A heat dissipation structure includes a housing configured to accommodate a heating element of an aerial vehicle. The housing includes a first air vent configured to guide an airflow into the housing and a second air vent configured to guide the airflow out of the housing. The airflow includes a propeller-generated airflow generated by a propeller of the aerial vehicle during rotation. The housing is located at an end of an arm of the aerial vehicle, away from the propeller in a longitudinal direction of the arm. A projection of the housing on a plane on which an area of rotation of the propeller lies at least partially overlaps the area of rotation of the propeller.
An inertial measurement unit (IMU) device includes an IMU sensor, a controller, a temperature sensor electrically connected to the controller, a heat source, and a heat conductive member. The controller is configured to, in response to a temperature of the IMU sensor detected by the temperature sensor falling below a threshold temperature, control the heat source to generate heat. The heat conductive member is configured to transfer heat from the heat source to the IMU sensor, and includes an electrically insulating and thermally conductive material.
G01P 1/00 - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT - Details of instruments
G01C 21/12 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
A method for an aerial vehicle includes generating a control signal that controls multiple actuators of the aerial vehicle each including a corresponding one of multiple propellers. The multiple propellers are configured to be mounted in multiple actuators, respectively. The method also includes controlling the multiple actuators to operate based on the control signal; obtaining status information of the aerial vehicle when the multiple actuators are operating in response to the control signal; and determining whether at least one of the multiple propellers is abnormally mounted according to the status information.
A control method includes obtaining a thermal image of a fire area through an aerial vehicle, obtaining a temperature distribution of the fire area based on the thermal image, dividing the fire area into a plurality of sub-areas based on the temperature distribution of the fire area, and projecting the plurality of sub-areas on a map including the fire area displayed by a control terminal. The plurality of sub-areas have different fire levels.
A method of controlling a photographing device may include Obtaining setting operation from a user on a first touch screen or a second touch screen of a photographing device, the first touch screen being set on a lens side of the photographing device and a second touch screen being set on an opposite side of the lens side of the photographing device; displaying a first setting interface on the first touch screen and/or displaying a second setting interface on the second touch screen in accordance with the setting operation; and obtaining a setting parameter set by the user based on the first setting interface or the second setting interface, and applying the setting parameter to both the first touch screen and the second touch screen.
Photographing device control system, method and device are provided. The photographing device includes a manual lens. The control system includes a parameter adjustment ring(s), a motor(s) and a processor(s). The parameter adjustment ring is arranged on the manual lens, and may be rotated to adjust a lens parameter(s) of the manual lens. A motor(s) is used to drive the parameter adjustment ring to rotate; the motor rotates to different angles based on a first user instruction. The processor is used to obtain the lens parameter of the manual lens when the motor is at each angle, and calibrate a conversion relationship(s) between the rotation angle of the motor and the lens parameters of the manual lens based on each angle and corresponding lens parameter thereof. A target rotation angle of the motor is determined based on the conversion relationship and a target lens parameter(s).
The present disclosure provides a gimbal adjustment method. The method includes obtaining a reference image frame sequence and a reference shooting trajectory formed by a movement of a mobile platform when shooting the reference image frame sequence, the reference image frame sequence including two or more reference image frames, the mobile platform including a gimbal and an imaging assembly; estimating a shooting angle based on the reference shooting trajectory, and adjusting the gimbal based on an estimated shooting angle during an image re-shooting; obtaining a current image frame; and determining an amount of adjustment control of the gimbal based on the current image frame and the reference image frame sequence, and adjusting the gimbal based on the amount of adjustment control.
G05B 19/19 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path
F16M 11/18 - Heads with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
F16M 11/12 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
G05D 3/20 - Control of position or direction using feedback using a digital comparing device
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
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TARGET TRACKING METHOD, DEVICE, MOVABLE PLATFORM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
A target tracking method, device, a movable platform and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first image containing a target to be tracked, and tracking the target to be tracked based on the first image; if the target to be tracked is lost, obtaining motion information of the target to be tracked when it is lost; based on the motion information, matching a target road area where the target to be tracked is located when it is lost in a vector map; and based on the motion information and the target road area, searching for the lost target to be tracked. The method improves the accuracy of target tracking.
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
G06V 10/25 - Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersections; Connectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces
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SHOOTING METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE
A shooting method is provided, including: obtaining position information of a shooting object; planning a first circumnavigation route and a second circumnavigation route for surrounding shooting of the shooting object based on the position information; controlling a UAV to move along the first circumnavigation route and the second circumnavigation route respectively; and controlling the UAV to shoot the shooting object by a camera mounted on the UAV during movement to obtain multiple images of the shooting object. Images collected on the first circumnavigation route and images collected on the second circumnavigation route share homologous image points of the shooting object. The images are used to establish a three-dimensional model of the shooting object. Thus, the shooting efficiency of the UAVs is improved for shooting images for three-dimensional reconstruction.
A wireless communication method may be applied to a movable platform. The movable platform and a terminal device can establish at least two wireless communication links between the movable platform and the terminal device, the at least two wireless communication links being configured to transmit image data captured by the movable platform to the terminal device. The method may include obtaining channel parameters of the at least two established wireless communication links, wherein the at least two established wireless communication links may comprise at least one public network communication link; and encoding the image data captured by the movable platform according to the channel parameters and sending the encoded image data to the terminal device over the at least two wireless communication links.
