Patent ID: 8970673
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A system for scanning a target area including capturing images for use in producing one or more stereoscopic views, said system comprising: a planning module configured to prepare data on a target area; a navigation module configured to receive navigation data; a control module configured to compare navigation data received by the navigation module with data prepared on said target area and to trigger scanning of said target area based on said comparing; a scanning module configured to compute system points of interest in said target area in response to said trigger; a payload control system configured to translate computed system points of interest into camera attitudes; and at least one camera onboard a platform configured to capture images whose footprints are centered around computed system points of interest, based on said camera attitudes, including configured to capture a first set of at least two consecutive image sequences of at least two images each, covering said target area or a sub section thereof, and configured, as said platform continues to move forward, to capture at least one other set of images covering substantially the same target area or sub section thereof, thereby enabling one or more stereoscopic angles to be affected by the number of image sequences included in said first set; wherein at least one captured image from each of at least two of said sets are destined to be used in producing a stereoscopic view.