Blaine M Schanfeldt

US Patent:

20170355458, Dec 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun 9, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/178052

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Colleen Kelly Twitty - San Francisco CA, US
Blaine Schanfeldt - San Francisco CA, US
James J. Johnson - Beaverton OR, US
Jacob Federico - Santa Clara CA, US

International Classification:

B64C 39/02
H04N 5/232
G06K 9/00
G05D 1/00
G05D 1/08

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a position of a camera affixed to a UAV in flight when the camera captures a digital aerial image. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods utilize real time kinematic satellite navigation techniques to identify a position of a UAV. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods precisely determine the time that a camera captures a digital aerial image together with an attitude of the UAV at the time of capture to calculate a location of a camera at the time of capture. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods can utilize the determined position of the camera together with the captured digital aerial image to generate a three-dimensional representation of a site.