Movable Platform Retaking Control for Missed Area Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for retaking pictures with movable platforms, such as UAVs, are labor-intensive and inaccurate due to manual determination of missed shooting positions and planning of retaking paths, leading to inefficiencies in ensuring effective and reliable picture retaking.

Innovation Solution

A control system and method that automatically determines operation abnormal areas, generates a supplement operation path, and controls the movable platform to perform retaking operations based on obtained operation information, improving the accuracy and efficiency of picture retaking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual determination of missed shooting positions and manual planning of retaking paths is used, then the system is simple to implement, but the accuracy of missing position identification is low and the process is time and labor consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of missing position identificationVSAvoidcomplexity of automatic determination system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (visual inspection and manual path planning) with an automatic computer-based system that processes operation information, determines abnormal areas, and generates supplement paths algorithmically, thereby improving measurement precision while accepting increased system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing the movable platform to automatically determine its own missed shooting positions and generate its own retaking paths without external manual intervention, improving accuracy while requiring sophisticated automated capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If manual determination of missed shooting positions and manual retaking operations are used, then the device complexity is low, but the productivity is reduced due to large amount of manual work

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of picture retaking processVSAvoidcomplexity of automatic control system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes manual mechanical operations with automated computer-controlled processes that rapidly analyze operation information and generate supplement paths, dramatically improving productivity while requiring complex automated control systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically completing the entire retaking workflow from anomaly detection to path generation without human intervention, maximizing productivity while necessitating sophisticated automated capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If manual retaking operations are performed, then the system is simple to operate, but the reliability of retaken pictures is hard to ensure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereliability of retaken picturesVSAvoidease of automatic control operation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual operational judgment with automated computer-based analysis that objectively determines abnormal areas and generates optimized supplement paths, ensuring reliability while reducing ease of operation as the system becomes more complex

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20240147068A1Picture retaking method and apparatus, movable platform, system, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.05.02 SZ DJI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories store one or more computer programs that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain operation information of a movable platform performing an operation in a target area, determine at least one operation abnormal area of the movable platform performing the operation in the target area according to the operation information, determine a corresponding supplement operation path according to the at least one operation abnormal area, and control the movable flatform to perform a supplement operation based on the supplement operation path.