Unmanned aerial image capture platform

US10520943B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Skydio, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hayk Martirosyan · San Francisco, US
• Adam Parker Bry · Redwood City, US
• Matthew Donahoe · Redwood City, US
• Abraham Bacharach · San Francisco, US
• Justin Michael Sadowski · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30252
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to autonomously navigate a physical environment while capturing images of the physical environment. In some embodiments, the motion of the UAV and a subject in the physical environment may be estimated based in part on images of the physical environment captured by the UAV. In response to estimating the motions, image capture by the UAV may be dynamically adjusted to satisfy a specified criterion related to a quality of the image capture.