DRONE FOR TAKING PICTURES OR VIDEOS

• US 20160173742A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sabine Hassan Zureikat
• Original Assignee: Sabine Hassan Zureikat
• Inventors: HASSAN ZUREIKAT, Sabine
• Application Number:
  US14/969,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/028 Micro-sized aircraft
• 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: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

The invention relates to drone configured to communicate with a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone, and being further adapted to take pictures or videos of a user, the drone being an accessory of the electronic device, the drone being movable between a first configuration secured to the electronic device and a second configuration detached from the electronic device, the drone being equipped with a camera.

Claims

1. Drone configured to communicate with a portable electronic device and being further adapted to take pictures or videos of a user, the drone being an accessory of the electronic device, the drone being movable between a first configuration secured to the electronic device and a second configuration detached from the electronic device, the drone being equipped with a camera, the portable electronic device being a smartphone, the drone having a weight and dimensions inferior or equal to respectively the weight and the dimensions of the electronic device, the drone comprising a body equipped with elevation motors for elevating the drone in the airs when the drone is in the second configuration and a camera holder attached to the body and movable with regards to the body, the camera holder holding the camera, the elevation motors being movable between a third configuration folded up inside the body and a fourth configuration deployed outside the body, the body comprising a motor for moving the elevation motors between the third configuration and the fourth configuration.

2. Drone according to claim 1, wherein the number of elevation motors is at least two, the body comprises at least two helixes, each elevation motor being configured to rotate at least one helix.

3. Drone according to claim 1, comprising a flexible rod linking the body to the camera holder and a flexion motor for moving the rod with regards to the body.

4. Drone according to claim 1, wherein the drone is configured to revert to the user, notably when the user stops taking pictures or videos with the drone.

5. Drone according to claim 1, wherein the drone is waterproof.

6. Drone according to claim 1, further comprising sensors configured to detect obstacles.

7. Drone according to claim 1, comprising a microphone for video recording.

8. Drone according to claim 1, comprising a geolocation system for bookmarking the locations where the drone is.

9. Drone according to claim 1, wherein the weight of the drone is less than or equal to 3 kilograms

10. A set for taking pictures of a user, the set comprising:

a drone according to claim 1, and

a portable electronic device, for instance a smartphone, comprising an electronic device application configured to control the drone.

11. A method for taking pictures or videos of a user, the method comprising:

providing a set according to claim 10,

elevating the drone in the airs,

orientating the camera so that the user be in the field of the camera, and

taking pictures or videos of the user with the camera of the drone.

12. A method for controlling a drone according to claim 1, comprising the step of orientating the camera so that the user be in the field of the camera.

13. Computer program product comprising a computer readable medium, having thereon a computer program comprising program instructions, the computer program being loadable into a data-processing unit and adapted to cause execution of a method according to claim 12 when the computer program is run by the data-processing unit.