AMPHIBIOUS VTOL SUPER DRONE CAMERA IN A MOBILE CASE (PHONE CASE) WITH MULTIPLE AERIAL AND AQUATIC FLIGHT MODES FOR CAPTURING PANORAMIC VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWS, SELFIE AND INTERACTIVE VIDEO

• US 20160286128A1
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dylan T.X. Zhou
• Original Assignee: Dylan T.X. Zhou
• Inventors: Zhou, Dylan TX
• Application Number:
  US15/172,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286128A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 27/353 using solar cells
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 20/90 Cooling
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/10 autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS]
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/20 Rotors; Rotor supports
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/26 Ducted or shrouded rotors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/31 generated by photovoltaics
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 70/83 using parachutes, balloons or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/68 for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 : for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 : Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/00 : Television systems details H04N3/00, H04N5/00; methods or arrangements, for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/00; selective content distribution H04N21/00

Abstract

A mobile case system comprising a real time broadcast stream recording; an unmanned aerial vehicle; a camera stabilization device; a camera movement device; one or more onboard cameras providing real-time first-person video and real-time first-person views and and 360-degree panoramic video recording used for virtual reality views and interactive video; a video transmitter and receiver device configured to perform high definition low latency real time video downlink; a one and two way telemetry device; a live broadcast device; a headset enabling real-time first-person video; a public database for viewing flight activity; software for licensing videos with a watermarked preview; software for autonomously extracting and compiling the usable video footage into a video montage synced to music; and onboard or separate software for stitching videos to form virtual reality views or interactive video, alternative embodiments the case may be adapted as power bank memory device, and use for aerial delivery.

Claims

1. A mobile case system, the system comprising:

a real time broad cast stream recording;

an unmanned aerial vehicle;

a camera stabilization device;

a camera movement device configured move the camera;

one or more onboard cameras for providing a real-time first-person video and a real-time first-person view and normal footage video recording and 360-degree panoramic video recording used for virtual reality views and interactive video;

a video transmitter and receiver device configured to perform high definition low latency real time video downlink, wherein the video transmitter and receiver device is a high power, high gain, and ultra-high frequency device;

a one way and two way telemetry device;

a live broadcast device;

a headset configured to enable the real-time first-person video and a real-time first-person view;

a public database for viewing flight or dive activity;

Plurality of software for licensing videos with a watermarked preview;

software for autonomously extracting usable footage and compiling the usable footage into a video montage synced to music;

onboard or separate software for stitching videos to form virtual reality views or interactive video; and

a self-portrait Photograph, taken with a digital camera of mobile case drone, the self-portraite photograph shared on social networking services.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more on board cameras are configured to:

adjust one or more of the following parameters;

zoom, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, depth of field, exposure compensation, white balance, video or photo frame size and orientation, camera resolution and frame rates;

switch cameras used for live streaming, digitally stabilize video;

capture panoramic photos, capture thermal measurements, edit color correction, produce night vision images and video, produce flash; and

wherein the one or more cameras have one or more lens filters;

wherein the one or more cameras are configured to be mounted on surfaces of the unmanned device on a motorized camera stabilization device or a vibration free mount, the motorized camera stabilization device being actuated by a brushless motor, a brushed motor, a coreless motor, or a geared motor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more cameras for capturing panoramic views are mounted on a multi-camera spherical rig, wherein the multi-camera spherical rig is mounted onto a camera stabilization device or a fixed mounting device, wherein a content captured by the one or more cameras are combined to create a panoramic video, wherein the headset is used by a user to view the panoramic video, wherein a viewing angle is controlled by one or more of the following:

head tracking, pressing arrow keys, dragging a screen of the headset, and clicking and dragging a compass icon.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the video transmitter and receiver device is configured to control one or more of the following:

