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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ola Thörn, Limhamn, SE;

Peter Exner, Malmö, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/143 (2013.01);
Abstract

Drones are controlled by one or more control devices and comprise a respective camera for image capture. The one or more control devices perform a method including obtaining projected flight paths of the drones, obtaining a projected camera setting of the respective camera, computing, as a function of the projected camera setting, a projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, defining, for the drones, projected time-space trajectories of no-fly zones based on the projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, analyzing the projected flight paths of the drones in relation to the projected time-space trajectories for detection of a violation of one or more of the no-fly zones, and setting an operative flight path and/or an operative camera setting for at least one selected drone to prevent the violation.


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