System and method for graphically entering views of terrain and other features for surveillance
First Claim
1. A surveillance system comprising:
- one or more data acquisition devices configured to acquire surveillance data from one or more geographic locations;
an image database storing image data for the one or more geographic locations; and
a processing system configured to;
electronically display an image of one or more of the geographic locations using the image data stored in the image database;
accept input through a user interface to allow graphical manipulation of the displayed image by a user, wherein the graphical manipulation is in three-dimensional space, and wherein the graphical manipulation allows the user to graphically select a view of the one or more geographic locations that is to be subject to surveillance by the one or more data acquisition devices; and
use the graphically selected view of the displayed image to generate acquisition parameters for controlling the one or more data acquisition devices, wherein the one or more data acquisition devices are moved by a drone from one geographical position to another geographical position by changing the graphically selected view of a three-dimensional view corresponding to the one or more geographical locations.
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Abstract
A surveillance system is disclosed that includes one or more data acquisition devices, an image database, and a processing system. The data acquisition devices are configured to acquire surveillance data from one or more geographic locations, and the image database stores image data for the one or more geographic locations. The processing system is configured to electronically display an image of one or more of the geographic locations using the image data stored in the image database. The processing system is further configured to accept input through a user interface to allow graphical manipulation of the displayed image in three-dimensional space to select a view of the geographical location that is to be subject to surveillance by the data acquisition devices. The displayed image selected by the user is employed to generate acquisition parameters for controlling the one or more data acquisition devices to surveil the geographical location corresponding to the displayed image.
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30 Claims
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
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one or more data acquisition devices configured to acquire surveillance data from one or more geographic locations; an image database storing image data for the one or more geographic locations; and a processing system configured to; electronically display an image of one or more of the geographic locations using the image data stored in the image database; accept input through a user interface to allow graphical manipulation of the displayed image by a user, wherein the graphical manipulation is in three-dimensional space, and wherein the graphical manipulation allows the user to graphically select a view of the one or more geographic locations that is to be subject to surveillance by the one or more data acquisition devices; and use the graphically selected view of the displayed image to generate acquisition parameters for controlling the one or more data acquisition devices, wherein the one or more data acquisition devices are moved by a drone from one geographical position to another geographical position by changing the graphically selected view of a three-dimensional view corresponding to the one or more geographical locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A surveillance system comprising:
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an image database storing image data for one or more geographic locations that may be subject to surveillance; a graphical surveillance selection system configured to allow a user to manipulate a displayed image obtained from the image database in three-dimensional space to designate a view of the one or more geographic locations that is to be subject to surveillance by one or more data acquisition devices; and a graphical-to-parametric conversion system configured to receive data corresponding to the designated view of the one or more geographical locations that is to be subject to surveillance from the graphical surveillance selection system, wherein the graphical-to-parametric conversion system converts the received data to acquisition parameters employed to control the one or more data acquisition devices, wherein the one or more data acquisition devices are moved by a drone from one geographical position to another geographical position by changing the designated view of a three-dimensional view corresponding to the one or more geographical locations. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of conducting surveillance comprising:
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electronically displaying an image of one or more geographic locations associated with one or more data acquisition devices, wherein the displayed image is generated using three-dimensional image data stored in an image database; accepting user input to graphically manipulate the displayed image in three-dimensional space to select a view of the displayed image corresponding to the one or more geographic locations that are to be subject to surveillance; and using the selected view of the displayed image to generate acquisition parameters for controlling the one or more image acquisition devices, wherein the one or more image acquisition devices are moved by a drone from one geographical position to another geographical position by changing the selected view of a three-dimensional view corresponding to the one or more geographical locations. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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