Drone and method for controlling the same

• US 10,425,576 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Minjae, Kang, Hokyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Young
• Application Number:
  US15/386,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 348144
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/26 Ducted or shrouded rotors
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/42 of sport video content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A drone including a flying unit configured to generate a lift force for flying; a communication unit configured to receive sensing data obtained in a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal; a camera configured to capture a specific object; and a controller configured to recognize at least one of a movement change of the specific object and a status change of the specific object based on the received sensing data, change a capturing composition of the specific object based on the recognized at least one of the movement change and the status change, and capture the specific object via the camera based on the changed capturing composition.

Claims

1. A drone, comprising:

a flying unit configured to generate a lift force for flying;

a camera configured to capture a specific object;

a communication unit configured to receive sensing data from a mobile terminal, wherein the received sensing data is data that the mobile terminal senses with respect to a status change of the specific object;

a memory configured to store capturing compositions of the specific object corresponding to a status of the specific object; and

a controller configured to;

recognize the status change of the specific object based on the received sensing data,

change a capturing composition of the specific object to the stored capturing composition in the memory corresponding to the recognized status change,

capture the specific object via the camera based on the changed capturing composition,

recognize the status change of the specific object based on at least one of information on a pulse of the specific object, information on a respiration of the specific object, information on a body temperature of the specific object, and information on an amount of perspiration of the specific object contained in the sensing data determine at least one of a capturing angle of the specific object and a capturing location of the specific object based on the changed capturing composition, control the flying unit to fly according to the determined at least one of the capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object, move the camera based on the determined at least one of the capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object, change the capturing composition of the specific object based on an extent of the status change of the specific object, and control the communication unit to transmit a captured video to the mobile terminal.

2. A method of controlling a drone, the method comprising:

generating, via a flying unit of the drone, a lift force for flying;

capturing, via a camera of the drone, a specific object;

receiving, via a communication unit of the drone, sensing data from a mobile terminal, wherein the received sensing data is data that the mobile terminal senses with respect to a status change of the specific object;

recognizing, via a controller of the drone, the status change of the specific object based on the received sensing data, wherein the sensing data is related with at least one of information on a pulse of the specific object, information on a respiration of the specific object, information on a body temperature of the specific object, and information on an amount of perspiration of the specific object;

changing, via the controller, a capturing composition of the specific object corresponding to the recognized status change, wherein the changed capturing composition corresponding to the status of the specific object is stored in a memory of the drone;

capturing, via the camera, the specific object based on the changed capturing composition determining, via the controller, at least one of a capturing angle of the specific object and a capturing location of the specific object based on the changed capturing composition;

controlling, via the controller, the flying unit to fly according to the determined at least one of the capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object;

moving the camera based on the determined at least one of the capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object;

changing, via the controller, the capturing composition of the specific object based on an extent of the status change of the specific object, and controlling the communication unit to transmit a captured video to the mobile terminal.

3. A drone, comprising:

a flying unit configured to generate a lift force for flying;

a camera configured to capture a specific object;

a communication unit configured to transmit a video captured by the camera to a mobile terminal;

a memory configured to store capturing compositions of the specific object corresponding to a speed of the specific object; and

a controller configured to;

obtain a signal for capturing the specific object in a specific capturing mode from the mobile terminal,

recognize a current speed of the drone and a flying path of the drone,

recognize the speed of the specific object using the current speed of the drone, the flying path of the drone, and the video captured by the camera,

change a capturing composition of the specific object to the stored capturing composition in the memory, corresponding to the recognized speed,

capture the specific object based on the changed capturing composition determine at least one of a capturing angle of the specific object and a capturing location of the specific object based on the changed capturing composition, control the flying unit to fly according to at least one of the determined capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object, move the camera based on at least one of the determined capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object, and control the communication unit to transmit the video captured based on the changed capturing composition to the mobile terminal.

4. A method of controlling a drone, the method comprising:

generating, via a flying unit of the drone, a lift force for flying;

capturing, via a camera of the drone, a specific object;

transmitting, via a communication unit of the drone, a video captured by the camera to a mobile terminal;

obtaining a signal for capturing the specific object in a specific capturing mode from the mobile terminal;

recognizing, via a controller of the drone, a current speed of the drone and a flying path of the drone;

recognizing, via a controller of the drone, a speed of the specific object using the current speed of the drone, the flying path of the drone, and the video captured by the camera;

changing, via the controller, a capturing composition of the specific object corresponding to the recognized speed, wherein the changed capturing composition corresponding to the speed of the specific object is stored in a memory of the drone;

capturing, via the camera, the specific object based on the changed capturing composition determining, via the controller, at least one of a capturing angle of the specific object and a capturing location of the specific object based on the changed capturing composition;

controlling, via the controller, the flying unit to fly according to at least one of the determined capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object;

moving the camera based on at least one of the determined capturing angle of the specific object and the capturing location of the specific object; and

controlling the communication unit to transmit the video captured based on the changed capturing composition to the mobile terminal.