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Action camera system for unmanned aerial vehicle

  • US 10,187,580 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/2017
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An action camera system attachable to a mobile platform, comprising:

  • at least one electromagnetic (EM) sensor configured to generate a sequence of images by detecting EM radiation in at least two dimensions; and

    a control system electronically coupled to the at least one EM sensor, the control system including at least one processor and configured to;

    identify at least one potential target based on the image sequence;

    select at least one target from the at least one potential target by determining at least one reference orientation of the selected target to the mobile platform based on a reference image of the image sequence, the at least one reference orientation associated with at least one first image element of the reference image;

    determine at least one subsequent orientation of the selected target to the mobile platform based on a subsequent image of the image sequence, the at least one subsequent orientation associated with at least one second image element of the subsequent image;

    compare the at least one subsequent orientation to the at least one reference orientation;

    andrestore the reference orientation based on the comparison of the subsequent orientation to the reference orientation by adjusting at least one of a velocity of the mobile platform and a heading of the mobile platform.

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