Remote controller

• US 10,284,693 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2018
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (d/b/a DJI) (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: Deng, Yumian, Yuan, Bo, Wu, Zhenkai
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US16/053,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20180375977A1
• Time in Patent Office: 278 Days
• Field of Search: 4555754, 4555753, 4555751, 4555501, 455 903
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/12 Helicopters A63H27/04 takes precedence; Flying tops
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0239 Sliding mechanism with two degree of freedom, e.g. translation in two different directions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A remote controller includes a remote controller body including one or more control devices, a holding mechanism configured to move with respect to the remote controller body to switch between an extended state and a contracted state, a connecting mechanism movably connecting the holding mechanism to the remote controller body, and an antenna provided at a side of the remote controller body and rotatably connected to the remote controller body to be extended or folded. The holding mechanism includes a handle connected to the connecting mechanism. The handle is located outside the remote controller body in the extended state. The remote controller is configured to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Claims

1. A remote controller comprising:

a remote controller body including one or more control devices;

a holding mechanism configured to move with respect to the remote controller body to switch between an extended state and a contracted state;

a connecting mechanism movably connecting the holding mechanism to the remote controller body; and

a first antenna and a second antenna provided at a side of the remote controller body and rotatably connected to the remote controller body to be extended or folded;

wherein;

the holding mechanism includes a handle connected to the connecting mechanism, the handle being located outside the remote controller body in the extended state;

the first antenna and the second antenna are stacked when folded;

each of the first antenna and the second antenna includes an anti-collision groove in a thickness direction; and

the anti-collision grooves of the first antenna and the second antenna overlap with each other when the first antenna and the second antenna are folded to cause a stacked thickness of the first antenna and the second antenna to be equal to a maximum thickness of one of the first antenna and the second antenna; and

the remote controller is configured to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

2. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

the holding mechanism is rotatably connected to the remote controller body via the connecting mechanism; and

an included angle of the holding mechanism with respect to the remote controller body is greater in the extended state than in the contracted state.

3. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

the remote controller body includes a front and a plurality of sides connected to the front, the plurality of sides including a bottom side;

the one or more control devices are provided at the front of the remote controller body; and

the holding mechanism is configured to hold the mobile terminal at a position close to the bottom side.

4. The remote controller of claim 3, wherein:

the holding mechanism is configured to abut against the bottom side in the contracted state.

5. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

the remote controller body includes a receiving component; and

the holding mechanism is provided at least partially inside the receiving component in the contracted state.

6. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein the handle abuts against an edge of the remote controller body in the contracted state.

7. The remote controller of claim 1,

wherein the holding mechanism is a first holding mechanism;

the remote controller further comprising;

a second holding mechanism configured to move with respect to the remote controller body to switch between the extended state and the contract state, the first holding mechanism and the second holding mechanism being spaced apart from each other in the extended state.

8. The remote controller of claim 7, wherein:

the handle is a first handle;

the second holding mechanism includes a second handle connected to the connecting mechanism and located outside the remote controller body in the extended state; and

the first handle and the second handle are spaced apart from each other in the extended state.

9. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein the holding mechanism is configured to contact an edge of the remote controller body in the contracted state.

10. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more control devices are provided at a front of the remote controller body; and

the remote controller body further includes a display screen and/or an operation button on the front of the remote controller body.

11. The remote controller of claim 10, wherein:

the one or more control devices include two control devices spaced apart along a length direction of the front of the remote controller body; and

the display screen and/or the operation button is provided between the two control devices.

12. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are parallel to each other when folded.

13. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

an end of the first antenna is rotatably connected to the remote controller body through a universal connector or a rotating shaft.

14. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein:

the first antenna has a flat structure; and

the thickness direction of the first antenna in a use state is directed toward a user.

15. The remote controller of claim 14, wherein:

the first antenna is switched to the use state in response to being rotated a preset angle.

16. The remote controller of claim 15, wherein:

the preset angle is greater than 60 degrees and less than 120 degrees.

17. The remote controller of claim 1, wherein the one or more control devices are located on a front of the remote controller body and configured to control a movement direction of a remotely-controlled mobile platform.

18. The remote controller of claim 17, wherein the one or more control devices include two control devices spaced apart from each other.

19. The remote controller of claim 18, wherein the remote controller body further includes a middle function button at the front of the remote controller body and located between the two control devices.

20. The remote controller of claim 19, wherein the middle function button includes an emergency stop button configured to stop a movement of the remotely-controlled mobile platform.

21. The remote controller of claim 18, wherein the remote controller body further includes an upper function button above the two control devices.

22. The remote controller of claim 21, wherein the upper function button includes a power switch key configured to control power on and off of the remote controller.

23. The remote controller of claim 22, wherein the power switch key is located in a right side area of the front of the remote controller body.

24. The remote controller of claim 21, wherein the upper function button includes a return button configured to return the remotely-controlled mobile platform to a preset location.

25. The remote controller of claim 17, wherein the remote controller body further includes an upper-edge function button at an upper side of the remote controller body.

26. The remote controller of claim 25, wherein the upper-edge function button includes a video button configured to control a camera of the remotely-controlled mobile platform to record video.

27. The remote controller of claim 25, wherein the upper-edge function button includes a photographing button configured to control a camera of the remotely-controlled mobile platform to shoot an image.