UAV Wireless Controller With Touch Display And RF Transceivers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication devices for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) lack a comprehensive and intuitive interface for real-time control and image capture adjustments, limiting user interaction and efficiency in capturing and controlling visual information.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication device equipped with a touch-sensitive display, multiple input mechanisms, and radio frequency transceivers that allow users to interact with UAVs for adjusting flight controls and image capture settings in real-time, enabling the transmission of instructions via a dedicated protocol for controlling altitude, longitude, and image capture parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a remote controller is used to control UAV flight and image capture, then user interaction is enabled, but the interface is not comprehensive or intuitive for real-time control and adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication device integrates multiple functions into a single device: it serves as both a flight controller and an image capture controller, and can also function as a media player. The touch-sensitive display provides a universal interface for controlling both UAV operations and local media playback, eliminating the need for separate control devices and achieving comprehensive control capabilities in one unified system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a graphical user interface dimension to traditional remote control by incorporating a touch-sensitive display. This transforms the control experience from purely physical buttons and switches to a multi-dimensional interface that combines tactile input with visual feedback, allowing users to intuitively access and adjust multiple parameters simultaneously through graphical menus and sliders.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple input mechanisms and a touch-sensitive display are integrated, then comprehensive control capability is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the UAV control functions and local media playback functions into a single wireless communication device. The same touch-sensitive display and input mechanisms used for flight control are also used for controlling media playback, consolidating multiple control systems into one unified device and reducing the overall system complexity despite the enhanced versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication device is designed with universal control capabilities that can switch between different functions (flight control, image capture control, media playback) using the same hardware interface. This multi-functionality approach allows comprehensive control capability while avoiding the need for separate specialized devices for each function.
3Productivity
If real-time control of flight and image capture is enabled, then operational efficiency is improved, but communication bandwidth requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and processes media data locally on the wireless communication device rather than transmitting all raw data to a remote system. The media player functionality processes and displays media locally, extracting only the necessary control commands for transmission to the UAV, thereby reducing the quantity of communication data while maintaining real-time operational efficiency.
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AI summary
A wireless communication device may include a housing, a touch sensitive display integrally included within the housing, multiple radio frequency transceivers included within the housing, multiple input mechanisms included within the housing, and a processor included within the housing. The processor may be configured to obtain visual information captured by an image capture subsystem of the unmanned aerial vehicle, display the visual information via the touch sensitive display, detect parameters of a touch on the touch sensitive display, determine a first set of inputs based upon the parameters of the touch on the touch sensitive display, receive a second set of inputs when one or more of the multiple input mechanisms are engaged, effectuate transmission, via a first radio frequency transceiver, of instructions to the unmanned aerial vehicle based upon the first set of inputs and/or the second set of inputs.