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UAV flight display

  • US 10,086,954 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2015
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing flight information related to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) coupled to a payload, said method comprising:

  • receiving, at a remote terminal, UAV state information comprising at least attitude information of the UAV when the UAV is airborne;

    receiving, at the remote terminal, payload state information comprising at least attitude information of the payload relative to the UAV when the UAV is airborne;

    receiving, at the remote terminal, an image captured by the payload;

    determining, based on sensing data from one or more sensors of the remote terminal, remote terminal state information comprising at least orientation information of the remote terminal;

    processing the received UAV state information and the remote terminal state information to determine a spatial relationship between the UAV and the remote terminal; and

    simultaneously displaying, in a same display area on a display of the remote terminal, the UAV attitude information, the payload attitude information, the image, the remote terminal state information, and the determined spatial relationship between the UAV and the remote terminal, wherein displaying the remote terminal state information comprises displaying a graphical indicator that indicates a direction the remote terminal is facing.

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