公开(公告)号：US20210141375A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17063664

申请日：2020-10-05

Applicant: SKYDIO, INC.

Inventor： Abraham Galton Bachrach ,  Adam Parker Bry ,  Matthew Joseph Donahoe

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04N5/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for new paradigms for user interaction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (referred to as a flying digital assistant or FDA) using a portable multifunction device (PMD) such as smart phone. In some embodiments, a user may control image capture from an FDA by adjusting the position and orientation of a PMD. In other embodiments, a user may input a touch gesture via a touch display of a PMD that corresponds with a flight path to be autonomously flown by the FDA.

公开(公告)号：US20190248487A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16272111

申请日：2019-02-11

Applicant: Skydio, Inc.

Inventor： Kristen Marie Holtz ,  Hayk Martirosyan ,  Jack Louis Zhu ,  Adam Parker Bry ,  Matthew Joseph Donahoe ,  Abraham Galton Bachrach ,  Peter Benjamin Henry ,  Ryan David Kennedy

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G06K9/00

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/06 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  G06K9/00201 ,  G06K9/0063 ,  G06K9/00718

Abstract: A technique is introduced for autonomous landing by an aerial vehicle. In some embodiments, the introduced technique includes processing a sensor data such as images captured by onboard cameras to generate a ground map comprising multiple cells. A suitable footprint, comprising a subset of the multiple cells in the ground map that satisfy one or more landing criteria, is selected and control commands are generated to cause the aerial vehicle to autonomously land on an area corresponding to the footprint. In some embodiments, the introduced technique involves a geometric smart landing process to select a relatively flat area on the ground for landing. In some embodiments, the introduced technique involves a semantic smart landing process where semantic information regarding detected objects is incorporated into the ground map.