ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME

• US 20120016534A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, HOU-HSIEN, LEE, CHANG-JUNG, LO, CHIH-PING
• Granted Patent: US 8,761,961 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00

Abstract

A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device obtains movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerometer of the electronic device, and converts the movement data of the electronic device to control signals. The method further sends the control signals to the UAV, and changes a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device, comprising:

obtaining movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerometer of the electronic device;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to control signals, and sending the control signals to the UAV; and

changing a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the movement data of the electronic device comprise movement directions and movement distances of the electronic device based on a three dimension coordinate system.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the control signals comprise:

a first control signal to control lateral motion of a cyclic control of the UAV, a second control signal to control longitudinal motion of the cyclic control of the UAV, a third control signal to control motion of a collective pitch control of the UAV, and a fourth control signal to control motions of anti-torque pedals of the UAV.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of converting the movement data of the electronic device to control signals comprises:

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the first control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is less than a third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the second control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the third control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

or

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the fourth control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the accelerometer is a two-axis accelerometer, a three-axis accelerometer, a two-axis gyro, or a three-axis gyro.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a display screen;

a storage device;

at least one processor; and

one or more modules that are stored in the storage device and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising instructions;

to obtain movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerometer of the electronic device;

to convert the movement data of the electronic device to control signals, and send the control signals to the UAV; and

to change a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the movement data of the electronic device comprise movement directions and movement distances of the electronic device based on a three dimension coordinate system.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control signals comprise:

a first control signal to control lateral motion of a cyclic control of the UAV, a second control signal to control longitudinal motion of the cyclic control of the UAV, a third control signal to control motion of a collective pitch control of the UAV, and a fourth control signal to control motions of anti-torque pedals of the UAV.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the instruction to convert the movement data of the electronic device to control signals comprises:

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the first control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is less than a third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the second control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the third control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

or

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the fourth control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the accelerometer is a two-axis accelerometer, a three-axis accelerometer, a two-axis gyro, or a three-axis gyro.

11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using the electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerometer of the electronic device;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to control signals, and sending the control signals to the UAV; and

changing a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the movement data of the electronic device comprise movement directions and movement distances of the electronic device based on a three dimension coordinate system.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the control signals comprise:

a first control signal to control lateral motion of a cyclic control of the UAV, a second control signal to control longitudinal motion of the cyclic control of the UAV, a third control signal to control motion of a collective pitch control of the UAV, and a fourth control signal to control motions of anti-torque pedals of the UAV.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the step of converting the movement data of the electronic device to control signals comprises:

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the first control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is less than a third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the second control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the third control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is less than the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value;

or

converting the movement data of the electronic device to the fourth control signal upon the condition that the movement distance in the X-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the first preset value, the movement distance in the Y-axis of the electronic device is less than the second preset value, and the movement distance in the Z-axis of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the third preset value.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the accelerometer is a two-axis accelerometer, a three-axis accelerometer, a two-axis gyro, or a three-axis gyro.

16. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the medium is selected from the group consisting of a hard disk drive, a compact disc, a digital video disc, and a tape drive.