Unmanned aerial vehicle sensor activation and correlation system
AssigneeSkydio, Inc.
InventorsHui Li, John Bressler, Volkan Gurel, Bernard J. Michini
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) logs first UAV information at a first frequency. The UAV triggers a camera associated with the UAV to capture an image. In response to triggering the camera to capture the image, the UAV logs second UAV information at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. A device that is separate from the UAV identifies a location of the UAV corresponding to the image based on a capture timestamp of the image received from the camera, the first UAV information, and the second UAV information. The device generates a geo-rectified imagery based on the image and the location of the UAV.
Claims29
A method, comprising:
- logging, by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), first UAV information at a first frequency;
- triggering, by the UAV, a camera associated with the UAV to capture an image;
- in response to triggering the camera to capture the image, logging, by the UAV, second UAV information at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency;
- identifying, by a device that is separate from the UAV, a location of the UAV corresponding to the image based on a capture timestamp of the image received from the camera, the first UAV information, and the second UAV information;
- and
- generating, by the device, geo-rectified imagery based on the image and the location of the UAV.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprising a non-transitory computer storage medium storing instructions that are operable, when executed by a processor, to cause the processor to:
- receive first UAV information logged at a first frequency and second UAV information logged at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency, wherein the first UAV information and the second UAV information are separated by an image capture event;
- identify a location of the UAV corresponding to an image based on a capture timestamp of the image, the first UAV information, and the second UAV information;
- and
- generate geo-rectified imagery based on the image and the location of the UAV.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a processor, the processor configured to:
- log, at a first frequency, first UAV information;
- trigger a camera to capture an image;
- and
- in response to triggering the camera to capture the image, log second UAV information at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency,
- wherein a capture timestamp of the image, the first UAV information, and the second UAV information are used to identify a location of the UAV corresponding to the image;
- and
- wherein geo-rectified imagery is generated based on the image and the location of the UAV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.