A blade includes a main body and an edge disposed around a periphery of the main body. A part of the edge includes a soft layer and an intermediate layer connected between the soft layer and the main body. The intermediate layer includes a soft component and a hard component stacked one on another when viewing in a cross-section along a width direction of the blade or along a length direction of the blade.
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a body, at least two rotors rotatably disposed at the body, and at least one processor. Each rotor is configured to provide a first thrust in a first direction when rotating in a forward direction and a second thrust in a second direction opposite to the first direction when rotating in a reverse direction. The at least one processor is configured to, in response to the body being in a to-be-rescued attitude, determine whether the at least two rotors are capable of conducting rescue, and in response to determining that only one or more first rotors being capable of conducting rescue, control to perform a rescue operation by controlling the one or more first rotors to provide the second thrust and controlling one or more second rotors other than the one or more first rotors to stop rotating.
A control method includes generating a flight route for an aerial vehicle based on position information of a first target, and in response to detecting a change in a relative orientation between a second target and the aerial vehicle, controlling a sensor of the aerial vehicle to continuously track the second target according to position information of the second target.
An aerial imaging system for transferring pictures captured from two or more imaging devices includes an aerial node and a ground node. The aerial node has two or more channels, each for acquiring at least one picture from a corresponding imaging device. The aerial node is configured to transfer the acquired pictures. The ground node is configured to present the acquired pictures from the two or more imaging devices.
A mount of a photographing device may include a mount module and a restriction structure. The mount module may include an opening to embed a portion of a mount structure of an interchangeable lens, a first engagement portion protruding inwardly into the opening, and a first mount face opposite to a second mount face of the interchangeable lens. When the interchangeable lens rotates from a first rotational position to a second rotational position in a first rotational direction, the first engagement portion may engage with a second engagement portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the mount structure of the interchangeable lens. The restriction structure may restrict further rotation of the interchangeable lens from the second rotational position in the first rotational direction to a third rotational position.
A video shooting method device and system is provided. The method includes: determining a category of an object, and determining a target lens motion mode for shooting a video of the object based on the category of the object, so as to shoot the video of the object with the target lens motion mode. This method may reduce the requirements on the user's video shooting skills and facilitate video shooting.
A spreading system for a plant protection UAV is provided, including a material inlet, a material conveying mechanism, and a material spreading mechanism. The material inlet is configured to dock with the material box. The material conveying mechanism includes a screw mechanism and a driving device connected to the screw mechanism. The material spreading mechanism is used to spread a material in the material box. The driving device may drive the screw mechanism to rotate, so as to transfer the material from the material inlet to the material spreading mechanism, thereby quantitatively feeding the material spreading mechanism and improving the spreading uniformity of the plant protection UAV. A plant protection UAV and a spreading control method are also provided.
A scanning module may include a main body holder having an accommodation cavity; a first optical assembly within the accommodation cavity and rotatably attached to the main body holder; a first drive assembly connected to the first optical assembly and the main body holder, respectively, and being configured to drive the first optical assembly to rotate relative to the main body holder; a second optical assembly rotatably disposed at one end of the main body holder; and a second drive assembly on a side of the second optical assembly facing the main body holder and connected to the second optical assembly and the main body holder, respectively, and configured to drive the second optical assembly to rotate relative to the main body holder.
An aerial vehicle dispatching method includes obtaining an aerial vehicle use request, determining a flight task according to the aerial vehicle use request, the flight task including a target flight area, in response to the flight task, determining a target aerial vehicle from a plurality of aerial vehicles, controlling the target aerial vehicle to perform the flight task in the target flight area, controlling the target aerial vehicle to obtain sensing data in the target flight area while performing the flight task, and sending the sensing data to a terminal device.
A communication control method includes, in response to communication between a first mobile platform and a first controller via a first communication link, obtaining one or more broadcast signals received by the first mobile platform within a predetermined time range, determining an in-range platform quantity of the second mobile platforms present in a predetermined range of the first mobile platform according to signal information of each of the one or more broadcast signals, and determining a strategy for selecting a frequency to be used by the first mobile platform when communicating with the first controller via the first communication link according to the in-range platform quantity. The one or more broadcast signals are sent by a second mobile platform.
A UAV control method and device, a remote controller and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining UAV control mode switching request information to request to switch from a first control mode to a second control mode; in response to the switching request information, detecting whether the position of an accelerator control member in its operating range is within a region of hovering range. In the second control mode, when the accelerator control member is within the region of hovering range, the UAV maintains a hovering state in a vertical direction; if it is detected that the accelerator control member is located in the region of hovering range, the control mode of the UAV is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, otherwise, refuse to switch the control mode of the UAV from the first control mode to the second control mode.
An operating method of an aerial vehicle may comprise obtaining target parameters, the target parameters being acquired by an on-board sensor of the aerial vehicle during movement of the aerial vehicle, the target parameters comprising a distance between the aerial vehicle and a target object and an extension direction of the target object; determining a flight path of the aerial vehicle based on the target parameters; and controlling the aerial vehicle to perform an operation based on the flight path of the aerial vehicle.
An aerial vehicle landing method includes controlling to decelerate, with aid of one or more processors and in response to at least two of a plurality of conditions being satisfied, the aerial vehicle to cause the aerial vehicle to land autonomously. The plurality of conditions includes determining that an external signal related to a human is detected via one or more sensors; determining that a location/orientation change of the aerial vehicle is detected while the aerial vehicle is airborne; and determining that an external contact from an external object is exerted upon the aerial vehicle, the external object being an object that is not part of the aerial vehicle.
