Local network for the simultaneous exchange of data between a drone and a plurality of user terminals

Abstract

A primary user terminal (16-1) is interfaced with the drone (10) so as to constitute a local network of the infrastructure type, where the drone is configured as an access point (AP) and the primary user terminal is configured as a mobile station (STA). The primary user terminal comprises an adaptive software program able i) to generate piloting and control instructions to be transmitted to the drone, and ii) to establish a connection to the local network and to register the primary user terminal into a registration table of the drone. The network further comprises at least one secondary userterminal (16-2; 16-n) with an applicative software program adapted to establish a connection to the local network and to register the secondary user terminal into the registration table of the drone with a hierarchized management of the rights with respect to the primary terminal.

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technical field

[0001] This invention relates to video capture of operations from motorized flying equipment such as drones. Background technique

[0002] A typical example of a flying drone is the Bebop of Parrot SA in Paris, France, which is a four-propeller type rotor drone.

[0003] Such drones are equipped with an array of sensors (accelerometers, three-axis gyroscopes, altimeters, etc.) as well as front-facing cameras that capture images of the scene the drone is pointing at. They can be advantageously passed through a touchscreen multimedia phone or tablet with an integrated accelerometer, such as an iPhone-type smartphone or an iPad(registered trademark) tablet, with the ability to remotely transmit the image captured by the drone's front-facing camera for viewing by the user. The possibility to visualize them in real time on the screen of this remote control held by you. This is standard equipment unmodified, except for the loading of application software programs...

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