System for piloting a drone in immersion
First Claim
1. A system for piloting a drone in immersion, comprising the drone provided with an imaging means and a ground station communicating with the drone through a radio wireless link,the ground station comprising:
- a console orientated along a heading direction towards which the console points, the console being provided with a directional antenna adapted to be directed, by a user handling the console, towards the drone to maintain the quality of the wireless link;
a determination means for determining a direction of the drone;
virtual reality glasses rendering images taken by means of the imaging means and transmitted from the drone by the wireless link, as well as visual indications included in the rendered images; and
an indicating means for including among the visual indications an indication based on the direction of the drone;
wherein the determination means includea means for determining an angular coordinate (γ
) defined between the heading direction of the console and the direction of the drone;
wherein the indicating means is a means sensitive to the determination means;
wherein the indication based on the direction of the drone is an indication of a misalignment of the direction of the drone with respect to the heading direction of the console,and wherein the indication is a function of the determined angular coordinate (γ
), whereby allowing the user handling the console to perform a corrective action of reorientation of the console towards a reduction of the angular coordinate (γ
).
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Abstract
The system comprises a drone and a ground station. The ground station includes a console provided with a directional antenna adapted to be directed towards the drone maintain the quality of the wireless link with the latter, and virtual reality glasses rendering images taken by a camera of the drone. The system comprises means for determining the position of the drone with respect to a heading of the console, and means for including in the images (I) rendered in the virtual reality glasses a visual indication (C, Ce, G, Id) of misalignment of the drone with respect to the console heading. Although he is isolated from the external real environment, the pilot is able, based on this visual indication, to reorient the console, typically by turning on himself, so that the directional antenna thereof suitably points towards the drone.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for piloting a drone in immersion, comprising the drone provided with an imaging means and a ground station communicating with the drone through a radio wireless link,
the ground station comprising: -
a console orientated along a heading direction towards which the console points, the console being provided with a directional antenna adapted to be directed, by a user handling the console, towards the drone to maintain the quality of the wireless link; a determination means for determining a direction of the drone; virtual reality glasses rendering images taken by means of the imaging means and transmitted from the drone by the wireless link, as well as visual indications included in the rendered images; and an indicating means for including among the visual indications an indication based on the direction of the drone; wherein the determination means include a means for determining an angular coordinate (γ
) defined between the heading direction of the console and the direction of the drone;wherein the indicating means is a means sensitive to the determination means; wherein the indication based on the direction of the drone is an indication of a misalignment of the direction of the drone with respect to the heading direction of the console, and wherein the indication is a function of the determined angular coordinate (γ
), whereby allowing the user handling the console to perform a corrective action of reorientation of the console towards a reduction of the angular coordinate (γ
). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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