Unmanned aerial vehicle and methods for controlling same

摘要

One variation of a method for imaging an area of interest includes: within a user interface, receiving a selection for a set of interest points on a digital map of a physical area and receiving a selection for a resolution of a geospatial map; identifying a ground area corresponding to the set of interest points for imaging during a mission; generating a flight path over the ground area for execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle during the mission; setting an altitude for the unmanned aerial vehicle along the flight path based on the selection for the resolution of the geospatial map and an optical system arranged within the unmanned aerial vehicle; setting a geospatial accuracy requirement for the mission based on the selection for the mission type; and assembling a set of images captured by the unmanned aerial vehicle during the mission into the geospatial map.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
within a user interface, receiving a selection for a mission type, receiving a selection for a set of interest points on a digital map of a physical area, receiving a selection for a resolution of a geospatial map, and receiving a time accuracy for the geospatial map; identifying a ground area corresponding to the set of interest points for imaging during a mission by selecting the ground area within an area bounded by the set of interest points and unassociated with images stored from a previous mission completed within a threshold period of time defined by the time accuracy; generating a flight path over the ground area for execution by an unmanned aerial vehicle during the mission; setting an altitude for the unmanned aerial vehicle along the flight path based on the selection for the resolution of the geospatial map and an optical system arranged within the unmanned aerial vehicle; setting a geospatial accuracy requirement for the mission based on the selection for the mission type; and assembling a set of images captured by the unmanned aerial vehicle during the mission and an image stored from a previous mission into the geospatial map based on the geospatial accuracy requirement, the previous mission completed within the threshold period of time defined by the time accuracy.