UAV Elevation Orbit Control for Wider Point-of-Interest Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are limited to horizontal surrounding flight around a point of interest, restricting the capture viewing angle and reducing their functional practicability for applications like aerial photography and security inspection.
Innovation Solution
Implementing elevation surrounding flight control methods and apparatuses that allow UAVs to fly along a vertical plane with a point of interest as the center, enabling different capture viewing angles by obtaining surrounding parameter information, determining an elevation surrounding trajectory, and controlling the UAV to fly along this trajectory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the UAV performs horizontal surrounding flight around a point of interest, then the flight path is simple and easy to control, but the capture viewing angle is limited and functional practicability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the UAV flight from a two-dimensional horizontal plane to a three-dimensional vertical plane by introducing elevation changes. The UAV now flies around the point of interest in a vertical cross-section, enabling it to capture images from above, below, and at eye level, thereby significantly expanding the capture viewing angle while maintaining trajectory controllability through predefined elevation parameters
2Device complexity
If the UAV is limited to horizontal surrounding flight, then the flight trajectory is straightforward, but the functional practicability for aerial photography and security inspection is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic elevation changes to the previously static horizontal flight path. The UAV's flight trajectory now includes varying altitudes above and below the point of interest, allowing it to adapt to different application scenarios such as aerial photography requiring overhead views or security inspection needing ground-level perspectives, thereby enhancing functional versatility without excessive complexity
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium for elevation surrounding flight control. The method includes: obtaining surrounding parameter information of an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining, according to the surrounding parameter information, an elevation surrounding trajectory to be surrounded, where the elevation surrounding trajectory is a plane with the point of interest as a center and the surrounding radius as a radius, and the plane where the elevation surrounding trajectory is located is perpendicular to a horizontal plane; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly along the elevation surrounding trajectory.