公开(公告)号：US10322819B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15657145

申请日：2017-07-22

Applicant: PARROT DRONES

Inventor： Laure Chevalley ,  Edouard Leurent

IPC: B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S17/02 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04N17/00

Abstract: The displacements of the drone are defined by piloting commands to take moving images of a target carrying the ground station. The system comprises means for adjusting the sight angle of the camera during the displacements of the drone and of the target, so that the images are centerd to the target, and means for generating flying instructions so that the distance between drone and target fulfills determined rules, these means being based on a determination of the GPS geographical position of the target with respect to the GPS geographical position of the drone, and of the angular position of the target with respect to a main axis of the drone. These means are also based on the analysis of a non-geographical signal produced by the target and received by the drone. The system allows freeing from the uncertainty of the GPS systems equipping this type of device.

公开(公告)号：US20180022472A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15657145

申请日：2017-07-22

Applicant: Parrot Drones

Inventor： Laure CHEVALLEY ,  Edouard Leurent

IPC: B64D47/08 ,  G01S17/02 ,  H04N5/225 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04N5/232

CPC classification number: B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  G01S17/023 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  H04N5/2253 ,  H04N5/2259 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N17/002

Abstract: The displacements of the drone are defined by piloting commands to take moving images of a target carrying the ground station. The system comprises means for adjusting the sight angle of the camera during the displacements of the drone and of the target, so that the images are centred to the target, and means for generating flying instructions so that the distance between drone and target fulfils determined rules, these means being based on a determination of the GPS geographical position of the target with respect to the GPS geographical position of the drone, and of the angular position of the target with respect to a main axis of the drone. These means are also based on the analysis of a non-geographical signal produced by the target and received by the drone. The system allows freeing from the uncertainty of the GPS systems equipping this type of device.

公开(公告)号：US20180307225A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15956161

申请日：2018-04-18

Applicant: PARROT DRONES

Inventor： Martin Line ,  Edouard Leurent

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/08 ,  G01C23/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/0038

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for piloting a rotary wing drone, the method being implemented by an electronic apparatus for piloting the drone, the drone being configured to have an on board camera. The method comprises calculating different types of navigation setpoint(s) of the drone, based on different types of piloting instructions for the movement of the drone, a type of piloting instruction being capable of modifying at least an attitude angle of the drone and/or the movement speed of the drone, each type of piloting instruction respectively being associated with a type of navigation setpoints, the calculation comprising, for at least one type of piloting instructions: determining the sighting axis of the camera; obtaining at least one navigation setpoint associated with at least one type of piloting instructions based on the sighting axis of the camera.