UAV Flight Setting Adaptation From Video Engagement Feedback

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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 captured images and videos, as they do not adapt to user preferences based on consumed content.

Innovation Solution

A system that determines user preferences for UAV flight control settings by analyzing consumption data from previously captured content, such as video segments, and adjusts settings accordingly, using a client/server architecture with components for authentication, consumption tracking, flight control setting management, and transmission of preferences to the UAV.

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 individual user preferences deteriorates

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

Solution Approach 1:

The system monitors user consumption behavior of captured content (videos and images) and uses this feedback to automatically adjust flight control settings. The server receives consumption information indicating user preference for certain types of content, determines preferred flight control settings based on this feedback, and transmits adjusted settings back to the UAV, creating a closed-loop adaptive system that resolves the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The UAV system performs self-adjustment of flight control settings based on analyzed user consumption patterns. The server automatically determines preferred settings without requiring manual user configuration, and the UAV autonomously applies these settings, enabling the system to serve user preferences independently while maintaining ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual manipulation of flight control settings is implemented, then adaptability to user preferences is improved, but device complexity and time consumption increase

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

Solution Approach 1:

The server proactively analyzes user consumption behavior and determines preferred flight control settings in advance, before the user would need to manually configure them. By performing this configuration action preliminarily and automatically, the system eliminates the time users would otherwise spend on manual manipulation while maintaining full adaptability to user preferences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically configures flight control settings based on user consumption patterns without requiring user intervention. The server performs the configuration task autonomously by analyzing consumption information and transmitting appropriate settings to the UAV, thereby achieving adaptability while eliminating time loss associated with manual manipulation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If preconfigured flight control settings are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but manufacturing precision of captured content quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidmanufacturing precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses consumption feedback to automatically optimize flight control settings for capturing high-quality content. By monitoring which types of content users prefer and determining the flight control settings that produced those preferred content types, the system automatically adjusts parameters to achieve optimal capture quality without requiring user expertise or manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The UAV system automatically configures optimal flight control settings for content capture based on analyzed user preferences. The server determines preferred settings that maximize content quality according to user consumption patterns and transmits these settings autonomously to the UAV, achieving manufacturing precision of content quality while maintaining ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11640169B2Systems and methods for determining preferences for control settings of unmanned aerial vehicles
Publication Date: 2023.05.02 SKYDIO INC
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AI summary

Consumption information associated with a user consuming video segments may be obtained. The consumption information may define user engagement during a video segment and/or user response to the video segment. Sets of flight control settings associated with capture of the video segments may be obtained. The flight control settings may define aspects of a flight control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or a sensor control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The preferences for the flight control settings of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be determined based upon the first set and the second set of flight control settings. Instructions may be transmitted to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The instructions may include the determined preferences for the flight control settings and being configured to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to adjust the flight control settings to the determined preferences.