A communication method includes obtaining downlink transmission data of an aerial vehicle that includes a communication module based on which the aerial vehicle establishes a first communication link not adopting a cellular network communication protocol and a second communication link adopting the cellular network communication protocol with a terminal device, sending the downlink transmission data to the terminal device based on the first communication link, determining a target data receiving mode from a first data receiving mode for receiving uplink transmission data sent by the terminal device based on the first communication link and a second data receiving mode for receiving the uplink transmission data based on the first communication link and the second communication link, and controlling the communication module to work in the target data receiving mode. The uplink transmission data includes at least one of feedback data or control data.
A gimbal for supporting a load includes at least three rotatably coupled driving axis assemblies, an angle sensor, and a controller. Each driving axis assembly includes a driving device and a joint arm configured to rotate when driven by the driving device. The angle sensor is configured to detect a joint angle of a driving device of at least one of the driving axis assemblies. The controller is configured to control the gimbal in a two-axis mode, in response to detecting that the joint angle of the driving device of the at least one of the driving axis assemblies is within a predetermined value range.
F16M 11/12 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
F16M 13/04 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains
A method for controlling a movable object includes obtaining current location information of an obstacle while the movable object tracks a target, determining whether the obstacle is located in a reactive region relative to the movable object based on the current location information of the obstacle. In response to determining that the obstacle is located in the reactive region, the method further includes determining, based on the current location information of the obstacle, whether the obstacle is located in a first sub-region or a second sub-region of the reactive region, where an area of the second sub-region is smaller than an area of the first sub-region; in response to determining that the obstacle is located in the first sub-region, reducing an acceleration of the movable object; and in response to determining that the obstacle is located in the second sub-region, reducing a velocity of the movable object.
A movable object for detecting an obstacle includes a first passive infrared sensor having a first detection range and a first field of view, and one or more second passive infrared sensors each having a second detection range and a second field of view. The second detection range is longer than the first detection range and the second field of view is smaller than the first field of view. The movable object further includes one or more processors configured to calculate a distance from the movable object to the obstacle based on data from at least one of the first passive infrared sensor or the one or more second passive infrared sensors, and determine whether to effect a collision avoidance maneuver for the movable object to avoid the obstacle based on the distance.
B60W 30/09 - Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering
B60T 8/1755 - Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve
B60T 7/22 - Brake-action initiating means for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an external object, e.g. another vehicle
B60R 21/0134 - Electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over responsive to imminent contact with an obstacle
B60W 10/04 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units
B60W 10/18 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems
B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
G01V 8/10 - Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
A flight control method, a video editing method, a device, a movable platform and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a target flight trajectory of the movable platform, the target flight trajectory including a plurality of sub-trajectories, the plurality of sub-trajectories including an encircling sub-trajectory, a receding sub-trajectory, and/or an approaching sub-trajectory. The movable platform is controlled to fly according to the target flight trajectory, and a photographing on the movable platform is used to shoot a target photographing object. Thus, multiple videos corresponding to the plurality of sub-trajectories may be acquired within a single flight process.
A control method includes in response to a mode switch operation of a user, switching to a first control mode or a second control mode, in response to a position adjustment of an operation member of a control terminal, adjusting a position or an attitude of an aerial vehicle in a control direction corresponding to the operation member, in the first control mode, in response to the operation member being at a preset first initial position, controlling the aerial vehicle to maintain the position or the attitude unchanged in the control direction, and in the second control mode, in response to the aerial vehicle being in an initial status in the control direction and the operation member being in a preset second initial position different from the first initial position, controlling the aerial vehicle to maintain the position or the attitude unchanged in the control direction.
A control method for an aerial vehicle includes obtaining a control stick value sent by a control device that is in communication connection with the aerial vehicle, determining, according to the control stick value, a target image region in a panoramic image captured by one or more photographing devices carried by the aerial vehicle, and sending the target image region to the control device, to enable the control device to display the target image region.
A handheld controller configured to be removably coupled to and control an imager includes at least one processor and memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including, in accordance with the imager being coupled to the handheld controller, controlling the imager to capture a first group of images, and in accordance with the imager being separate from the handheld controller and carried by a movable object, controlling the imager to capture a second group of images or controlling the movable object.
A thermal regulation system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU), one or more temperature adjusting devices in thermal communication with the IMU, and configured to adjust a temperature of the IMU from an initial temperature to a predetermined temperature, a filler provided in a space between the IMU and at least one temperature adjusting device of the one or more temperature adjusting devices, and a shared substrate configured to bear a weight of the IMU and the one or more temperature adjusting devices. The shared substrate includes a metallic board.
B81C 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
G01D 3/036 - Measuring arrangements with provision for the special purposes referred to in the subgroups of this group mitigating undesired influences, e.g. temperature, pressure on measuring arrangements themselves
G01D 18/00 - Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups
G05D 23/19 - Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
G01K 13/00 - Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes
A computer-implemented method for tracking multiple targets includes identifying a primary target from a plurality of targets based on a plurality of images obtained from an imaging device carried by an aerial vehicle via a carrier, determining a target group including one or more targets from the plurality of targets, where the primary target is always in the target group. Determining the target group includes determining one or more remaining targets in the target group based on a spatial relationship or a relative distance between the primary target and each target of the plurality of targets other than the primary target. The method further includes controlling at least one of the aerial vehicle or the carrier to track the target group as a whole.
