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Unmanned vehicle searches

  • US 9,824,596 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2014
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of planning a flight path for a search, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a control system, an indication of a search area boundary;

    receiving, by the control system, an indication of a selected search pattern;

    determining, by the control system, the flight path based on the search area boundary, the selected search pattern, and an optimization algorithm, the optimization algorithm configured to direct the search to search regions within the search area boundary based on a likelihood that a search target is located within the search regions, wherein the likelihood is based on a number of times the search has been performed in the search regions and terrain of the search regions; and

    transmitting one or more indications of the flight path to an unmanned aerial vehicle.

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