Patent ID: 9563201
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,G05D,G06F,G06Q,G06T,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising: displaying, by one or more processors, video received from a UAV in a display window, the video including a structure; determining, by the one or more processors, one or more portions of the structure where additional video is to be acquired; adjusting, by the one or more processors, the video in response to the determination of one or more portions of the structure to indicate the one or more portions of the structure where additional video is to be acquired; receiving, by the one or more processors, user input in response to a user interacting with the display window, the user input including a selection of the one or more portions of the structure; generating, by the one or more processors, one or more UAV commands based upon the user input to cause the UAV to navigate to the one or more portions of the structure and to capture the additional video; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the one or more UAV commands to the UAV.