Collaborative camera viewpoint control for interactive telepresence

1. A system implemented for collaborative camera viewpoint control, the system comprising:

a trajectory planner configured to:

receive, from a plurality of controller devices, proposed camera viewpoints;

weight each proposed camera viewpoint based on a user of a controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint;

receive, from the plurality of controller devices, proposed travel instructions for a vehicle;

weight each proposed travel instruction based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed travel instruction;

generate a consensus travel instruction for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed travel instructions;

generate a consensus camera viewpoint for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed camera viewpoints; and

communicate the consensus travel instruction and the consensus camera viewpoint to the vehicle.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the trajectory planner is further configured to:

rank different viewpoints of an environment of the vehicle from multiple cameras of the vehicle; and

provide the ranked different viewpoints to the plurality of controller devices, wherein the received proposed camera viewpoints are based on a selection of a ranked different viewpoint.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises:

the trajectory planner;

a camera system of multiple cameras configured to capture video of an environment in which the vehicle travels from the different viewpoints; and

a travel control system configured to control the travel of the vehicle based on the consensus travel instruction.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the trajectory planner is implemented with a voting system to generate the consensus travel instruction based on each of the proposed travel instructions counted as a user vote to direct the travel of the vehicle.

5. The system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the vehicle is further configured to:

transmit to a first group of viewing devices video of the environment from a first camera having a first viewpoint;

transmit to a second group of viewing devices video of the environment from at least a second camera having a second viewpoint; and

the trajectory planner configured to receive the proposed travel instructions based on the different viewpoints of the environment.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the trajectory planner is remote from the vehicle.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is at least one of a drone, a submersible, a land rover, a mobilized computing device, a human camera carrier, or a camera transport.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the proposed travel instructions comprise at least one of stop, brake, start, accelerate, turn-off the vehicle, turn-on the vehicle, travel up, travel down, turn left, turn right, turn around, rotate, travel forward, or travel back.

9. A method for collaborative camera viewpoint control implemented by a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of controller devices, proposed camera viewpoints;

weighting each proposed camera viewpoint based on a user of a controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint;

receiving, from the plurality of controller devices, proposed travel instructions for a vehicle;

weighting each proposed travel instruction based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed travel instruction;

generating a consensus travel instruction for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed travel instructions;

generating a consensus camera viewpoint for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed camera viewpoints; and

communicating the consensus travel instruction and the consensus camera viewpoint to the vehicle.

10. The method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising:

ranking the different viewpoints of an environment of the vehicle from multiple cameras of the vehicle; and

providing the ranked different viewpoints to the plurality of controller devices, wherein the received proposed camera viewpoints are based on a selection of a ranked different viewpoint.

11. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a voting system configured to count user votes based on the received proposed camera viewpoints, wherein the consensus camera viewpoint instruction is determined based on the user votes.

12. The system as recited in claim 11 , further comprising a policy system configured to determine the weight for each proposed camera viewpoint based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint.

13. The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the weight for each proposed camera viewpoint is determined based on a user factor.

14. The system as recited in claim 13 , wherein the user factor is skill level of the user with a type of the vehicle.

15. The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the policy system is further configured to override a proposed travel instruction such that the overrode proposed travel instruction is not the consensus travel instruction.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein the policy system is further configured to:

determine the vehicle is flying, wherein the overrode proposed travel instruction is to shut off the vehicle.

17. The method as recited in claim 9 , further comprising further counting user votes based on the received proposed camera viewpoints, wherein the consensus camera viewpoint instruction is determined based on the user votes.

18. The method as recited in claim 17 , determining the weight for each proposed camera viewpoint based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that cause one or more processors to perform operations that provides collaborative camera viewpoint control implemented by a vehicle, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of controller devices, proposed camera viewpoints;

weighting each proposed camera viewpoint based on a user of a controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint;

receiving, from the plurality of controller devices, proposed travel instructions for a vehicle;

weighting each proposed travel instruction based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed travel instruction;

generating a consensus travel instruction for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed travel instructions;

generating a consensus camera viewpoint for the vehicle based on the weighted proposed camera viewpoints; and

communicating the consensus travel instruction and the consensus camera viewpoint to the vehicle.

20. The one more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:

counting user votes based on the received proposed camera viewpoints, wherein the consensus camera viewpoint instruction is determined based on the user votes; and

determining the weight for each proposed camera viewpoint based on the user of the controller device associated with the each proposed camera viewpoint.