CAMERA UNIT CAPABLE OF BEING INSTALLED IN A DRONE FOR MAPPING A TERRAIN AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE COLLECTION OF IMAGES BY A CAMERA UNIT

摘要

The invention relates to a camera block (14) adapted to be embedded in a drone (10) for mapping a terrain (16), comprising a camera (18) capable of capturing successive images of portions of the terrain overflown by the drone. The camera block comprises means for memorizing captured images, information comparison means of the portion of terrain overflown visible via the camera with at least one information of at least the previous image captured to determine the recovery rate the portion of the terrain overflown with respect to at least said previous captured image, and means for sending a command to the camera for capturing an image, as soon as the recovery rate of the portion of the terrain overflown is less than or equal to the predetermined recovery rate.