SCANNING ENVIRONMENTS AND TRACKING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

摘要

Systems and methods for scanning environments and tracking unmanned aerial vehicles within the scanned environments are disclosed. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes using a rangefinder off-board an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to identify points in a region. The method can further include forming a computer-based map of the region with the points and using the rangefinder and a camera to locate the UAV as it moves in the region. The location of the UAV can be compared with locations on the computer-based map and, based upon the comparison, the method can include transmitting guidance information to the UAV. In a further particular embodiment, two-dimensional imaging data is used in addition to the rangefinder data to provide color information to points in the region.

主权项

1. A method, performed by a computing system having a memory and a processor, for tracking a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle in an environment using a three-dimensional model of the environment, the method comprising:
with a scanner system, comprising at least one camera and at least one rangefinder,
tracking the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the environment, and identifying objects within the environment; comparing the actual flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the environment to a flight path constructed in a three-dimensional model; determining that the actual flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle has deviated from the flight path constructed in the three-dimensional model; and in response to determining that the actual flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle has deviated from the flight path constructed in the three-dimensional,
redirecting the actual flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the flight path constructed in the three-dimensional model at least in part by transmitting guidance information to the unmanned aerial vehicle.