Systems and methods for establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for a vehicle to follow

摘要

An example method of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow includes determining a stand-off distance to the target. The stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern. The example method also includes generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.