Drone Imaging Route Control for Constant Pixel Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flying object tracking and imaging systems struggle to maintain image resolution when targeting objects with recessed or protruding portions, as they fail to adjust their flying routes and imaging settings effectively to account for these features.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus equipped with a processor and memory that uses a distance measurement device to measure distances and set flying routes, adjusting the flying object's path and imaging settings to maintain pixel resolution by using LiDAR scanners and rotational drives, and adjusting zoom and focus lenses to compensate for surface irregularities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a flying object follows a fixed flying route to image a target object, then the imaging system is simple to control, but the pixel resolution cannot be constantly maintained when the target has recessed or protruding portions
Solution Approach 1:
The flying route is changed from a fixed predetermined path to a dynamic adaptive route that adjusts in real-time based on the actual geometry of the target object. The control apparatus calculates optimal flying positions by considering distance measurement data and imaging conditions, allowing the flying object to dynamically modify its trajectory to maintain constant pixel resolution across surfaces with varying depths and geometries.
2Measurement precision
If the flying object adjusts its position to maintain pixel resolution on complex geometries, then image quality improves, but the control system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus automatically performs the complex calculations and adjustments needed to maintain optimal imaging conditions. By inputting only basic target object information, the system autonomously computes the flying route, positioning requirements, and imaging parameters, eliminating the need for manual intervention and making the advanced functionality as easy to use as simple target specification.
3Measurement precision
If the system uses distance measurement to adjust flying route for maintaining resolution, then imaging precision on complex surfaces improves, but the time required for measurement and adjustment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs distance measurements and calculates the optimal flying route in advance before the actual imaging process begins. By pre-computing the positioning requirements based on measured distances to the target object, the system eliminates the need for real-time adjustments during imaging, thereby maintaining high imaging precision while minimizing time loss.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures constant image resolution by dynamically adjusting the flying route and imaging settings, allowing for effective imaging of targets with complex geometries, such as recessed or protruding portions, by using LiDAR scanners and rotational drives to maintain optimal imaging parameters.
Implementation Method 1
uses a distance measurement device to measure distances and set flying routes, adjusting the flying object's path and imaging settings to maintain pixel resolution by using LiDAR scanners
Data Source
AI summary
A control apparatus includes a processor, and a memory connected to or incorporated in the processor. The processor is configured to rotate a distance measurement device via a rotational drive apparatus to which the distance measurement device is attached, measure a first distance between a target object and the distance measurement device at a plurality of distance measurement locations of the target object via the distance measurement device, set a flying route for causing a flying object to fly along the target object based on the first distance measured for each distance measurement location, and in a case of causing the flying object to fly along the flying route and acquiring a plurality of first images by imaging a plurality of imaged regions of the target object via a first imaging apparatus mounted on the flying object, perform a control of constantly maintaining pixel resolution of the first imaging apparatus.