Carrier-Assisted Payload Tracking With GPU-Guided Pose Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern mobile devices struggle to maintain fast-moving objects in view without requiring significant operator skill, as existing stabilization methods are inadequate for precise tracking of objects across multiple axes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a carrier coupled to the mobile device, allowing it to move relative to the carrier along up to three axes, with image processing performed by a hardware-accelerated GPU to quickly adjust the device's pose and maintain the object's position within the image frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a carrier is introduced to enable multi-axis movement control, then tracking precision and speed improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the tracking function into two independent parts: the carrier handles physical multi-axis movement control, while the mobile device focuses on image capture and processing. This segmentation allows each component to specialize, improving overall tracking precision without requiring the mobile device itself to become more complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier acts as an intermediary between the mobile device and the target object. It provides the mechanical multi-axis movement capability that the mobile device lacks, enabling precise tracking without modifying the mobile device's internal complexity.
2Productivity
If hardware-accelerated GPU processing is used, then image processing speed improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces software-based image processing with hardware-accelerated GPU processing. This substitution provides significant speedup for real-time tracking applications, as the GPU can parallelize image processing tasks much more efficiently than general-purpose CPU software.
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AI summary
Techniques are provided for tracking objects using a payload in conjunction with a carrier that supports the payload. The payload can be configured to capture images with an image sensor and identify a target to be tracked in the images. The payload can also generate control signals for controlling the carrier so as to change a pose of the payload in order to keep the payload within a field of view of the payload.