Systems and methods for autonomous perpendicular imaging of test squares
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1. An imaging system for a vehicle to capture orthogonal images of a surface at an angle with respect to a downward direction, comprising:
- a positioning system to determine a position of a vehicle relative to a surface of a structure that is at an angle relative to a downward direction;
a tilt angle determination system to determine a tilt angle for a camera to orthogonally align an optical axis of the camera with the angled surface;
a camera control module to implement at least one of;
adjust the tilt angle of the camera to orthogonally align the optical axis of the camera with respect to the angled surface, andadjust a location of the camera relative to the surface to facilitate orthogonal alignment of the optical axis of the camera with respect to the angled surface.
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Abstract
An assessment and reporting system may utilize one or more scanning techniques to provide useful assessments and/or reports for structures and other objects. The scanning techniques may be performed in sequence and optionally used to further fine-tune each subsequent scan. The system may receive or determine a pitch of a surface of a structure or otherwise orthogonally align an optical axis of a camera with respect to a planar surface. An imaging system may capture perpendicular images of sample regions that have a defined area-squared.
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1. An imaging system for a vehicle to capture orthogonal images of a surface at an angle with respect to a downward direction, comprising:
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a positioning system to determine a position of a vehicle relative to a surface of a structure that is at an angle relative to a downward direction; a tilt angle determination system to determine a tilt angle for a camera to orthogonally align an optical axis of the camera with the angled surface; a camera control module to implement at least one of; adjust the tilt angle of the camera to orthogonally align the optical axis of the camera with respect to the angled surface, and adjust a location of the camera relative to the surface to facilitate orthogonal alignment of the optical axis of the camera with respect to the angled surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system, comprising:
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a camera to capture images of a portion of a roof of a structure; and an imaging system to; adjust an angle of the camera to a non-zero angle relative to a downward direction to align an optical axis of the camera substantially orthogonal to an angled surface of the roof, and capture an image of the angled surface of the roof with the optical axis of the camera aligned perpendicular to the angled surface. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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identifying a non-zero angle with respect to ground to which a camera can be adjusted for a given location relative to a structure to align an optical axis of the camera orthogonal to an angled surface of a roof of a structure; and capturing an image of at least a portion of the angled surface of the roof of the structure that includes a sample region of the surface with a predefined target area-squared (A2) using an imaging system with the optical axis of the camera aligned perpendicular to the angled surface based on the identified non-zero angle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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