Patent ID: 11860633
Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A system comprising:
a processor having addressable memory, the processor configured to:
determine one or more straight-line segments covering a geographical area, wherein determining the one or more straight-line segments covering the geographical area comprises the processor to be further configured to:
determine two or more flight paths based on a rotation of each straight-line segment by set increments; and
select a flight path of the determined two or more flight paths at an increment of the set increments using the least energy by an aerial vehicle to complete;

generate a flight plan for the aerial vehicle, the flight plan comprising: the determined one or more straight-line segments and one or more turnarounds connecting each straight-line segment; and
control the aerial vehicle based on the generated flight plan;
wherein each flight paths of the two or more flight paths corresponds to one or more sensor-area rectangles associated with the geographical area, and wherein each of the one or more sensor-area rectangles includes rows.