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Systems and methods for target tracking

  • US 9,567,078 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2015
  • Issued: 02/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

  • one or more receivers configured to receive from a remote user (1) one or more navigation commands to move the UAV, and (2) target information of a target to be tracked by an imaging device on the UAV; and

    one or more processors configured to dynamically adjust allocation of control over a tracking process between the user and the UAV based on factors including a surrounding of the UAV,such that the one or more processors to allocate (1) more control over the tracking process to the user when the UAV is navigating in a more complex environment compared to when the UAV is navigating in a less complex environment, and (2) less control over the tracking process to the user when the UAV is navigating in a less complex environment compared to when the UAV is navigating in a more complex environment, and wherein an environmental complexity is based on a number of potential obstructions in the environment.

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