Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Editing of Video Recorded by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

• US 20160055883A1
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cape Productions, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cape Productions, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Soll, Jason, Finsterbusch, Thomas, Gresham, Louis, Murphy, Mark, Charalambides, Gabriel, Loo, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US14/832,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055883A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/10 autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS]
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/104 using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0094 involving pointing a payload, e.g. camera, weapon, sensor, towards a fixed or moving target
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/13 Satellite images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/17 taken from planes or by drones
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/13 the information being derived from movement of the record carrier, e.g. using tachometer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/695 Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is connected to the processor and stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a video segment of a moving object recorded by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The memory also stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a measured moving object parameter and edit the video segment of the moving object based on the measured moving object parameter to form an edited video segment. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to send the edited video segment.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory connected to the processor, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor to;

receive a video segment of a moving object recorded by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV);

receive a measured moving object parameter;

edit the video segment of the moving object based on the measured moving object parameter to form an edited video segment;

send the edited video segment.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measured moving object parameter is selected from a velocity vector, a gravitational force value, an audio clip, a compass reading, a magnetometer reading, a barometer reading, an altitude reading, and an analysis of the video segment.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores instructions executed by the processor to:

eliminate video from the video segment of the moving object based on the measured moving object parameter.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measured moving object parameter includes velocity vectors, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor to eliminate video corresponding to relatively slow velocity vectors.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the measured moving object parameter includes gravitational force values, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor to eliminate video corresponding to relatively low gravitational force values.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein measured moving object parameter includes an audio clip, the memory storing instructions executed by the processor to eliminate video corresponding to relatively low volume audio clip segments.