US 11,725,940 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle control point selection system
Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US); Brett Michael Bethke, Millbrae, CA (US); and Hui Li, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,220.
Application 17/478,220 is a continuation of application No. 15/396,096, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,150,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/273,822, filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074744 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/02 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G01C 15/02 (2013.01) [G01C 11/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive location information identifying one or more locations associated with a first unmanned vehicle being navigated within a first area during a first time period;
receive one or more images of the first area including the first unmanned vehicle and one or more landmarks, wherein the one or more images are captured by a second unmanned vehicle when the second unmanned vehicle is flying at a higher altitude than the first unmanned vehicle; and
correlate a first captured image of the one or more images that includes the first unmanned vehicle and a first landmark of the one or more landmarks with first location information of the one or more locations based on a timestamp associated with the first captured image and a timestamp associated with the first location information.