Systems and methods for establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for a vehicle to follow
AssigneeInsitu, Inc.
InventorRolf Rysdyk
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Abstract
An example method of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow includes determining a stand-off distance to the target. The stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern. The example method also includes generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.
Claims20
A method of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow, comprising:
- determining a stand-off distance to the target, wherein the stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern;
- and
- generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, that when executed by a system having one or more processors, causes the system to perform functions of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow, the functions comprising:
- determining a stand-off distance to the target, wherein the stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern;
- and
- generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.
A computing device comprising:
- a communication interface for receiving a stand-off distance to a target, wherein the stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along a flight pattern adjacent to the target for an aerial vehicle to follow;
- and
- one or more processors for executing instructions stored on data storage to generate the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.