Capturing Images Using Controlled Vibration

摘要

Systems and methods of capturing imagery are provided. In particular, vibration can be induced in an imaging platform to eliminate blur in one or more images captured by the imaging platform. For instance, vibration having one or more predetermined characteristics can be induced in the imaging platform. The induced vibration can correlate to a sine wave. A collect period can then be identified corresponding to at least a portion of the period of the sine wave wherein the line of sight of the imaging platform approximates an ideal line of sight for eliminating relative motion between the imaging platform and a region of interest. One or more images of the region of interest can be captured by the imaging platform during the collect period. The one or more captured images can then be sent to a remote computing device for processing.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of capturing imagery, the method comprising:
identifying, by one or more computing devices, vibration characteristics for an imaging platform, the vibration characteristics associated with an amplitude and a frequency of a sine wave, the frequency of the sine wave being determined based at least in part on a frame rate associated with one or more image capture devices associated with the imaging platform; inducing, by one or more computing devices, vibration in the imaging platform causing at least a portion of the imaging platform to move about a reference point according to the vibration characteristics; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a collect period corresponding to a period of time wherein motion of a region of interest relative to the imaging platform is reduced; and controlling, by the one or more computing devices, a collection of data by the one or more image capture devices based at least in part on the collect period.