Patents Assigned to SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Driving device, propeller, and propulsion system
    Patent number: 11584510
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a propeller, a driving device, and an elastic abutting member sleeve. The propeller includes a blade base, a blade mounted on the blade base, and a first installation foolproof member disposed on the blade base. The driving device includes a main body, a driving shaft rotatable relative to the main body, a locking member disposed on the main body, and a second installation foolproof member disposed on the locking member. The driving device is coupled with the propeller. The elastic abutting member is coupled with the driving shaft and disposed between the main body and the blade base and abuts against the main body and the blade base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Deng, Ruochen Tang, Yueyao Tu
  • Tracking control method, device, and aircraft
    Patent number: 11587355
    Abstract: A tracking control method includes obtaining a tracking parameter of a target object. The tracking control method also includes determining a characteristic part of the target object based on the tracking parameter. The tracking control method further includes tracking the target object based on the characteristic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Lei Pang
  • Methods and systems for movement control of flying devices
    Patent number: 11572196
    Abstract: A method for controlling a movable object is provided. A user input that includes a first parameter corresponding to a first coordinate system is received and an operation mode is determined. In response to determining the operation mode being a first operation mode, a second parameter corresponding to a second coordinate system is generated and the movable object is controlled to move based on the second parameter. In response to determining the operation mode being a second operation mode, the first parameter is translated to a third parameter corresponding to the second coordinate system and the movable object is controlled to move based on the third parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Qian, Cong Zhao, You Zhou, Xuyang Feng, Junfeng Yu
  • Photographing control method, apparatus, and control device
    Patent number: 11575824
    Abstract: A method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: identifying a target object in a photographed image to track the target object; determining, based on a location of the target object in the photographed image, a location of the UAV, and an altitude of a gimbal of the UAV, 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, the altitude of the gimbal such that a photographing device carried by the UAV through the gimbal continues to photograph in a direction from the photographing device to the location of target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Qian, Haonan Li, Cong Zhao
  • DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230032219
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guangyao LIU
  • Camera system and mobile body
    Patent number: 11570335
    Abstract: A camera system includes a body and a camera. The body includes a controller and an image processing circuit. The camera is configured to be detachably connected to the body and includes a sensor. The sensor is configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal and including a plurality of pixels. The controller is configured to determine a type of the camera or the first sensor according to whether one pixel or multiple pixels are used as a unit pixel of the first sensor. The image processing circuit is configured to perform predetermined image processing corresponding to the type of the camera or the first sensor on output electrical signals of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Mita, Yuji Wada, Atsushi Mikoshiba
  • Method, device and system for processing a flight task
    Patent number: 11566915
    Abstract: A flight task processing method includes generating and displaying a user prompt according to flight data of a plurality of flight tasks, selecting one of the flight tasks as a target flight task in response to a selection operation with respect to the user prompt, determining the flight data of the target flight task, processing the flight data of the target flight task to obtain control instruction, and automatically controlling an operation of an aerial vehicle according to the control instruction to reproduce the target flight task by controlling the aerial vehicle to fly to a waypoint included in the flight data, controlling a gimbal of the aerial vehicle to face a gimbal orientation included in the flight data while the aerial vehicle is at the waypoint, and controlling a camera carried by the gimbal to acquire an image while the aerial vehicle is at the waypoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Peng, Jiaxiang Fang, Weifeng Liu
  • LASER DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, LASER DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD, AND MOVABLE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20230022688
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoping HONG, Xiao HUANG, Liangliang MA, Guoguang ZHENG
  • MOVABLE PLATFORM CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, MOVABLE PLATFORM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230018021
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qifeng WU, Jie QIAN, Yaotian CUI
  • Method and system for simulating movable object states
    Patent number: 11556681