G01S 3/786 - Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using adjustment of orientation of directivity characteristics of a detector or detector system to give a desired condition of signal derived from that detector or detector system the desired condition being maintained automatically
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
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GIMBAL, LEVELING METHOD AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, LEVELING MOTOR AND GIMBAL ASSEMBLY
A gimbal, a balancing method, a control method, a balancing motor and a gimbal assembly are provided. The balancing method includes: controlling a driving motor to rotate, and obtain a first electric signal parameter of the driving motor, where the gimbal includes a rotating assembly and a balancing motor, and the rotating assembly includes a gimbal component, a transmission mechanism and a driving motor. The driving motor is configured to drive the gimbal component to rotate so as to adjust the attitude of the gimbal. The balancing motor is configured to drive at least part of the gimbal component to move via the transmission mechanism so as to adjust the center of gravity of the gimbal. The operation of the balancing motor may be controlled based on the first electrical signal parameter to make the gimbal in a balanced state in an adjustment direction of the balancing motor.
A computer-implemented method for controlling a UAV includes identifying a set of target markers based on a plurality of images captured by an imaging device carried by the UAV, and controlling the UAV to fly based on the set of target markers. The set of target markers include at least two or more types of target markers and are in close proximity to be detected within a same field of view of the imaging device. Controlling the UAV to fly includes controlling the UAV to approach the set of target markers based at least in part on a spatial relationship between the UAV and a first type of target marker; and determining whether to control the UAV to land at or near the set of target markers based on information conveyed by a second type of target marker.
Disclosed are a gimbal and a control method and apparatus for a photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus is mounted on a gimbal. When a communication link between the photographing apparatus and the gimbal is in an active state, the photographing apparatus is controlled by the gimbal. The method includes: detecting a first indication signal; and switching the communication link between the gimbal and the photographing apparatus from an active state to an inactive state, so that the photographing apparatus can be controlled autonomously. When the first indication signal is detected, the communication link between the gimbal and the photographing apparatus is switched from the active state to the inactive state, so that the photographing apparatus can restore to an autonomous control mode without physical plugging or unplugging or manual disabling of a wireless connection function in settings, helping a user to operate various functions.
A locking apparatus comprises a sliding member, and a first memory alloy wire configured to engage the sliding member to exert a first force to move the sliding member in a first sliding direction to a locked position when electrical energy is applied to the first memory alloy wire. The locking apparatus further comprises a second memory alloy wire configured to exert a second force to engage the sliding member to move the sliding member in a second sliding direction to an unlocked position when electrical energy is applied to the second memory alloy wire. The apparatus further comprises a position limiting structure. When the sliding member is moved to the locked position, the position limiting structure holds the sliding member at the locked position. When the sliding member is moved to the unlocked position, the position limiting structure holds the sliding member at the unlocked position.
A method for controlling movement of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes controlling one or more propulsion units of the UVA to cause the UAV to operate according to a first set of altitude restrictions; assessing, with aid of the one or more processors and based on one or more criteria, whether to control the UAV to operate according to a second set of altitude restrictions; and controlling the one or more propulsion units to cause the UAV to operate according to the second set of altitude restrictions in response to the one or more criteria being fulfilled according to an assessing result. The first set of altitude restrictions constrain an altitude of the UAV relative to a first reference altitude. The second set of altitude restrictions constrain the altitude of the UAV relative to a second reference altitude.
A video image processing method including determining a current image block, constructing a motion information candidate list for the current image block, in response to a size of the current image block meeting a preset condition, turning off a temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) operation so that a temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block is not determined according to the TMVP operation, and encoding the current image block. The TMVP operation includes determining a relevant block of the current image block in a temporal neighboring image, and determining the temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block according to a motion vector of the relevant block.
H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/587 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal sub-sampling or interpolation, e.g. decimation or subsequent interpolation of pictures in a video sequence
42.
AUTOMATIC TERRAIN EVALUATION OF LANDING SURFACES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Automatic terrain evaluation of landing surfaces, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative method includes receiving a request to land a movable object and, in response to the request, identifying a target landing area on a landing surface based on at least one image of the landing surface obtained by the movable object. The method can further include directing the movable object to land at the target landing area.
A method of controlling a gimbal may comprise obtaining a capturing position of a target object in a captured image, the capturing position being determined by means of an image capturer, the image capturer being a camera having a manual lens or an automatic lens, and the image capturer being communicatively connected to the gimbal; determining, based on the capturing position, control parameters for a following operation on the target object; and controlling the gimbal according to the control parameters to achieve the following operation of the target object.
A LiDAR system includes a light source to emit pulsed laser light beams, a scanning optical assembly to direct the pulsed laser light beams to scan an environment for detecting one or more objects therein, and a receiver to receive, via the scanning optical assembly, return light beams reflected by the one or more objects. The scanning optical assembly includes a first optical element rotatable about a first axis and to receive a light beam at a first surface thereof and refract the light beam by a second surface thereof at which the light beam exits the first optical element, and a second optical element spaced from the first optical element and rotatable about a second axis. The second optical element includes a reflective surface to reflect the light beam to the environment and a refractive surface to refract the light beam to the reflective surface.
