Flying Camera Touch Control for Instant Image-Based Maneuvering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging systems using radio-controllable flying bodies require extensive training for manipulating both the flying body and the camera, making it difficult for users to perform instantaneous operations.
Innovation Solution
A control device and method that includes an image display unit to capture and display images from the flying body's camera, and a flight instruction generation unit to convert user operations on the displayed images into flight instructions for the flying body, enabling intuitive control through image-based maneuvers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a proportional control system is used to manipulate the flying body and camera, then imaging control is achieved, but extensive training is required for operation
Solution Approach 1:
A touch panel interface is introduced as an intermediary between the user and the flying body control system. The touch panel displays the captured image and allows users to perform intuitive touch operations (tap, drag, pinch) on the displayed image, which are then converted into corresponding flight instructions. This intermediary layer abstracts the complex proportional control operations into simple touch gestures, eliminating the need for extensive training while maintaining precise imaging control.
2Productivity
If manual manipulation of the flying body is required, then imaging can be performed, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional mechanical control system (manual manipulation of flight controls) is replaced with an electronic image-based control system. Instead of manually controlling the flying body's movement through physical controls, users interact with a digital representation of the captured image on a touch panel. The system automatically translates touch operations on the image into the appropriate flight control commands, substituting complex mechanical manipulation with simplified electronic interaction.
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AI summary
There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.