Systems and methods for identifying and adapting exciting shot-paths involving a vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
• estimate an activity using context from situational data acquired about a vehicle and an environment surrounding the vehicle;
• identify shot-paths for the activity from estimated paths and viewing angles of an aerial device;
• calculate excitement factors for the shot-paths using a model and select at least one of the shot-paths according to the excitement factors;
• on a condition that the at least one of the shot-paths satisfies feasibility conditions, a decay rate, and a decay duration, adapt the shot-paths for the activity by monitoring the situational data and factoring the excitement factors, and control the aerial device along the shot-paths, wherein the decay rate and the decay duration include factoring interest from an occupant of the vehicle about an image from the at least one of the shot-paths;
• and
• assemble a timeline for the vehicle with a sequence of the shot-paths according to the excitement factors, wherein the timeline repeats the at least one of the shot-paths that is an initial shot-path according to a downward slope of the decay rate and the decay duration for another one of the shot-paths.

A method comprising:

• estimating an activity using context from situational data acquired about a vehicle and an environment surrounding the vehicle;
• identifying shot-paths for the activity from estimated paths and viewing angles of an aerial device;
• calculating excitement factors for the shot-paths using a model and selecting at least one of the shot-paths according to the excitement factors;
• on a condition that the at least one of the shot-paths satisfies feasibility conditions, a decay rate, and a decay duration, adapting the shot-paths for the activity by monitoring the situational data and factoring the excitement factors, and controlling the aerial device along the shot-paths, wherein the decay rate and the decay duration include factoring interest from an occupant of the vehicle about an image from the at least one of the shot-paths;
• and
• assembling a timeline for the vehicle with a sequence of the shot-paths according to the excitement factors, wherein the timeline repeats the at least one of the shot-paths that is an initial shot-path according to a downward slope of the decay rate and the decay duration for another one of the shot-paths.