an Omni-directional or directional antenna, a low pass filter, a ninety degree adapter, head tracking and eye tracking to manipulate movement of the camera stabilization device for video capture or live playback, antenna tracking on a ground station or onboard.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one way and two way telemetry device is configured to control an on screen display to inform a user of battery voltage, current draw, signal strength, minutes flown, minutes left on battery, joystick display, flight and dive mode and profile, amperage draw per unit of time, GPS latitude and longitude coordinates, an operator position relative to a position of the unmanned device, number of GPS satellites, and artificial horizon displayed on a wearable device, the wearable device being selected from a tablet, a phone, and the headset, wherein the one way and two way telemetry device is configured to provide a follow-me mode when the unmanned device uses the wearable device as a virtual tether to track the user via the camera when the user moves.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the live broadcast device comprises an onboard High Definition Multimedia Input port operable to transmit standard definition, high definition, virtual reality, and interactive video to one or more bystanders, wherein the interactive video is broadcasted on at least one of the following:

a screen, a projector, a split screen, a switch screen, and the headset, wherein the live broadcast device further comprises an aerial, ground, and marine vehicle for filming the unmanned device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the headset comprises a video receiver selected from an internally housed video receiver, an externally mounted video receiver, and a separate video receiver, and an integrated camera to enable a user to see surroundings.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further consists, a collision avoidance, flight stabilization, and multi-motor control system for an unmanned device, the system comprising:

a flight and dive control device configured to perform one or more of the following;

auto level control, altitude hold, return to an operator automatically, return to the operator by manual input, operating auto-recognition camera, monitoring a circular path around a pilot, and controlling autopilot, supporting dynamic and fixed tilting arms;

one or more sensors and one or more cameras configured to control one or more of the following;

obstacle avoidance, terrain and Geographical Information System mapping, close proximity flight including terrain tracing, and crash resistant indoor navigation;

an autonomous take-off device;

an auto-fly or dive to a destination with at least one manually or automatically generated flight plan, the auto-fly or dive to the destination by tracking monuments, a direction lock;

dual operator control;

a transmitter and receiver control device comprising one or more antennas, the one or more antennas including high gain antennas;

the transmitter and the receiver control device further comprising a lock mechanism operated by one or more of the following;

numerical passwords, word passwords, fingerprint recognition, face recognition, eye recognition, and a physical key; and

at least one electronic speed controllers (ESC) selected from a standalone ESC and an ESC integrated into a power distribution board of the unmanned device.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor, wherein the processor includes a flight controller, wherein the flight controller is selected from an external micro controller or an internal micro controller; and

a barometer;

an accelerometer;

a gyroscope;

a GPS; and

a magnetometer.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the flight and dive control device is configured to:

perform stable transitions between a hover mode, a full forward flight mode, and an underwater mode;

enable or disable a GPS;

record flight parameters;

allow inverted flight, aerial and aquatic rolls and flips;

stabilize proportional, integral, and derivative gains above water and below water;

restrict the unmanned device to fly-safe locations;

receive and enact force shut-off commands associated with a manufacturer;

receive software updates from the manufacturer;

activate the unmanned device after a user inputs an arming action or an arming sequence;

provide thrust compensation for body inclination by acting as a body pitch suppressor to maintain an altitude in forward flight; and

compensate yaw and roll mixing when motors of the unmanned device tilt.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a radio control device operable to control one or more of the following:

the Omni-directional or directional antenna, antenna tracking on a ground station or onboard the unmanned device tilt, a low pass filter, ninety degree adapter, a detachable module for RC communication on a channel having a frequency selected from 72 MHz, 75 MHz, 433 MHz, and 1.2 GHz and 1.3 GHz, adjustable dual rates and exponential values, at least one dial or joystick for controlling movement of a camera stabilization device, one or more foot pedals, a slider, a potentiometer, and a switch to transition between a flight profile and a dive profile, and wherein the radio control device is further operable to perform automatic obstacle avoidance and automatic maneuvering around an obstacle when the unmanned device performs a flight in a predetermined direction, wherein the radio control device is operable to instruct a plurality of unmanned device to follow a single subject and capture a plurality of views of the subject, wherein the radio control device is controlled by stick inputs and motion gestures.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a navigation device configured to;

