Patent Document ID: 20170270639
Application ID: 15071357
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computing system for enhancing object feature visibility for overhead imaging, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising: obtaining a first set of information associated with one or more locations of an imaging platform; obtaining a second set of information associated with one or more locations of a solar source; determining one or more positional ranges of the imaging platform relative to the solar source based at least in part on the first and second sets of information, wherein the one or more positional ranges are indicative of one or more positions at which the imaging platform is to obtain one or more image frames depicting at least a portion of a target object, the one or more positional ranges are associated with one or more positions of the solar source at which radiation from the solar source causes a higher level of reflectance with the target object than with a surrounding of the target object by creating a specular reflection; sending, to the imaging platform, a first set of data indicative of the one or more positional ranges, wherein the imaging platform is configured to obtain a second set of data indicative of the one or more image frames depicting at least a portion of the target object based at least in part on the one or more positional ranges; and receiving, from the imaging platform, a third set of data indicative of one or more of the image frames depicting at least a portion of the target object, wherein the one or more image frames were captured based at least in part on the one or more positional ranges.