摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and systems for planning, managing, and executing the flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle. SOLUTION: The methods and the systems are designed to reduce the likelihood that the UAV will be detected by determining a flight path based on the proximity of the UAV to a point of interest and the visual, acoustic, and infrared signatures of the UAV relative to a point of interest. Additionally, the methods and the systems enable a UAV operator to compare a recommend flight path and an altered flight path based on how the altered flight path changes the proximity of the UAV to a point of interest, and changes the visual, acoustic, and infrared signatures of the UAV relative to a point of interest. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |