UAV Remote Control Transparent Overlay Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote controls for UAVs are space inefficient, requiring separate displays for navigation and video/images, which compromises usability and situational awareness, especially in tactical operations where stealth and surprise are crucial.
Innovation Solution
A remote control with a flight display that overlays a north-oriented map and positional information transparently on the camera images, allowing operators to maintain a complete view without shifting focus between image and navigation data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If separate displays are used for navigation and video/images, then navigation information and image data can be displayed clearly, but the remote control becomes space inefficient and compromises usability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the navigation display and video/image display into a single integrated flight display. The transparent overlay technique allows navigation information (map, compass, altitude, speed) to be superimposed on the video feed, enabling both types of information to be displayed simultaneously in the same physical space without requiring separate displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a transparent overlay dimension to the display system. Instead of using separate physical displays arranged in different locations, the solution creates a layered display structure where navigation data exists as a transparent overlay layer above the video layer, allowing both information types to coexist in the same visual field.
2Loss of information
If separate displays are used for navigation and video/images, then information can be displayed clearly, but the operator must shift focus between image and navigation data, compromising situational awareness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines navigation and video displays into a single integrated view, allowing the operator to perceive both information types simultaneously in one glance. This eliminates the need to shift focus between separate displays and maintains continuous situational awareness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color coding and transparency variations to differentiate information layers. Navigation elements are displayed with specific colors and transparency levels that allow them to be distinguished from the video feed while maintaining visual harmony, enabling the operator to process both types of information without confusion.
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AI summary
A method and a remote control for controlling and monitoring surrounding areas of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by an operator with a remote control comprising a flight display are provided. The method and remote control provide an advantageously effect for the purposes of controlling and monitoring the surroundings of a UAV by combining the image captured by a UAV camera with a transparently overlaid positional and navigation map providing a perception enabling the operator to have a complete overall view of the situation, utilizing a common screen section of a flight display and thereby not having to shift eye view. Viewing images and positional and navigation information should not interfere with each other.