Patent Document ID: 9928649
Application ID: 15130619
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for planning a flight path of a physical aircraft vehicle, comprising: a processor configured to: provide a virtual three-dimensional model of a physical environment; track a placement indicator within the virtual three-dimensional model of the physical environment, wherein tracking the placement indicator includes tracking a location and an orientation of the placement indicator within the virtual three-dimensional model; provide a computer rendered viewfinder display window that displays a simulated image captured from a simulated camera of a simulated vehicle located at the location of the placement indicator and oriented at a direction of the orientation of the placement indicator; plan for the physical aircraft vehicle at least the flight path and a physical camera image capture using the placement indicator and the viewfinder display window within the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the placement indicator has been utilized to specify based on the location and the orientation of the placement indicator at least one key frame of a plurality of key frames, a camera look-at line associated with a key frame included in the plurality of key frames is visually indicated in the virtual three-dimensional model, and the computer rendered viewfinder display window has been utilized to preview at least one key frame of the plurality of key frames; calculate the flight path between physical locations corresponding the plurality of key frames specified in the virtual three-dimensional model; and generate digital instructions that cause the physical aircraft vehicle to at least in part autonomously follow the calculated flight path; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.