enable autonomous flying at low altitude and avoiding obstacles;

evaluate and select landing sites in an unmapped terrain;

land safely using a computerized self-generated approach path;

enable a pilot aid to help a pilot to avoid obstacles and select landing sites in unimproved areas during operating in low-light or low-visibility conditions;

detect and manoeuvre around a man lift during flying;

detect high-tension wires over a desert terrain; and

enable operation in a near earth obstacle rich environment; and

a navigation sensor configured to map an unknown area where obstructions limited landing sites;

identify level landing sites with approach paths that are accessible for evacuating a simulated casualty;

build three-dimensional maps of a ground and find obstacles in a path;

detect four-inch-high pallets, chain link fences, vegetation, people and objects that block a landing site;

enable continuously identifying potential landing sites and develop landing approaches and abort paths;

select a safe landing site being closest to a given set of coordinates;

wherein the navigation sensor includes an inertial sensor and a laser scanner configured to look forward and down, wherein the navigation sensor is paired with mapping and obstacle avoidance software, the mapping and obstacle avoidance software being operable to keep a running rank of the landing sites, approaches and abort paths to enable responding to unexpected circumstances.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the ESC are further operable to program a motor spin direction without reconnecting wires by a user via spinning a motor in a predetermined direction, and record an input.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes an open source code and an open source software development kit.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors are selected from a group comprising:

individual sensors, stereo sensors, ultrasonic sensors, infrared sensors, multispectral sensors, optical flow sensors, and volatile organic compound sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are provided for intelligent positioning, collision avoidance, media capturing, surveillance, and monitoring.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle further comprising:

plurality of motors, wherein the motors further comprises at least a propeller, the propeller is a aero foil and an antenna to transmit the signals to a control device;

a battery, wherein the battery supplies power to the motors and the propellers, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is a Hovercraft.

17. The mobile case of claim 1, wherein from the mobile phone further comprises a user interface, the user interface is adapted to control the camera stabilization, the user interface adapted to transmit and receives the signals from the camera, the user interface is adapted to tilt, zoom, pan the camera.

18. The mobile case of claim 1, wherein the mobile case further comprising a chassis, a battery, wherein the battery is coupled to the chassis, the battery adapted to supplies power to the motors.

19. The mobile case of claim 1, wherein the battery is adapted as a power bank to the mobile phone, wherein the mobile case is adapted as a delivery drone, wherein the delivery drone is used to deliver the objects, foodpackets, gifts.

20. The mobile case of claim 1, where in the battery is coupled by a solar panel, wherein the solar panel is adapted for solar energy conversion.

21. The mobile case of claim 16, wherein the drone comprises a memory unit wherein the memory unit stores the videos and pictures captured by the camera, wherein the video are recorded with a 4k resolution, the 4k resolution videos are high definition videos adapted for future video broadcasting.

22. The mobile case of claim 16, wherein the drone adapted for surveillance, the camera is adapted to first person view, wherein the drone is adapted for user to capture selfies and user surrounding view.

23. A method of adapting and controlling a mobile case, comprising:

receiving, an information from an antenna, wherein the antenna is coupled to a drone;

sending, a command to a control device of the drone, from a remote device; and

storing, plurality of images and plurality of videos in the memory device.

24. The method claim 23, wherein the information is received from the antenna, where the antenna is coupled to the control system.

25. The method claim 23, wherein the remote device further comprises, a user interface, a transceiver, the user interface displays the information received from the antenna of the drone.

26. The method claim 23, wherein the command from a user on the user interface is transmitted to the control device through the transceiver.

27. The method claim 23, wherein the user interface display information about a camera stabilization device, a flight stabilizing device and battery information.

28. The method claim 23, wherein the user interface control the camera stabilization, the user interface control a first person view of the camera.

29. The method claim 23, where in the remote device is a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone, the mobile device is a tablet, wherein the mobile device is a head mounted display, wherein the head mounted device is an augmented reality wearable device.

30. The method claim 23, wherein the user interface is a software, wherein the user interface is a application on the smart phone.