1. A method comprising:
operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
capturing oblique imagery of a surface via one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the one-dimensional collections, when projected onto the surface, are approximately aligned to the nominal heading.
2. A method comprising:
operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
capturing oblique imagery of a surface via one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured to reduce a difference between the nominal heading and a projection of the one-dimensional collections onto the surface.
3. The method of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the one-dimensional collections correspond to one of a collection of rows and a collection of columns of the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor.
4. A method comprising:
operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
capturing oblique imagery of a surface via one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises a plurality of non-uniform pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the non-uniform pixel elements, when projected onto the surface, are approximately transformed from a trapezoid to a rectangle.
5. The method of claim 1, claim 2, or claim 4, wherein the capturing oblique imagery is in accordance with a down angle of the at least one of the respective camera-groups, and the configuring is based at least in part on the down angle.
6. The method of claim 1, claim 2, or claim 4, wherein the configuring is in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
7. A method comprising:
operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
capturing oblique imagery of a surface via one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
8. A method comprising:
operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
capturing oblique imagery of a surface via one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein a camera of the at least one of the respective camera-groups has an associated Petzval surface, and each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle based at least in part on a respective position of the respective distortion correcting electronic image sensor in the Petzval surface.
9. The method of claim 1, claim 2, claim 4, claim 7, or claim 8, wherein the oblique angle is any acute angle modulo 90 degrees.
10. The method of claim 1, claim 2, claim 4, claim 7, or claim 8, wherein the oblique angle is between 15 and 75 degrees modulo 90 degrees.
11. The method of claim 1, claim 2, claim 4, claim 7, or claim 8, wherein the vehicle is a flying vehicle and the surface is the ground.
12. An apparatus comprising:
one or more respective camera-groups each enabled to capture oblique imagery of a surface, the respective camera-groups are enabled to operate in a vehicle in accordance with a nominal heading;
at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor included in at least one of the respective camera-groups, the at least one of the respective camera-groups are oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the one-dimensional collections, when projected onto the surface, are aligned to the nominal heading.
13. An apparatus comprising:
one or more respective camera-groups each enabled to capture oblique imagery of a surface, the respective camera-groups are enabled to operate in a vehicle in accordance with a nominal heading;
at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor included in at least one of the respective camera-groups, the at least one of the respective camera-groups are oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured to reduce a difference between the nominal heading and a projection of the one-dimensional collections onto the surface.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 or claim 13, wherein each of the one-dimensional collections correspond to one of respective rows and respective columns of the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor.
15. An apparatus comprising:
one or more respective camera-groups each enabled to capture oblique imagery of a surface, the respective camera-groups are enabled to operate in a vehicle in accordance with a nominal heading;
at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor included in at least one of the respective camera-groups, the at least one of the respective camera-groups are oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises a plurality of non-uniform pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the non-uniform pixel elements, when projected onto the surface, are approximately transformed from a trapezoid to a rectangle.
16. The apparatus of claim 12, claim 13, or claim 15, wherein the capturing oblique imagery is in accordance with a down angle of the at least one of the respective camera-groups, and the configuring is based at least in part on the down angle.
17. The apparatus of claim 12, claim 13, or claim 15, wherein the configuring is in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
18. An apparatus comprising:
one or more respective camera-groups each enabled to capture oblique imagery of a surface, the respective camera-groups are enabled to operate in a vehicle in accordance with a nominal heading;
at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor included in at least one of the respective camera-groups, the at least one of the respective camera-groups are oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
19. An apparatus comprising:
one or more respective camera-groups each enabled to capture oblique imagery of a surface, the respective camera-groups are enabled to operate in a vehicle in accordance with a nominal heading;
at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor included in at least one of the respective camera-groups, the at least one of the respective camera-groups are oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein a camera of the at least one of the respective camera-groups has an associated Petzval surface, and each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle based at least in part on a respective position of the respective distortion correcting electronic image sensor in the Petzval surface.
