Remote Drone Footage Capture Without On-Site Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for obtaining drone photographs and videos require costly and time-consuming travel to desired locations, making them inefficient for drone operators who need to cover multiple locations for their portfolios or other purposes.
Innovation Solution
A method where drone owners set up their drones near desired locations and allow remote control by drone operators through cloud-based software, enabling efficient and cost-effective acquisition of drone footage by specifying environmental conditions and flight parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a drone operator travels to a desired location to take drone footage, then they can personally capture the footage with their own drone, but the travel costs and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables a drone operator to remotely control and operate another person's drone through cloud-based software, effectively creating a virtual copy of the drone operation experience. This allows the operator to capture footage personally without physically traveling to the location, thus maintaining footage quality while eliminating travel time costs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces cloud-based remote control software as an intermediary between the drone operator and the drone owner's physical drone. This intermediary enables real-time remote operation and footage transfer, allowing the operator to personally capture footage from distant locations without physical travel
2Measurement precision
If a drone operator travels to a desired location to take drone footage, then they can capture high-quality footage with their own equipment, but the overall cost increases due to travel expenses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows drone operators to remotely operate drones owned by others through cloud-based software, creating a virtual replication of the drone operation. This eliminates the need for expensive travel to remote locations while maintaining the ability to capture high-quality footage personally, thus reducing energy loss in the form of travel costs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal remote operation system that can access any drone equipped with the remote control software, regardless of ownership. This multi-functional platform allows operators to access drones at various locations without traveling, reducing travel costs while maintaining footage quality through personal operation
3Measurement precision
If a drone operator waits for favorable environmental conditions at a remote location, then they can capture better quality footage, but the time spent waiting increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates real-time environmental condition monitoring and feedback mechanisms that allow drone operators to remotely assess weather conditions, wind speeds, and other factors at the drone's location. This enables operators to make informed decisions about when to fly without physically being present to observe conditions, reducing waiting time while maintaining footage quality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows drone operators to check environmental conditions and prepare flight plans in advance remotely, before traveling to the location. By preliminarily assessing conditions and planning flights around favorable windows, operators can minimize time spent waiting at remote locations while ensuring high-quality footage capture
4Loss of energy
If a drone operator rents a drone at a remote location, then they can avoid travel costs, but they lose creative control over the footage capture process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces cloud-based remote control software as an intermediary that connects the drone operator directly to the drone's control systems. This intermediary enables real-time remote operation, allowing operators to maintain full creative control over flight paths, camera angles, and timing while renting drones at remote locations, thus eliminating both travel costs and loss of creative control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a remote digital control dimension to the physical drone operation. By enabling operators to control drones remotely through software interfaces, the system separates the physical location of the drone from the operator's location, allowing creative control to be exercised from any distance while reducing travel requirements
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AI summary
This invention is directed toward a method by which a user desiring drone footage from a location can hire a drone owner near that location to set up the drone for remote control flight at the location. The user and owner can agree to a set of parameters prior to the flight which determine the environmental conditions under which the flight can take place, the duration of the flight, any safety protocols the parties agree to, etc. One the parameters are met, the drone owner takes the drone to the location, the user remotely connects to the drone and flies the drone subject to the parameters, then downloads the footage taken by the drone during the flight.