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DEVICE FOR PILOTING A DRONE

  • US 20110288696A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2009
  • Published: 11/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device (10) for piloting a drone (8) provided with a self-contained stabilizer system for causing the drone to hover in the absence of any user commands, the device being characterized in that it comprises:

  • a tilt detector (12) for detecting tilts of the device housing;

    a touchpad (16) displaying a plurality of touch zones (30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42);

    means for detecting signals emitted;

    by the tilt detector (12) of the housing;

    orby the touch zones (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42); and

    means for transforming said detected signals into piloting commands in order to transmit said piloting commands to the drone;

    the device including means controlled by one of the touch zones (30) that forms an activation/deactivation button to cause the drone piloting mode to switch in alternation between;

    an activation mode in which the self-contained stabilizer system of the drone is activated, in which mode said piloting commands transmitted to the drone result from transforming signals delivered by the touch zones; and

    a deactivation mode in which the self-contained stabilizer system of the drone is deactivated, in which mode said piloting commands transmitted to the drone result from transforming signals emitted by the tilt detector of the housing.

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