QUERY RESPONSE BY A GIMBAL MOUNTED CAMERA

• US 20190349533A1
• Filed: 07/23/2019
• Published: 11/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SZ DJI Osmo Technology Co Ltd (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: SZ DJI Osmo Technology Co Ltd (iFlight Technology Company Limited)
• Inventors: GUO, Zhuo, PAN, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 10,965,875 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/123 the axis of rotation intersecting in a single point, e.g. by using gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/205 the axis of rotation intersecting in a single point, e.g. gimbals
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• 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: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• 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

Abstract

A method includes, at an electronic gimbal device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, receiving a user-provided query, determining a gimbal response to the user-provided query in response to receiving the user-provided query, and controlling the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic gimbal device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors;

receiving a user-provided query;

in response to receiving the user-provided query, determining a gimbal response to the user-provided query; and

controlling the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-provided query is a question and the gimbal response includes information that is responsive to the question.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the gimbal response to the user-provided query includes randomly or pseudorandomly selecting the gimbal response from a stored set of multiple gimbal response options.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the gimbal response to the user-provided query comprises:

analyzing the user-provided query to detect at least one instruction segment within the user-provided query; and

using the at least one instruction segment to determine the gimbal response by;

accessing a stored set of multiple gimbal response options, wherein each respective gimbal response option of the stored set of multiple gimbal response options corresponds to a respective set of one or more stored instruction segments, and

determining the gimbal response by selecting a gimbal response option of the stored set of multiple gimbal response options that corresponds to the at least one instruction segment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

receiving the user-provided query comprises receiving, by a microphone that is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the user-provided query by capturing an audio signal; and

detecting the at least one instruction segment within the user-provided query comprises detecting one or more predefined keywords within the audio signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the electronic gimbal device comprises rotating a gimbal-mounted camera of the electronic gimbal device about at least one of a pan axis, a tilt axis, or a roll axis.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing, by a gimbal-mounted camera or by a camera of a user device, two or more images;

detecting a movement pattern of a target within the two or more images; and

determining the gimbal response using information that includes the detected movement pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein controlling the electronic gimbal device includes directing the gimbal-mounted camera toward the target.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the gimbal response to the user-provided query is related to an operational status of the electronic gimbal device.

10. A system comprising:

an electronic gimbal device that includes one or more processors configured to;

receive a user-provided query;

in response to receiving the user-provided query, determine a gimbal response to the user-provided query; and

control the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the user-provided query is a question and the gimbal response includes information that is responsive to the question.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein determining the gimbal response to the user-provided query includes randomly or pseudorandomly selecting the gimbal response from a stored set of multiple gimbal response options.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein determining the gimbal response comprises:

analyzing the user-provided query to detect at least one instruction segment within the user-provided query; and

using the at least one instruction segment to determine the gimbal response by;

accessing a stored set of multiple gimbal response options, wherein each respective gimbal response option of the stored set of multiple gimbal response options corresponds to a respective set of one or more stored instruction segments, and

determining the gimbal response by selecting a gimbal response option of the stored set of multiple gimbal response options that corresponds to the at least one instruction segment.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a microphone that is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;

wherein;

receiving the user-provided query comprises receiving, by the microphone, the user-provided query by capturing an audio signal; and

detecting the at least one instruction segment within the user-provided query comprises detecting one or more predefined keywords within the audio signal.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the electronic gimbal device comprises one or more actuators that are communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and configured to adjust a position of the electronic gimbal device, and

controlling the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response comprises rotating, by the one or more actuators, a gimbal-mounted camera of the electronic gimbal device about at least one of a pan axis, a tilt axis, or a roll axis.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a user mobile device detachably coupled to the electronic gimbal device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the one or more processors are configured to;

capture, by a gimbal-mounted camera or by a camera of the user mobile device, two or more images;

detect a movement pattern of a target within the two or more images; and

determine the gimbal response using information that includes the detected movement pattern.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein controlling the electronic gimbal to indicate the determined gimbal response includes directing the gimbal-mounted camera toward the target.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the gimbal response to the user-provided query is related to an operational status of the electronic gimbal device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed, cause an electronic gimbal device to:

receive a user-provided query;

in response to receiving the user-provided query, determine a gimbal response using information from the user-provided query; and

control the electronic gimbal device to indicate the determined gimbal response.