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US 10,510,261 · App. 15/532,570 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Application and method for controlling flight of uninhabited airborne vehicle

Inventor: Shunji Sugaya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OPTIM CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,510,261
App. No.
15/532,570
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to provide an application for controlling the flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle that detects a person at low cost and high efficiency and controls a drone to keep from hitting against the detected person. The application for controlling the flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle runs on a smart device 200 connected with an uninhabited airborne vehicle 100, acquires and analyzes the image taken by a camera unit 20 of the smart device, and controls the flight of the uninhabited airborne vehicle to keep the uninhabited airborne vehicle 100 from hitting against the detected person through the uninhabited airborne vehicle flight control module 224.

Claims (19)

1. A smart device that controls a flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle and is connected with the uninhabited airborne vehicle, the smart device comprising:

a camera; and

a processor that:

drives camera;

acquires an image taken by the camera;

analyzes the acquired image and detects a person;

controls the flight of the uninhabited airborne vehicle to keep the uninhabited airborne vehicle from hitting against the detected person; and

controls a speed of the uninhabited airborne vehicle based on a battery level of a rechargeable battery of the smart device when the rechargeable battery feeds power to the connected uninhabited airborne vehicle.

2. The smart device according to claim 1 , wherein the processors analyzes the acquired image by analyzing the image taken by visible light of the camera.

3. The smart device according to claim 1 , wherein the processors analyzes the acquired image by analyzing the image taken by thermal photography of the camera.

4. The smart device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor executes displaying operation history of the uninhabited airborne vehicle on an output unit of the smart device.

5. The smart device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor executes transmitting operation data on the uninhabited airborne vehicle to a server connected through a network.

6. The smart device according to claim 1 , wherein the uninhabited airborne vehicle is connected with the smart device through USB.

7. A method for controlling a flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle by a smart device connected with the uninhabited airborne vehicle, the method comprising:

driving a camera provided in the smart device;

acquiring an image taken by the camera;

analyzing the acquired image and detects a person;

controlling the flight of the uninhabited airborne vehicle to keep the uninhabited airborne vehicle from hitting against the detected person; and

controlling a speed of the uninhabited airborne vehicle based on a battery level of a rechargeable battery of the smart device when the rechargeable battery feeds power to the connected uninhabited airborne vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2017
From: SUGAYA, SHUNJI
To: OPTIM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044329/0432 →
Continuity (1)
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