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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
John-Michael Mcnew, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying and adapting exciting shot-paths within a camera mode through acquiring data from a vehicle and an aerial device. In one embodiment, a method includes estimating an activity using context from situational data acquired about a vehicle and an environment surrounding the vehicle. The method also includes identifying shot-paths for the activity from estimated paths and viewing angles of an aerial device. The method also includes calculating excitement factors for the shot-paths using a model and selecting at least one of the shot-paths according to the excitement factors. The method also includes, on a condition that the at least one of the shot-paths satisfies feasibility conditions, adapting the shot-paths for the activity by monitoring the situational data and factoring the excitement factors.