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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Ikorongotechnology, Llc;
Hugh Blake Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ikorongo Technology, LLC, Swansboro, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for using drone imaging to capture images. Capture instructions are provided to a drone device to aid in image capture related to events. Events may be defined by characteristics such as geographical boundary information, temporal boundary information, and participant information. In one aspect, capture instructions are determined based on subject faces appearing in images associated with a sharing pool associated with an event. In another aspect, capture instructions are determined based on factor-of-interest information and remuneration policy information. The factor-of-interest information identifies subjects of interest gathered from different user devices with corresponding weights In another aspect, a drone may be assigned to one of a plurality of events based on event opportunity scores. The event opportunity scores may be determined from users associated with events, and the factors and weights associated with those users.