Aerial image collection
First Claim
1. A method for building a model through cooperation of movement of an aerial vehicle and a terrestrial vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving location data for a mobile device associated with the aerial vehicle or the terrestrial vehicle;
receiving a first image collected by the aerial vehicle;
receiving a second image collected by the terrestrial vehicle;
storing the first image and the second image in a geographic database;
determining a spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle;
deriving the model from a combination of the first image and the second image and the spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle from the cooperation of movement of the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle; and
indexing, by a processor, the model from the combination of the first image and the second image in the geographic database based on the location data and the spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an aerial collection system includes an image collection field vehicle that travels at street level and an image collection aerial vehicle that travels in the air above the street. The aerial vehicle collects image data including at least a portion of the field vehicle. The field vehicle includes a marker, which is identified from the collected image data. The marker is analyzed to determine an operating characteristic of the aerial vehicle. In one example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for a flight instruction for the aerial vehicle. In another example, the operating characteristic in the marker includes information for the three dimensional relationship between the vehicles. The three dimensional relationship is used to combine images collected from the air and images collected from the street level.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for building a model through cooperation of movement of an aerial vehicle and a terrestrial vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving location data for a mobile device associated with the aerial vehicle or the terrestrial vehicle; receiving a first image collected by the aerial vehicle; receiving a second image collected by the terrestrial vehicle; storing the first image and the second image in a geographic database; determining a spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle; deriving the model from a combination of the first image and the second image and the spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle from the cooperation of movement of the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle; and indexing, by a processor, the model from the combination of the first image and the second image in the geographic database based on the location data and the spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for building a model through cooperation of movement of an aerial vehicle and a terrestrial vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; receive location data for a mobile device associated with the aerial vehicle or the terrestrial vehicle; receive a first image collected by the aerial vehicle; receive a second image collected by the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the aerial vehicle tracks and follows movement of the terrestrial vehicle; determine a spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle; derive the model from a combination of the first image and the second image and the spatial relationship between the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle from the cooperation of movement of the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle; and index the model from the combination of the first image and the second image in a geographic database based on the location data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when executed are operable to:
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receive location data for a mobile device associated with an aerial vehicle or a terrestrial vehicle; receive a first image collected by the aerial vehicle; receive a second image collected by the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the first image includes a first portion of a building faç
ade and the second image includes a second portion of the building faç
ade;deriving a model of the building faç
ade from a combination of the first image and the second image from cooperation of movement of the aerial vehicle and the terrestrial vehicle;store the model of the building faç
ade from the combination of the first image and the second image in a geographic database; andindex the model of the building faç
ade in the first image and the second image in the geographic database based on the location data. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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