20. The apparatus of claim 12, claim 13, claim 15, claim 18, or claim 19, wherein the oblique angle is any acute angle modulo 90 degrees.
21. The apparatus of claim 12, claim 13, claim 15, claim 18, or claim 19, wherein the oblique angle is between 15 and 75 degrees modulo 90 degrees.
22. The apparatus of claim 12, claim 13, claim 15, claim 18, or claim 19, wherein the vehicle is a flying vehicle and the surface is the ground.
23. A system comprising:
means for operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
one or more respective camera-groups;
means for capturing oblique imagery of a surface via the one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the one-dimensional collections, when projected onto the surface, are approximately aligned to the nominal heading.
24. A system comprising:
means for operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
one or more respective camera-groups;
means for capturing oblique imagery of a surface via the one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises one or more one-dimensional collections of a plurality of pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured to reduce a difference between the nominal heading and a projection of the one-dimensional collections onto the surface.
25. The system of claim 23 or claim 24, wherein the one-dimensional collections correspond to one of a collection of rows and a collection of columns of the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor.
26. A system comprising:
means for operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
one or more respective camera-groups;
means for capturing oblique imagery of a surface via the one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading;
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor comprises a plurality of non-uniform pixel elements; and
wherein the at least one distortion correcting electronic image sensor is configured such that the non-uniform pixel elements, when projected onto the surface, are approximately transformed from a trapezoid to a rectangle.
27. The system of claim 23, claim 24, or claim 26, wherein the capturing oblique imagery is in accordance with a down angle of the at least one of the respective camera-groups, and the configuring is based at least in part on the down angle.
28. The system of claim 23, claim 24, or claim 26, wherein the configuring is in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
29. A system comprising:
means for operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
one or more respective camera-groups;
means for capturing oblique imagery of a surface via the one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle in accordance with any one or more of increasing a swath width, increasing signal-to-noise ratio, and increasing uniformity of projection of pixels onto the surface.
30. A system comprising:
means for operating a vehicle in a nominal heading;
one or more respective camera-groups;
means for capturing oblique imagery of a surface via the one or more respective camera-groups;
wherein at least one of the respective camera-groups is oriented at a particular plan angle with respect to the nominal heading and includes a plurality of distortion correcting electronic image sensors;
wherein the particular plan angle is an oblique angle with respect to the nominal heading; and
wherein a camera of the at least one of the respective camera-groups has an associated Petzval surface, and each of the distortion correcting electronic image sensors is rotated at a respective angle based at least in part on a respective position of the respective distortion correcting electronic image sensor in the Petzval surface.
31. The system of claim 23, claim 24, claim 26, claim 29, or claim 30, wherein the oblique angle is any acute angle modulo 90 degrees.
32. The system of claim 23, claim 24, claim 26, claim 29, or claim 30, wherein the oblique angle is between 15 and 75 degrees modulo 90 degrees.
33. The system of claim 23, claim 24, claim 26, claim 29, or claim 30, wherein the vehicle is enabled to fly and the surface is the ground.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A control device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a first user input corresponding to first parameters for forming a first unit of packaging material;
add first instructions corresponding to the first unit to a queue for a packaging device;
receive a second user input corresponding to second parameters for forming a second unit of packaging material;
add second instructions corresponding to the second unit to the queue; and
transmit the first and second instructions to the packaging device to cause the packaging device to create the first and second units of packaging material according to the first and second parameters.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the packaging material is protective packaging material.