G02B 26/08 - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
A movable object control method includes obtaining attitude information of a handheld control device, determining control information of a movable object according to the attitude information of the handheld control device, and sending the control information of the movable object to a head-mounted device to enable the head-mounted device to display a mark on a display device of the head-mounted device according to the control information of the movable object. The mark indicates a moving direction of the movable object.
A system of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a first body of the UAV capable of flying, a second body detachably attached to the first body and capable of being a stabilizer, and a power supply system capable of powering the first body and the second body. The system further includes one or more sensors, at least one processor, and at least one storage medium storing instructions. When executed, the instructions in the at least one storage medium instruct the processor to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors.
H04W 72/1273 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of downlink data flows
H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
An auxiliary focusing method, device and system. When a user uses an image capturer to photograph a target scene, an auxiliary focus image can be generated based on depth information of objects in the target scene, and the auxiliary focus image can visually display the depth distribution of the objects in the target scene and a corresponding position of a focus point of the image capturer in the target scene, so that the user can intuitively understand the current position of the focus point from the auxiliary focus image and adjust the position of the focus point according to the depth distribution of the objects, so that an object of interest to the user can be clearly imaged.
A sensor system can comprise a detector with a plurality of units, wherein the detector is configured to generate a first set of electrical signals based on received photon energy of a light beam that is reflected back from a first plurality of points on one or more objects, in a first configuration. Additionally, the detector is configured to generate a second set of electrical signals based on received photon energy of a light beam that is reflected back from a second plurality of points on one or more objects in a second configuration, wherein the first configuration and the second configuration are with a predetermined correlation. Furthermore, the detector can determine distance to each of the first plurality of points and the second plurality of points on the one or more objects based on the first set of electrical signals and the second set of electrical signals.
A multi-rotor UAV control method, a multi-rotor UAV, a control apparatus, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The multi-rotor UAV control method includes: obtaining a power status of each rotor of the UAV; and when it is determined, based on the power status, that the power of any one of the rotors of the UAV fails, controlling the UAV to enter a balance mode. In the balance mode, the UAV rotates at an angular velocity greater than a first threshold, and a displacement of the UAV in the horizontal direction is less than a preset displacement amount.
A detection apparatus may include a light source to emit a light pulse sequence, a first scanner and a second scanner disposed in an optical path of the light pulse sequence to change propagation direction of the light pulse sequence. The first scanner alone may be capable of causing an outgoing light beam to scan along a first path, and the second scanner alone may be capable of causing the outgoing light beam to scan along a second path. The first scanner may include a reflector and a first driver; and the second scanner may include a reflective structure and a second driver, the reflective structure including at least two reflective surfaces. The second driver may drive the reflective structure to rotate so that the at least two reflective surfaces are rotated sequentially onto the optical path of the light pulse sequence.
A method of controlling a movable platform, which applies to a motion sensing remote controller, may include acquiring a motion scenario and/or an operating mode of a movable platform; determining control strategy of the motion sensing remote controller based on the motion scenario and/or the operating mode; and control the movable platform based on the control strategy.
A method is provided for controlling flight of an aircraft carrying an imaging device. The imaging device is mounted at a gimbal. The method includes in response to receiving a triggering operation that triggers the aircraft to operate in an image control mode, obtaining an environment image captured by the imaging device, recognizing a gesture of a target user in the environment image, and in response to recognizing that the gesture of the target user is a start-flight gesture, generating a takeoff control command to control the aircraft to take off. Obtaining the environment image includes after obtaining the triggering operation, controlling the gimbal to rotate to control the imaging device to scan and photograph in a predetermined photographing range, and obtaining the environment image including a characteristic part of the target user that is captured by the imaging device through scanning and photographing in the predetermined photographing range.
Techniques are disclosed for sharing sensor information between multiple vehicles. A system for sharing sensor information between multiple vehicles, can include an aerial vehicle including a first computing device and first scanning sensor, and a ground vehicle including a second computing device and second scanning. The aerial vehicle can use the first scanning sensor to obtain first scanning data and transmit the first scanning data to the second computing device. The ground vehicle can receive the first scanning data from the first computing device, obtain second scanning data from the second scanning sensor, identify an overlapping portion of the first scanning data and the second scanning data based on at least one reference object in the scanning data, and execute a navigation control command based on one or more roadway objects identified in the overlapping portion of the first scanning data and the second scanning data.
G01C 21/00 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups
G01S 17/89 - Lidar systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G08G 1/01 - Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
An apparatus connection method includes, in response to a mobile apparatus entering a preset mode, detecting one or more connectable apparatuses near the mobile apparatus that are capable of connecting to the mobile apparatus in a first connection mode, determining the UAV from the one or more connectable apparatuses according to a signal parameter of a broadcast signal sent by each of the one or more connectable apparatuses, and communicatively connecting to the UAV according to the first connection mode. The first connection mode is different from a second connection mode for controlling the UAV to perform an aerial photography task and receiving a compressed image sent by the UAV while performing the aerial photography task. A download speed of the first connection mode is greater than a download speed of the second connection mode.
H04W 12/00 - Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A gimbal and a gimbal control method are disclosed. The gimbal control method may include: acquiring attitude information of a gimbal; determining whether the gimbal is in a falling state based upon the attitude information; and when the gimbal is in the falling state, triggering a protection mode and controlling the gimbal to rotate to a set attitude. The set attitude may be an attitude at which the gimbal is not easy to be broken from falling, thereby reducing the probability of the gimbal being broken from falling.
