METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MISSION EXECUTION ON AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

1 .- 20 . (canceled)

21 . A system comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising an onboard camera; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the UAV and configured to:

receive a set of mission parameters corresponding to a UAV mission;

initiate execution of the UAV mission;

receive UAV operation data during the UAV mission, the UAV operation data comprising aerial images;

calculate a set of modified mission parameters from the set of mission parameters and an analysis of the aerial images, the set of modified mission parameters corresponding to a modified UAV mission; and

automatically execute the modified UAV mission with the UAV.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the processor is wirelessly connected to the UAV during the UAV mission.

23 . The system of claim 21 , further comprising:

executing a flight sequence with the UAV evaluating: level flight at a first altitude with determination of a first parameter of the UAV and a climb to a second altitude with determination of a second parameter of the UAV.

24 . The system of claim 23 , wherein the first parameter is associated with a first image resolution and the second parameter is associated with a second image resolution.

25 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the set of modified mission parameters are configured to allow images to be captured at the second image resolution.

26 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the analysis comprises: at a mobile user device comprising the processor, identifying an image artifact based on the UAV operation data.

27 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the analysis comprises evaluating an image resolution of the UAV operation data at a mobile user device during execution of the UAV mission.

28 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the analysis comprises a range analysis; wherein the set of modified mission parameters are configured to decrease an image resolution associated with the UAV mission based on a range parameter for the UAV.

29 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the set of mission parameters are determined based on: level flight at a first altitude with determination of an airspeed parameter of the UAV, a climb to a second altitude with determination of a thrust parameter of the UAV, and a transition of a motor of the UAV from a first to a second power setting with determination of a range of the UAV and a weight parameter of the UAV.

30 . A system, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer readable medium, the processor configured to:

receive a set of mission parameters corresponding to a UAV mission, wherein the set of mission parameters are determined based on level flight at a first altitude with determination of a first parameter of the UAV and a climb to a second altitude with determination of a second parameter of the UAV;

initiate execution of the UAV mission with collection of a UAV operation dataset during the UAV mission; and

modify behavior of the UAV based on an analysis of the UAV operation dataset.

31 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the processor is further configured to transition a motor of the UAV from a first to a second power setting based on determination of a third parameter of the UAV.

32 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the first parameter is a first airspeed parameter or a first thrust parameter; wherein the second parameter is a second airspeed parameter or a second thrust parameter.

33 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the first parameter is associated with a first image resolution and the second parameter is associated with a second image resolution.

34 . The system of claim 33 , wherein modifying behavior of the UAV comprises modifying the set of mission parameters to allow images to be captured at a first image resolution.

35 . The system of claim 30 , wherein modifying behavior of the UAV comprises: calculating a set of modified mission parameters based on the first parameter and the set of mission parameters; and initiating execution of a modified UAV mission based on the set of modified mission parameters.

36 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the analysis comprises evaluating an image resolution of the UAV operation dataset at a mobile user device during execution of the UAV mission.

37 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the analysis comprises: at a mobile user device, identifying an image artifact based on the UAV operation dataset.

38 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the analysis comprises: tracking at least one of: a motor speed parameter, a propeller usage parameter, a control surface actuator usage parameter, or a fuselage usage parameter of the UAV during the mission; and generating a comparison between of at least one of the motor speed parameter, the propeller usage parameter, a control surface actuator usage parameter, or a fuselage usage parameter to a respective life limit.

39 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the analysis comprises a range analysis; wherein modifying behavior of the UAV comprises decreasing an image resolution of the UAV mission based on a range parameter of the UAV.

40 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the processor is housed within a mobile device and is wirelessly connected to the UAV.