Multipoint Cable Cam System and Method
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Silva, Vikrant More, Ashwani Arya, Mehran Ferdowsi, Stephen Yui
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems and methods for a multipoint cable cam (MPCC) of an aerial vehicle. A method includes operations of receiving user input associated with a predetermined path and correlating the received user input with stored global positioning satellite (GPS) data to generate one or more virtual waypoints along the predetermined path. The method includes processing the one or more virtual waypoints to generate a spline-based flight path. The method may include storing the spline-based flight path and transmitting the spline-based flight path to the aerial vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- generating virtual waypoints along a drone path;
- processing the virtual waypoints to generate a spline-based flight path and a camera path, wherein the spline-based flight path is smoothed between the virtual waypoints and the camera path is smoothed between the virtual waypoints;
- and
- transmitting the spline-based flight path and the camera path to an aerial vehicle.
A method, comprising:
- generating virtual waypoints associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- generating a first path and a second path for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the virtual waypoints;
- and
- smoothing the first path and the second path between the virtual waypoints.
A controller device, comprising:
- an interface configured to receive user inputs associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- a processor configured to:
- generate virtual waypoints for the unmanned aerial vehicle,
- process the virtual waypoints to generate a spline-based flight path and a spline-based camera path for the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the spline-based flight path and the spline-based camera path are smoothed between the virtual waypoints;
- a memory configured to store the spline-based flight path and the spline-based camera path;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the spline-based flight path and the spline-based camera path to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.