image falls within a range of camera tilt angles designated by a user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the second image meets the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image; and

responsive to determining that the second image meets one or more image parameters, capturing a video of the image subject.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the second image does not meet the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image, determining an amount of ambient light based, at least in part, on data received from one or more lighting sensors of the unmanned imaging vehicle; and

determining that the one or more image parameters are not achievable based at least in part, on the contrast in the second image and the amount of ambient light, and in response, adjusting an image parameter representing an adjusted ISO value based, at least in part, on the amount of ambient light.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

sending the image parameter representing the adjusted ISO value to the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle;

receiving a third image taken utilizing the adjusted ISO value; and

responsive to determining that the third image meets the one or more image parameters, capturing a video of the image subject.

6. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

8. A computer program product for spatial positioning using image parameters, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising;

program instructions to identify one or more image parameters for an image subject;

program instructions to identify a first image of the image subject taken by one or more imaging devices of an unmanned imaging vehicle;

responsive to determining that the first image does not meet the one or more image parameters for the image subject based, at least in part, on three-dimensional positioning data of an imaging device of the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle and an angle of the imaging device to the image subject;

execute program instructions to calculate a new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle based, at least in part, on a position of an obstruction that blocks, at least in part, the image subject, wherein the new position enables the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle to capture a second image utilizing, at least in part, the identified one or more image parameters;

execute program instructions to calculate one or more positional adjustment instructions based, at least in part, on the one or more image parameters for the image subject and the calculated new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle; and

sending the one or more positional adjustment instructions to the unmanned imaging vehicle.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein determining whether the first image meets the one or more image parameters further comprises, program instructions to confirm that the first image falls within a range of camera tilt angles designated by a user.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to determine whether the second image meets the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image; and

responsive to determining that the second image meets one or more image parameters, execute program instructions to capture a video of the image subject.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to determine an amount of ambient light based, at least in part, on data received from one or more lighting sensors of the unmanned imaging vehicle in response to determining that the second image does not meet the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image; and

program instructions to adjust an image parameter representing an adjusted ISO value based, at least in part, on the amount of ambient light in response to determining that the one or more image parameters are not achievable based at least in part, on the contrast in the second image and the amount of ambient light.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to send the image parameter representing the adjusted ISO value to the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle;

program instructions to identify a third image taken utilizing the adjusted ISO value; and

program instructions to capture a video of the image subject in response to determining that the third image meets the one or more image parameters.

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14. (canceled)

15. A computer system for spatial positioning using image parameters,

the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage devices;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising;

program instructions to identify one or more image parameters for an image subject;

program instructions to identify a first image of the image subject taken by one or more imaging devices of an unmanned imaging vehicle;

responsive to determining that the first image does not meet the one or more image parameters for the image subject based, at least in part, on three-dimensional positioning data of an imaging device of the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle and an angle of the imaging device to the image subject;

execute program instructions to calculate a new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle based, at least in part, on a position of an obstruction that blocks, at least in part, the image subject, wherein the new position enables the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle to capture a second image utilizing, at least in part, the identified one or more image parameters;

execute program instructions to calculate one or more positional adjustment instructions based, at least in part, on the one or more image parameters for the image subject and the calculated new position for the unmanned imaging vehicle; and

sending the one or more positional adjustment instructions to the unmanned imaging vehicle.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein determining whether the first image meets the one or more image parameters further comprises, program instructions to confirm that the first image falls within a range of camera tilt angles designated by a user.

17. The computer system of claim 15, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to determine whether the second image meets the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image; and

responsive to determining that the second image meets one or more image parameters, execute program instructions to capture a video of the image subject.

18. The computer system of claim 15, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to determine an amount of ambient light based, at least in part, on data received from one or more lighting sensors of the unmanned imaging vehicle in response to determining that the second image does not meet the one or more image parameters based, at least in part, on contrast in the second image; and

program instructions to adjust an image parameter representing an adjusted ISO value based, at least in part, on the amount of ambient light in response to determining that the one or more image parameters are not achievable based at least in part, on the contrast in the second image and the amount of ambient light.

19. The computer system of claim 18, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to send the image parameter representing the adjusted ISO value to the one or more imaging devices of the unmanned imaging vehicle;

program instructions to identify a third image taken utilizing the adjusted ISO value; and

program instructions to capture a video of the image subject in response to determining that the third image meets the one or more image parameters.

20. (canceled)