    Abstract: A method includes simulating one or more states of a movable object by implementing a movable object model. Each simulated state is associated with simulated state data of the movable object. The method further includes determining one or more sets of simulated sensor data corresponding to the one or more simulated states respectively by implementing a plurality of sensor models, determining environment data of a simulated environment surrounding the movable object by implementing an environment model, providing the one or more sets of simulated sensor data to a movable object controller configured for generating control signals to adjust states of the movable object, and providing the simulated state data and the environment data to a vision simulator configured for visualizing operations of the movable object in the one or more simulated states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaiyong Zhao, Songzhou Yu, Shizhen Zheng, Yuewen Ma
  • Handheld gimbal and shooting control method for handheld gimbal
    Patent number: 11539893
    Abstract: A shooting control method includes determining a handheld gimbal is in a selfie mode, determining a target object, controlling a shooting device of the handheld gimbal to track and shoot the target object according to the target object, determining position information of the target object in a shooting image according to the target object, adjusting a control parameter of the shooting device according to the position information of the target object in the shooting image, to enable the shooting device to shoot the target object in a preset configuration to obtain the shooting image, and displaying the shooting image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tianhang Ma
  • Gimbal handle and gimbal having same
    Patent number: 11537029
    Abstract: A gimbal handle includes an enclosure including an accommodation space, a main control board accommodated in the accommodation space, and an electrical contact member provided at the main control board and electrically connected to the main control board. The electrical contact member penetrates the enclosure to expose to an outside of the enclosure. The electrical contact member is configured to be electrically connected to an adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengjia Guo, Dexi Li, Guisheng Nong, Yin Tang
  • Flying body, living body detection system, living body detection method, program and recording medium
    Patent number: 11531340
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flying body for detecting a living body. The flying body includes a sensor unit, that detects living body information related to the living body; a support component, that supports the sensor unit and is retractable; a gimbal, that rotatably supports the support component; a processing unit, that performs processing related to detection of the living body information; and a camera unit, that captures images. The processing unit makes the camera unit capture an image of an investigation area, controls the flight of the flying body such that the flying body approaches the investigation area, makes the support component extend to an investigation target located in the investigation area, and makes the sensor unit, which is supported by the gimbal supported by the extended support component, detect the living body information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiemin Zhou, Qingyu Lu
  • Rotor-wing assembly and unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11524775
    Abstract: A rotor-wing assembly includes a motor, a propeller, and a connection assembly connecting the propeller to the motor. The motor includes a rotating portion. The connection assembly includes a locking member and a reinforcing member arranged between the propeller and the motor. The locking member locks the propeller to the rotating portion. A first end of the reinforcing member is mounted at the rotating portion. A second end of the reinforcing member opposite to the first end is engaged with the locking member, to reinforce the locking member to lock the propeller to the rotating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Sun, Tao Peng, Xiaokai Guo, Di Ou
  • Methods and system for infrared tracking
    Patent number: 11526998
    Abstract: A computer-implemented 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), obtaining a combined image based on the infrared image and the visible image, identifying a target in the combined image, and generating control signals for tracking the identified target using the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Weng, Wei Zhang, Mingxi Wang
  • Positioning mechanism, UAV dock using same, and UAV replenishment method
    Patent number: 11524796
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism includes a base including a landing area and a guide member movably arranged at the landing area and configured to guide a moving object. The landing area includes a positioning portion. The guide member is configured to be in a non-operating state or an operating state relative to the base. A form of the guide member in the non-operating state is different from the form of the guide member in the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingxi Wang, Hanping Chen, Xiangyu Chen, Yuan Lin
  • Control device, support system, camera system, and control method and program
    Patent number: 11516401
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device. The control device is configured to control a rotation mechanism to rotatably hold a camera device. The control device includes a processor configured to execute a program to: determine a mounting state of a mounting member mounted on a support mechanism supporting the rotation mechanism; determine a rotation range of the camera device coupled to the rotation mechanism based on the mounting state of the mounting member; and control a rotation of the camera device based on the rotation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Tsukamoto, Noriyuki Aramaki
  • Controller
    Patent number: D972658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kim, Haibin Zheng
  • Gimbal
    Patent number: D974452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baichuan He, Yichao Wang
  • Aerial vehicle
    Patent number: D974959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenjie Wang, Yanyao He, Xingchi Cheng, Yadong Wang, Yingtian Tan, Yiwei Chen