Patent Document ID: 9429425
Application ID: 13785796
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving first panoramic image data of a terrestrial vehicle, wherein the image data is collected by an aerial vehicle; identifying, by a processor, a marker on the terrestrial vehicle from the first panoramic image data; analyzing, by the processor, the marker from the image data of the terrestrial vehicle to determine an operating characteristic of the aerial vehicle; and controlling the aerial vehicle according to the operating characteristic, wherein the operating characteristic is based on a path of the terrestrial vehicle from a geographic database, wherein the operating characteristic includes an orientation of the aerial vehicle; receiving a second panoramic image collected by the terrestrial vehicle; and combining the first panoramic image and the second panoramic image based on the orientation of the aerial vehicle, wherein combining the first panoramic image and the second panoramic image comprises interpolating the first panoramic image and the second image according to a variable rate.