G05D 3/20 - Control of position or direction using feedback using a digital comparing device
F16M 13/04 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains
F16M 11/10 - Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting around a horizontal axis
F16M 11/20 - Undercarriages with or without wheels
G05B 19/4155 - Numerical control (NC), i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by programme execution, i.e. part programme or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a programme
58.
LOCKING STRUCTURE, ARM ASSEMBLY AND MOVABLE PLATFORM
The present disclosure provides a locking structure, an arm assembly and a movable platform. The locking structure includes a mounting member, a movable part member and a locking assembly. The movable part member is rotatably connected to the mounting member. The locking assembly is disposed on the mounting member or the movable member. When the mounting member and the movable member are rotated to form a preset angle, the locking assembly may synchronously lock the mounting member and the movable member in the current position, so that the movable member is kept in an unfolded state.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may have a positional sensor and an image sensor. The UAV may receive from an electronic structure a first wireless signal. The first wireless signal may include a first direction of illumination. In accordance with the first wireless signal, the UAV may identify a target object based, at least in part, on the first direction of illumination. The UAV may also determine positional coordinates of the target object.
A connection assembly and a gimbal device are provided. The connection assembly includes a first connection member, a second connection member and a locking structure. The first connection member is connected to the gimbal. The second connection member is connected to the first connection member. When the locking structure is in a locking state, the locking structure may lock the first connection member and the second connection member. When the locking structure is in a released state, the first connection member and the second connection member may rotate relative to each other, so that the gimbal may be switched between at least two operation postures.
F16M 13/04 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains
F16M 11/20 - Undercarriages with or without wheels
A data processing method, a control apparatus and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtain three-dimensional data of a sampling point, the three-dimensional data of the sampling point is collected by a point cloud sensor carried by a movable platform during a movement of the movable platform; obtain first position and attitude data of the movable platform and/or the point cloud sensor when the sampling point is collected; project the sampling point onto an observation plane according to the three-dimensional data of the sampling point and the first position and attitude data; and generate a point cloud picture according to the sampling point projected onto the observation plane, the point cloud picture is configured to be displayed on a user apparatus of the movable platform.
A remote controller for controlling a movable device, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The remote controller includes a handheld portion. A top portion of the handheld portion extends from the handheld portion at an angle. The top portion extends further forward than a remainder of the handheld portion. The remote controller further includes a first control component on a first side of the top portion and a second control component on a rear side of the top portion. The first control component is configured to control a gimbal of the UAV or a load carried by the UAV. The rear side is adjacent to the first side. The second control component is configured to control movement of the UAV.
A method for monitoring an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a processor obtaining a datagram based on monitoring data for a UAV-detector communication between the UAV and one or more detectors. The monitoring data indicates at least one of a location of the UAV or a location of a control station in communication with the UAV. The method further includes determining a risk level by retrieving pre-stored risk information associated with the UAV based on the datagram.
A control method for a follow focus wheel, a follow focus wheel and a storage medium are provided. The control method may include: acquiring angular position information of a rotor of a motor of the follow focus wheel and electrical parameters of a coil of the motor; completing an output torque control and a target closed-loop control of the motor based upon the angular position information and the electrical parameters; and determining an operation sensation to be simulated, and controlling the motor to run based on a motor control strategy corresponding to the operation sensation to be simulated so as to provide corresponding operation sensation feedback.
G02B 7/04 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
H02P 6/08 - Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor
A load-stabilizing apparatus includes a load-connecting member configured to carry a load, a connecting assembly connected to the load-connecting member, and a stabilizing motor drivingly connected to the connecting assembly and configured to drive the connecting assembly to move, such that the connecting assembly drives the load-connecting member to move translationally.
A quick release assembly and gimbal system are disclosed. The gimbal system includes a handheld gimbal and an apparatus for mounting an electronic structure on the handheld gimbal. The handheld gimbal includes a handheld structure, a gimbal body operably coupled with the handheld structure, and a connector assembly operably coupled with the gimbal body. The connector assembly includes a first set of attraction structures. The apparatus includes a mounting structure attachable to the electronic structure. The mounting structure includes a second set attraction structures. The first set of attraction structures are configured to attach to the second set of magnets, the first set of attraction structures and the second set of attraction structures configured to cause at least one of the connector assembly or the mounting structure to rotate in a direction such that the mounting structure is coupled to the connector assembly.
A method of determining a flight path for an aerial vehicle, includes controlling the aerial vehicle to fly along a first route, identifying, during the flight along the first route and with aid of one or more processors, a change in a state of signal transmission occurring at a first location, in response to identifying the change, determining, by the one or more processors, a second location different from the first location, determining a second route to the second location, and controlling, by the one or more processors, the aerial vehicle to fly to and land at the second location. The change of the state of signal transmission indicates an abnormal state in a signal transmission between the aerial vehicle and a control device.
A method includes: determining a target object in a photographed image to track the target object; determining, based on shooting information of a photographing device carried by a movable object, a location of the target object to continuously record the location of the target object; and in response to a disappearance of the target object in the photographed image, controlling, according to the recorded location of the target object prior to the disappearance of the target object, an attitude of the photographing device such that the photographing device continues to photograph in a direction from the photographing device to the location of the target object.