3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to:
display on the display a first item graphic corresponding to the first unit, wherein one or more characteristics of the first item graphic correspond to the first parameters; and
display on the display a second item graphic corresponding to the second unit, wherein one or more characteristics of the second item correspond to the second parameters.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second items are presented together on the display in an order that indicates that the packaging device will create the first unit before creating the second unit.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
receive a user pause input corresponding to a pause for a predetermined length of time; and
based on the pause input, send pause information to the packaging device, to cause the packaging device to create the first packaging unit, pause for the predetermined length of time, and create the second packaging item.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the first parameters include a number of a plurality of first units to be created, and wherein sending the first instructions causes the packaging device to create the number of first units, the instructions further causing the processor to:
receive a user input corresponding to a pause for a predetermined length of time;
add the pause to the queue; and
transmit pause information to the packaging device, to cause the packaging device to pause for the predetermined length of time after finishing creating a first unit and before starting to create another first unit in the plurality.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the packaging device comprises first and second packaging devices, wherein the first packaging device creates the first unit of packaging material, and the second packaging device creates the second unit of packaging material.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the first packaging unit comprises different material than the second packaging unit.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to send cleaning information to the packaging device, to cause a cleaning material to be applied to the packaging device after the packaging device creates the first unit.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein the packaging device is a foam-in-bag device, and the cleaning material is a solvent.
11. The device of claim 1, wherein:
the packaging device is a foam-in-bag device,
the first unit comprises a bag having a predetermined amount of foam filled therein, and
the first parameters include at least one of a length of the bag or a percentage of the bag to filled with foam.
12. The control device of claim 1, wherein the control device transmits the first and second instructions to the packaging device together as the queue.
13. The control device of claim 1, wherein the control device transmits the first and second instructions to the packaging device by sending the first instructions and then sending the second instructions.
14. A control device, comprising a display, a processor and a memory, the memory containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a first user input corresponding to first parameters for forming a first unit of packaging material;
present for display on a user interface a first item graphic corresponding to the first unit of packaging material;
receive a second user input corresponding to second parameters for forming a second unit of packaging material;
present for display on the user interface a second item graphic corresponding to the second unit of packaging material;
add first instructions corresponding to the first unit to a queue;
add second instructions corresponding to the second unit to the queue; and
send the first and second instructions to the packaging device to cause the packaging device to create the first and second units of packaging material according to the first and second parameters.
15. The control device of claim 14, wherein one or more characteristics of the first item graphic correspond to the first parameters, and one or more characteristics of the second item graphic correspond to the second parameters.
16. The control device of claim 15, wherein:
the packaging device is a foam-in-bag device,
the first unit comprises a bag having a predetermined amount of foam filled therein, and
the first parameters include at least one of a length of the bag or a percentage of the bag to fill with foam.
17. The control device of claim 14, wherein the packaging material is protective packaging material.
18. A control device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a first user input corresponding to first parameters for forming a first unit of packaging material;
add first instructions corresponding to the first unit to a queue for a packaging device;
receive a second user input corresponding to second parameters for forming a second unit of packaging material;
add second instructions corresponding to the second unit to the queue;
receive a third user input corresponding to a processing step;
add third instructions corresponding to the processing step to the queue; and
transmit the first, second, and third instructions to the packaging device to cause the packaging device to create the first and second units of packaging material according to the first and second parameters and according to the processing step.
19. The control device of claim 18, wherein the processing step is a pause of a predetermined period of time, and wherein the third instructions cause the packaging device to pause for the predetermined period of time after creating the first unit and before creating the second unit.
20. The control device of claim 18, wherein the processing step is a cleaning step, and wherein the third instructions cause a cleaning material to be administered to the packaging device after creating the first unit and before creating the second unit.
21. A method of creating packaging units, comprising:
receiving a first user input corresponding to first parameters for forming a first unit of packaging material;
adding first instructions corresponding to the first unit to a queue for a packaging device;
receiving a second user input corresponding to second parameters for forming a second unit of packaging material;
adding second instructions corresponding to the second unit to the queue; and
transmitting the first and second instructions to the packaging device to cause the packaging device to create the first and second units of packaging material according to the first and second parameters.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the packaging material is protective packaging material.
23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
displaying on a display a first item graphic corresponding to the first unit, wherein one or more characteristics of the first item graphic correspond to the first parameters; and
displaying on the display a second item graphic corresponding to the second unit, wherein one or more characteristics of the second item correspond to the second parameters.
24. The method of claim 21, wherein the first and second items are displayed together to indicate that the packaging device will create the first unit before creating the second unit.