UAV Flight Control Preference Learning From Content Consumption

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Solution Overview

Problem

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) often have preconfigured flight control settings that are not individualized for each user, affecting the quality of images and videos captured, as they do not adapt to user preferences based on consumed content.

Innovation Solution

A system that determines user preferences for flight control settings of UAVs by analyzing consumption data from previously captured content, using an authentication component, consumption component, flight control settings component, preferences component, and transmission component to adjust settings based on user engagement and response to specific video segments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If preconfigured flight control settings are used in UAVs, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to user preferences and capture quality are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes user consumption data and determines preferred flight control settings without requiring manual user input. The UAV system serves itself by autonomously configuring settings based on observed user preferences from consumption patterns, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust parameters while achieving personalized adaptation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses consumption data as feedback to iteratively determine and refine flight control settings preferences. By analyzing user engagement patterns with captured content, the system continuously learns and adjusts the preferred settings configuration, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to user preferences over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual configuration of flight control settings is implemented, then adaptability to user preferences is improved, but ease of operation and time efficiency are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidtime
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of consumption data to pre-determine preferred flight control settings before actual capture operations begin. By advance analyzing user preferences from historical consumption patterns, the system prepares the optimal settings configuration in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual adjustments during field operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system autonomously determines and configures flight control settings without requiring user intervention. The automatic analysis of consumption data and generation of preferred settings eliminates the time users would otherwise spend on manual configuration, while the system serves itself by independently completing the entire settings determination process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If preconfigured flight control settings are used, then ease of operation is improved, but image and video capture quality are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidcapture quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines and applies the preferred flight control settings that optimize capture quality based on user preferences. By autonomously analyzing consumption data and selecting the appropriate settings configuration, the system ensures high-quality captures without requiring users to manually optimize parameters, thus maintaining ease of operation while achieving superior capture quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses consumption data as feedback to identify which flight control settings produce the highest quality captures that users prefer. By continuously analyzing user engagement with captured content, the system learns the optimal settings configuration and applies it automatically, ensuring consistent high-quality results while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12105509B2Systems and methods for determining preferences for flight control settings of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Publication Date: 2024.10.01 SKYDIO INC
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AI summary

A system including an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes image sensors and one or more physical computer processors. The image sensors are configured to capture images and/or video segments. The one or more physical computer processors create a user ID and/or other identifying information for a user and/or a consumer when a user and/or consumer registers with an authentication component. The processors associate the user ID and/or the other identifying information with one or more client computing platforms. The processors store the user ID and/or the other identifying information associated with the user and/or the consumer on the authentication component. The processors associate the user and/or the consumer with one or more accounts. The processors authenticate the user and/or the consumer with the authentication component so that the user and/or the consumer is permitted to access a repository of the images and/or the video segments.