Patent ID: 11922620
Assignee: nan
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A system for simultaneously flying multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) autonomously to survey an area, comprising:
a plurality of UAVs, each configured to autonomously execute one of a plurality of complementary survey mission sub-plans and each having at least one payload configured to autonomously perform a survey task;
a processing device having executable instructions stored therein that, when executed, cause the processing device to generate the plurality of complementary survey mission sub-plans,
wherein the executable instructions, when executed, cause the processing device to generate a first user interface for receiving user fencepost input that characterizes a defined boundary for the area to be surveyed,
wherein the executable instructions, when executed, cause the processing device to generate a second user interface for receiving an altitude parameter value from a user,
wherein the processing device is configured to include a sub-plan parameter that is utilized by the processing device when executing the instructions to determine how many complementary sub-plans are required to perform the survey over the area,
wherein the executable instructions, when executed, cause the processing device to determine a survey mission plan comprising an ordered set of flight path waypoints that covers the area using information comprising the fencepost input and the altitude parameter value and to generate the plurality of complementary survey mission sub-plans using the sub-plan parameter, and
wherein each of the plurality of complementary mission sub-plans comprises an ordered subset of the flight path waypoints.