A task processing method includes obtaining a task data loading request; and searching for target task data in a task database according to the task data loading request, where the task database stores task data corresponding to one or more tasks, and the target task data includes a coordinate of a waypoint of a target route of a target task. The method further includes controlling a movable object to reproduce the target task corresponding to the target task data. Controlling the movable object to reproduce the target task includes controlling the movable object to move according to the target route corresponding to the target task data.
G01C 23/00 - Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
The present disclosure provides an audio processing method for an electronic device, the electronic device includes a main microphone, an auxiliary microphone, and a sound pickup protection structure performing at least one of: weakening an air current entering the sound pickup cavity of the auxiliary microphone from an external environment, or blocking a nongaseous substance from entering the sound pickup cavity of the auxiliary microphone. The audio processing method includes: obtaining a main audio signal collected by the main microphone and an auxiliary audio signal collected by the auxiliary microphone, and synthesizing a target audio signal from the main audio signal and the auxiliary audio signal. The audio processing method improves the quality of audio collected by the electronic device.
A video encoding method includes encoding images of an image sequence to generate a bitstream of the image sequence. Different identifiers are used for two chrominance components of one image in a syntax element of an image level in the bitstream to indicate whether the corresponding chrominance components are filtered by adaptive loop filtering (ALF).
H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
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ANTENNA, ANTENNA ASSEMBLY, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
An antenna, an antenna assembly and a wireless communication device are provided. The antenna includes an antenna substrate; and at least one radiation unit disposed on the antenna substrate, each of the at least one radiation unit including: a first radiation branch, and a second radiation branch, where one of the first radiation branch or the second radiation branch is connected to a feeding point, the other of the first radiation branch or the second radiation branch is connected to a ground point, an end part of the first radiation branch bends toward the second radiation branch, and an end part of the second radiation branch is extend in a direction away from the first radiation branch.
H01Q 1/50 - Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors
H01Q 1/24 - Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
H01Q 1/36 - Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella
H01Q 5/47 - Imbricated or interleaved structures; Combined or electromagnetically coupled arrangements, e.g. comprising two or more non-connected fed radiating elements using two or more feeds in association with a common reflecting, diffracting or refracting device with a coaxial arrangement of the feeds
A method for tracking includes obtaining an infrared image and a visible image from an imaging device supported by a carrier of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), combining the infrared image and the visible image to obtain a combined image, identifying a target in the combined image, and controlling at least one of the UAV, the carrier, or the imaging device to track the identified target. Combing the infrared image and the visible image includes matching the infrared image and the visible image based on matching results of different matching methods.
An audio processing method includes: obtaining relative attitude information between a lens and a plurality of microphones, where the lens is movable relative to at least one of the plurality of microphones; obtaining original audio signals acquired by the plurality of microphones; determining weight information corresponding to the original audio signals based on the relative attitude information; and synthesizing the original audio signals based on the weight information to obtain a target audio signal, where the target audio signal is played with images captured by the lens. The method disclosed in this application resolves a problem that a sound source orientation indicated by recorded audio does not match the images captured by the lens.
A shutter and a photographing apparatus are provided. The shutter includes: a shutter base including an exposure opening; a shutter mechanism including a blade assembly and a synchronizer ring for driving the blade assembly, the synchronizer ring being movable between a first position and a second position, and the exposure opening being open when the synchronizer ring is in the first position and closed when the synchronizer ring is in the second position; and a braking member for decelerating the shutter mechanism. In the shutter and the photographing apparatus according to the present disclosure, the shutter mechanism may be buffered when the blade assembly closes the exposure opening of a camera, so as to prevent the shutter mechanism from being damaged.
A propulsion assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes a motor, a propeller seat configured to be driven by the motor and to receive a propeller, and a sensor configured to collect sensing data useful for determining a type of the propeller disposed on the propeller seat and controlling the motor based on the type of the propeller.
B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
B64D 45/00 - Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) associated with flight response measures. The flight response measure may be generated by assessing one or more flight-restriction strips, assessing at least one of a location or a movement characteristic of the UAV relative to the one or more flight-restriction strips, and directing, with aid of one or more processors, the UAV to take one or more flight response measures based on at least one of the location or movement characteristic of the UAV relative to the one or more flight-restriction strips.
A system for collecting information regarding a flight restriction region includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to individually or collectively receive an input specifying a location of the flight restriction region from a user via a user input device, obtain information associated with the flight restriction region from one or more external data sources based on the location, and determine a space of the flight restriction region based on the information associated with the flight restriction region.
A method for providing location access management includes receiving a request for access data with respect to one or more regions based on location data associated with a movable object, determining that an access level associated with a restricted region of the one or more regions is restricted, displaying a message based on the access level associated with the restricted region on a user interface of a client device, receiving a request to unlock the restricted region, unlocking the restricted region, updating a data structure corresponding to a region identifier and representing the restricted region, to indicate that the restricted region is unlocked, and sending the updated data structure to update the access data for the movable object. The access data includes one or more data structures representing the one or more regions. The request includes the region identifier associated with the restricted region.
A display control method for easily and intuitively recognizing a height of a flight path of a flight object is provided. The display control method is used to control the display of the flight path of the flight object and includes the following steps: obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) map including longitude and latitude information; obtaining the flight path of the flight object in three-dimensional (3D) space; and determining a display mode of the flight path superimposed and displayed on the 2D map based on a height of the flight path.
