DRONE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170339337A1
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Published: 11/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Minjae, KANG, Hokyun
• Granted Patent: US 10,425,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 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.

2. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

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, and

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.

3. The drone of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to 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.

4. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to recognize the movement change of the specific object based on at least one of information on a moving direction of the mobile terminal, information on a speed of the mobile terminal, information on a location of the mobile terminal, and information on an altitude of the mobile terminal contained in the sensing data.

5. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to recognize the status change of the specific object based on at least one of information on a gesture of the specific object, information on a pulse of the specific object, information on 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.

6. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change the capturing composition of the specific object based on at least one of an extent of the movement change of the specific object and an extent of the status change of the specific object.

7. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

recognize a type of a current activity of the specific object, and

change the capturing composition of the specific object based on at least one of the recognized movement change, the recognized status change and the recognized type of the current activity.

8. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

recognize surrounding geographic information of the specific object, and

change the capturing composition of the specific object based on at least one of the recognized movement change, the recognized status change and the recognized surrounding geographic information.

9. The drone of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the communication unit to transmit a captured video to the mobile terminal.

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

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

receiving, via a communication unit of the drone, sensing data obtained in a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal;

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

recognizing, via a controller of the drone, 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;

changing, via the controller, a capturing composition of the specific object based on the recognized at least one of the movement change and the status change; and

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

11. 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; and

a controller configured to;

recognize a speed of the specific object,

change a capturing composition of the specific object based on the recognized speed, and

capture the specific object based on the changed capturing composition.

12. The drone of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

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

recognize a speed of the specific object using at least one of the recognized current speed, the recognized flying path, and the video captured by the camera.

13. The drone of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

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, and

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.

14. The drone of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to 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.

15. The drone of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control the communication unit to transmit the video captured based on the changed capturing composition to the mobile terminal.

16. 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;

recognizing, via a controller of the drone, a speed of the specific object;

changing, via the controller, a capturing composition of the specific object based on the recognized speed; and

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

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

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

recognizing, via the controller, a speed of the specific object using at least one of the recognized current speed, the recognized flying path, and the video captured by the camera.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

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; and

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.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising 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.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising controlling the communication unit to transmit the video captured based on the changed capturing composition to the mobile terminal.