3D Virtual Path Planning for Movable Platform Target Positioning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current operation planning methods for movable platforms require high user skill, are labor-intensive, and lack intuitive connection between target position points, leading to unsafe and unreasonable operation paths.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that control a virtual movable platform in a three-dimensional model of the operation area, allowing continuous movement and position confirmation to determine target points, ensuring a safer, more reasonable, and accurate operation path.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional operation planning methods are used for movable platforms, then the operation path can be determined, but the method requires high user skill, is labor-intensive, and produces unsafe and unreasonable operation paths

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety of operation pathVSAvoiduser skill requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual copy of the operation area in three-dimensional space, allowing users to plan operation paths in a virtual environment that mirrors the real physical space. This virtual model enables safe path verification without requiring users to have extensive real-world operational experience, as the virtual simulation provides intuitive spatial understanding and collision detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary verification of operation paths in the virtual three-dimensional space before actual execution. By checking for collisions and verifying path合理性 in the virtual model first, the system ensures safety and reasonability before the movable platform commits to the actual operation path in the real world.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of manufacture

If traditional operation planning methods are used, then operation paths can be generated, but the target position points lack intuitive connection and the paths are unreasonable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereasonability of operation pathVSAvoidintuitive connection between target points
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adds a third spatial dimension to represent target position points and operation paths, transforming traditional two-dimensional plan views into immersive three-dimensional visualizations. This dimensional enhancement provides intuitive spatial relationships between target points, allowing users to understand the three-dimensional structure of the operation path and make more reasonable planning decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual three-dimensional model serves as an intermediary between the user's planning intentions and the actual operation path execution. This intermediate virtual environment visually connects target position points through three-dimensional space, making the relationships and transitions between points intuitive and understandable, thereby improving path reasonability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If operation paths are planned without virtual simulation, then the planning process is simpler, but the accuracy and safety of target position determination is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of target positionVSAvoidcomplexity of planning system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By creating a virtual copy of the operation environment, the system enables precise determination of target position points in three-dimensional space. This virtual model allows for accurate measurement and verification of positions, distances, and spatial relationships without adding significant complexity to the actual hardware system, as the computational complexity is handled in the virtual simulation layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20260036983A1Operation planning method, device for movable platform and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.02.05 SZ DJI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and device for operation planning of a movable platform, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a three-dimensional model of an operation area of a movable platform; controlling a motion trajectory of a virtual movable platform in the three-dimensional model based on a detected motion control operation; determining multiple target position points on the motion trajectory based on a detected position confirmation operation, where the multiple target position points are used to generate an operation path of the movable platform in the operation area. By simulating the control of the movable platform in the real world, controlling the motion trajectory of the virtual movable platform in the three-dimensional model of the operation area, and thereby determining target position points, the operation path determined using this method is safer, more reasonable, and has higher accuracy.