Patent Document ID: 20080228335
Application ID: 11041923
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera, the method comprising: piloting the UAV in a current flying pattern; wherein piloting the UAV in a current flying pattern comprises: receiving from a GPS receiver a current position of the UAV; calculating a heading in dependence upon a flying pattern algorithm; and flying on the heading; identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in a the current flying pattern; and wherein identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in the current flying pattern further comprises: determining an area captured by the onboard camera; extrapolating the area captured by the onboard camera along the flying pattern to determine a perimeter of uncaptured geographic area; and determining the area of the uncaptured geographic area in dependence upon the perimeter; and modifying the current flying pattern to capture an image of the identified geographic area.