公开(公告)号：US20180095469A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15726337

申请日：2017-10-05

Applicant: PARROT DRONES

Inventor： Edouard LEURENT

IPC: G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0808 ,  G05D1/12 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: A system for shooting moving images includes a drone provided with a camera and a ground station, the camera being directed along a sight axis, the drone being adapted to fly autonomously to shoot moving images of a target moving with the ground station, the direction of the sight axis being such that the target remains present in the successive images produced by said shooting. The system further comprises means for determining the speed vector of the target and the position of the target in a given reference system, and control means configured to generate flight instructions based on the speed vector determined, the position determined, and a predetermined direction angle so as to hold the angle between the sight axis of the camera and the direction of the speed vector substantially at the value of said predetermined direction angle.

公开(公告)号：US20180024557A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15657143

申请日：2017-07-22

Applicant: PARROT DRONES

Inventor： Edouard LEURENT

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G03B17/56 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G03B15/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  A63H27/12 ,  A63H30/04 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G03B15/006 ,  G03B17/561 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: The displacements of the drone are defined by piloting commands applied to a set of propulsion units of the drone, the drone flying along a trajectory that is at least in part predetermined, to take moving images of a target. The drone adjusts the camera sight angle during its displacements, and as the case may be, those of the target, so that at each instant, the image taken by the camera contain the position of the target. The system comprises means for determining a static trajectory of the drone for the shooting, means for determining a dynamics of displacement of the drone along the static trajectory, and means for generating flying instructions for the drone based on the two determinations and on information about the target position over time.