A laser distance measuring device, a laser distance measuring method, and a movable platform are provided. The laser distance measuring device includes a transmitting module and a receiving module. The transmitting module includes a transmitting circuit and an optical transmitting system, the transmitting circuit is configured to transmit laser pulses, and the optical transmitting system is configured to disperse the laser pulse, to make the laser pulses cover a designated field-of-view area. The receiving module includes a receiving circuit and an optical receiving system, the receiving circuit includes an APD array operating in a linear mode and is configured to receive at least some of returning laser pulses upon the laser pulses being reflected back by a measured object, and convert the at least some of the returning laser pulses into an electrical signal.
A propulsion system of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a first and a second propulsion devices each including a rotor mount assembly including a base and a lock structure arranged at the base. The lock structure includes a protrusion protruding from the base. An angle between an extension direction of the protrusion and a rotation plane of the rotor mount assembly has an absolute value larger than 0° and smaller than 90°. Each of the first and second propulsion devices further includes a rotor blade assembly configured to be locked to the corresponding rotor mount assembly by the corresponding lock structure. The rotor mount assembly of the first propulsion device is configured to not allow the rotor blade assembly of the second propulsion device to be assembled to the rotor mount assembly of the first propulsion device.
A control method and device of a movable platform, a movable platform, and a storage medium are provided. The control method may include acquiring a control amount for controlling the movable platform; converting the control amount into control instruction of the movable platform based upon a position of the movable platform and a position of a target object photographed by the movable platform; and controlling the movable platform to move relative to the target object according to the control instruction.
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a central body, a plurality of arms extendable from the central body, and one or more joints. Each of the plurality of arms is configured to support one or more propulsion units, and is configured to transform between (1) a flight configuration in which the arm is extending away from the central body and (2) a compact configuration in which the arm is folded against the central body. Each joint is configured to couple one arm to the central body. At least one of the one or more joints includes an elastic element configured to cause at least one of the plurality of arms to automatically retract when the at least one of the plurality of arms is reversibly folded to a first predetermined state, and automatically extend when the at least one of the plurality of arms is reversibly extended to a second predetermined state.
A method for controlling operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes receiving one or more commands selected by a user via a remote controller of the UAV, and in response to a received landing command: identifying the vehicle from a plurality of vehicles for landing, navigating the UAV to travel in a substantially same direction as the vehicle, and controlling the UAV to land on the vehicle when the UAV approaches the vehicle. The one or more commands includes at least the landing command to land the UAV on a vehicle while the vehicle is in operation.
An inertial measurement unit (IMU) device includes a circuit board assembly including a rigid circuit board and a flexible circuit board, an IMU sensor disposed on the rigid circuit board, and a heat preservation system. The IMU sensor is electrically connected to an external element through the flexible circuit board to transmit at least one of a signal or power between the IMU sensor and the external element. The heat preservation system includes a heat source, a heat preservation body with a receiving space to accommodate the IMU sensor, and a heat conductive member configured to transfer heat from the heat source to the IMU sensor to maintain the IMU sensor at a preset temperature. The heat conductive member includes an electrically insulating and thermally conductive silicone.
G01P 1/00 - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT - Details of instruments
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
G01C 21/12 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
An image motion compensation method includes obtaining a first initial MV and a second initial MV of a current image block. The method further includes: if at least one of reference images pointed to by the first and second initial MVs is a long-term reference image, skipping scaling of the first and second initial MVs and performing motion compensation on the current image block based on the first and second initial MVs; and/or, if both the reference images pointed to by the first and second initial MVs are short-term reference images, determining scaling factors of the first and second initial MVs, scaling the first and second initial MVs based on the scaling factors, and performing motion compensation on the current image block based on the first and second initial MVs after being scaled.
H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
An in-loop filtering method includes determining a target filter for a chrominance component of a current block of an image from a plurality of cross-component ALF filters, determining target filter coefficients for the chrominance component according to the chrominance component after ALF and a luminance component of the current block without ALF, filtering the chrominance component after ALF according to the target filter and the target filter coefficients, determining a filtered chrominance component of the current block according to the chrominance component after being filtered with the target filter coefficients and the chrominance component after the ALF, encoding according to the filtered chrominance component of the current block, and encoding a total number of the plurality of cross-component ALF filters as a syntax element. A stream of the image includes only one syntax element for indicating the total number of the plurality of cross-component ALF filters.
H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
A detection apparatus is configured to be mounted to a device body of a movable device via a driving member and includes an emission component. The emission component includes an emitter configured to emit a signal, a reflector disposed in proximity to the emitter and configured to reflect the signal emitted by the emitter, and a driver connected to the reflector and configured to drive the reflector to rotate to emit the signal to different directions. Based on a direction range in which an obstacle is located, the driving member is selected to drive the detection apparatus to rotate; or the driver of the emission component is selected to drive the reflector to rotate.
A method for regulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes receiving a UAV identifier and one or more types of contextual information broadcasted by the UAV. The UAV identifier uniquely identifies the UAV from other UAVs. The one or more types of contextual information includes at least geographical information of the UAV. The method further includes authenticating, via an authentication device, an identity of the UAV based on the UAV identifier to determine whether the UAV is authorized for operation, and transmitting a signal to a remote device in response to determining whether the UAV is authorized for operation.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
H04L 67/00 - Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications