Drones (12a, 12b) are controlled by one or more control devices and comprise a respective camera for image capture. The one or more control devices perform a method comprising: obtaining projected flight paths (Ta', Tb') of the drones (12a, 12b); obtaining (302) a projected camera setting of the respective camera; computing, as a function of the projected camera setting, a projected viewing frustum (18a, 18b) of the respective camera; defining, for the drones (12a, 12b), projected time-space trajectories of no-fly zones based on the projected viewing frustum (18a, 18b) of the respective camera; analyzing the projected flight paths (Ta', Tb') of the drones (12a, 12b) in relation to the projected time-space trajectories for detection of a violation of one or more of the no-fly zones; and setting an operative flight path (Ta, Tb) and/or an operative camera setting for at least one selected drone to prevent the violation.
CONTROLLING A GROUP OF DRONES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE
STEUERUNG EINER GRUPPE VON DROHNEN ZUR BILDERFASSUNG
COMMANDE D'UN GROUPE DE DRONES POUR LA CAPTURE D'IMAGES
2020-11-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |
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