Methods and systems for determining flight plans for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles

摘要

Systems, devices, and methods for receiving, by a processor (1424) having addressable memory (1427), data representing a geographical area for imaging by one or more sensors of an aerial vehicle (1302); determining one or more straight-line segments covering the geographical area (1304); determining one or more waypoints located at an end of each determined straight-line segment (1306), where each waypoint comprises a geographical location, an altitude, and a direction of travel; determining one or more turnarounds (1308) connecting each of the straight-line segments, where each turnaround comprises one or more connecting segments; and generating, by the processor, a flight plan for the aerial vehicle (1314) comprising: the determined one or more straight-line segments and the determined one or more turnarounds connecting each straight-line segment.