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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Method and aircraft for capturing aerial images and three-dimensional mapping of a geographical area
Sensefly S.a., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;
Jean-Christophe Charlaix, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;
Baptiste Mazin, Chardonne, CH;
Alexandre Bontemps, Gex, FR;
Sébastien Courroux, Montet Glane, CH;
Raphael Zaugg, Lausanne, CH;
François Gervaix, Lausanne, CH;
SENSEFLY S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
A method for capturing aerial images is carried out using a geographical area using a self-piloted aircraft according to a predetermined flight plan and an image capture apparatus mounted on the aircraft while being movable relative to the aircraft around a rotation axis. The method includes capturing a first series of images during a single flyover of the geographical area by the aircraft by positioning the image capture apparatus iteratively according to a first sequence of angular position(s), and then capturing a second series of images by positioning the image capture apparatus iteratively according to a second sequence of angular position(s) including at least one angular position distinct from each angular position of the first sequence.