UAV Panoramic View Control for Real-Time FPV Scene Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current FPV unmanned aerial vehicle systems fail to provide users with a real-time view of thrilling and exciting images during flight, making it difficult to meet user needs and enhance the immersive experience.

Innovation Solution

The system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with photographing devices that capture panoramic images and a control method to determine a target image region based on control stick values, sending this region to a connected control device for real-time display, allowing users to view desired scenes in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If post-production method is used to edit panoramic video, then user can create video effects, but user cannot view thrilling and exciting pictures in real time during flight

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time viewing capabilityVSAvoidoperation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The panoramic image is divided into multiple sub-images corresponding to different photographing devices, and the system selectively processes and transmits only the relevant sub-image regions based on control stick values, enabling real-time viewing without processing the entire panoramic image

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and transmits only the target image region that corresponds to the current flight direction and control input, rather than transmitting the complete panoramic image,从而实现 real-time viewing with reduced data transmission requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Area of stationary object

If panoramic camera captures all directions, then complete scene coverage is achieved, but real-time transmission of specific target region becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescene coverage areaVSAvoidimage processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The panoramic image captured by multiple photographing devices is segmented into distinct regions, allowing the system to process and transmit only the specific region of interest based on control stick values, reducing processing complexity while maintaining complete scene coverage capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the panoramic image are processed with different priorities, with the target region corresponding to flight direction receiving higher processing priority and being transmitted in real-time, while other regions are processed as needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20230359198A1Unmanned aerial vehicle, control method thereof, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.11.09 SZ DJI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A control method for an aerial vehicle includes obtaining a control stick value sent by a control device that is in communication connection with the aerial vehicle, determining, according to the control stick value, a target image region in a panoramic image captured by one or more photographing devices carried by the aerial vehicle, and sending the target image region to the control device, to enable the control device to display the target image region.