Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a vehicle body and a flight control circuit. The vehicle body includes a housing and a fan. The housing includes two vents arranged at two ends of the housing and in communication with an internal space of the housing. The two vents and the internal space form a heat dissipation air passage. The fan is arranged at one of the two vents, and is configure to drive external air into the heat dissipation air passage and expel internal air from the heat dissipation air passage. The flight control circuit is arranged inside the housing and is configured to control flight parameters of the UAV. The heat dissipation air passage is configured to dissipate heat generated by the flight control circuit.

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.

Abstract: A system for landing a mobile platform, such as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”) and methods for making and using the same. The system can land the UAV by applying a magnetic levitation force upon the UAV and adjusting the applied magnetic levitation force. The system can initiate a landing process to a designated docking station and can guide the UAV to an adjacency of the designated docking station. Once the UAV has entered the adjacency, the magnetic levitation forces can take control of the landing process. During the landing process, certain magnetic sensitive devices installed on the UAV and/or on the designated docking station can be protected by turning them off or by shielding them. The system overcomes disadvantages of currently-available landing systems by restricting a size and weight of the landing arrangements, as well as, avoiding potential damage to the UAV and the designated docking station.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: a fuselage and a battery module. The fuselage has a bottom facing a ground level. The battery module includes a battery. The battery has a top portion facing the bottom of the fuselage. The top portion of the battery is disposed below the bottom of the fuselage.

Abstract: A method includes showing a plurality of regions on a display each associated with a respective gimbal of a plurality of gimbals carried by a movable object and configured to depict data captured by a payload carried by the respective gimbal. The plurality of regions include a first region and a second region, and the plurality of gimbals include a first gimbal associated with the first region and a second gimbal associated with the second region. The method further includes, in response to a user interaction with the first region, controlling operation of the first gimbal and not operation of the second gimbal based on the user interaction with the first region when the movable object is operating in an independent mode, and simultaneously controlling the operation of the first gimbal and at least the operation of the second gimbal in a synchronized manner based on the user interaction with the first region when the movable object is operating in a simultaneous mode.

Abstract: A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) battery changing station includes a UAV landing area configured to support a UAV coupled to a first battery when the UAV is resting on the battery changing station, a movable battery storage unit including a holding station configured to store a second battery, and a battery replacement member configured to retrieve the second battery from the holding station and couple the second battery to the UAV. The movable battery storage unit is configured to permit the holding station to rotate about an axis of rotation.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station includes a housing and a UAV fixation system. The housing includes a top-plate configured for a UAV to land on the top-plate. The UAV fixation system is configured to direct the UAV present on the top-plate to a battery-exchange zone of the top-plate.

Abstract: A positioning mechanism comprises a base comprising a landing area and a guide member. The landing area comprises a positioning portion. The guide member is movably arranged at the landing area and comprises a guide surface. The guide member is configured to be movable with respect to the base. A height of the guide member relative to the landing area is configured to be lower when the guide member is in a non-operating state than when the guide member is in an operating state. The guide surface is configured to adjoin the positioning portion when the guide member is in the operating state.

Abstract: A control device includes a display configured to show an image captured by an imaging device supported by a movable object and one or more processors configured to obtain information about a user input indicative of a target shown within the image, and generate data, based on the information about the user input indicative of the target, to effectuate an automatic control of a zoom level of the imaging device and an attitude of the imaging device relative to the target.

Abstract: A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station for automated battery pack exchange and methods for manufacturing and using the same. The UAV base station includes a battery-exchange system disposed within a housing having a top-plate. The housing contains a battery array having a plurality of UAV battery packs and a mechanical mechanism for automatically removing an expended battery pack from a UAV that lands on the top-plate and replacing the expended battery pack with a charged battery pack. Thereby, the UAV base station system advantageously enables extended and autonomous operation of the UAV without the need for user intervention for exchanging UAV battery packs.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for swapping the battery on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV may be able to identify and land on an energy provision station autonomously. The UAV may take off and/or land on the energy provision station. The UAV may communicate with the energy provision station. The energy provision station may store and charge batteries for use on a UAV.

Abstract: A battery replacement device including a first linear motion mechanism, a second linear motion mechanism mounted on the first linear motion mechanism, a third linear motion mechanism mounted on the second linear motion mechanism, and a clamp mechanism mounted on one of the first, second, and third linear motion mechanisms. Each of the first, second, and third linear motion mechanisms includes a carrying member and a driving member configured to drive the carrying member to move translationally in one of a first axis direction, a second axis direction, and a third axis direction that build a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. A coordinate position of the clamp mechanism in the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is adjusted by the first driving member, the second driving member, and the third driving member.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle chassis includes providing the vehicle chassis including a main body and at least one compartment arranged on the vehicle chassis, selectively receiving one or more components in the compartment, and effecting an operational state of a vehicle comprising the vehicle chassis based on a type of at least one of the one or more components that are selectively received in the compartment. The one or more components is selected from a plurality of components of different types.

Abstract: A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a representation of the surface that comprises a plurality of flight sections, and identifying a flight path based on the representation of the surface. The flight path allows an aircraft, when following the flight path, to conduct an operation over the flight sections.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for operating a movable object using a machine readable code. In one embodiment, an image may be obtained by the movable object. The image may include a machine-readable code configured to store a set of operation data for controlling the movable object. The movable object may process the image to retrieve the machine-readable code and the set of operation data. The movable object further may adjust one or more operation parameters of the movable object based on the set of operation data.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body and a plurality of landing gears that are extendable from and movable relative to the central body. The plurality of landing gears are configured to transform between a flight configuration and a surface configuration. In the flight configuration, the landing gears are extending laterally away from the central body and not in contact with a surface below the central body. In the surface configuration, the landing gears are extending towards the surface below the central body. When the landing gears are in the surface configuration, the landing gears are configured to support a weight of the central body on the surface and transport the UAV over the surface by moving one or more of the landing gears relative to the surface.

Abstract: All unmanned aerial vehicle dock includes a base plate, a battery replacement device for replacing a battery of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and a battery compartment mounted on the base plate and configured to receive and charge the battery. The battery replacement device includes a first linear motion mechanism mounted on the base plate, a second linear motion mechanism mounted on the first linear motion mechanism, a third linear motion mechanism mounted on the second linear motion mechanism, and a clamp mechanism mounted on the third linear motion mechanism.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body having a plurality of sides and a plurality of arms extendable from the central body. Each arm of the plurality of arms comprises a plurality of foldable sections. Each arm of the plurality of arms is configured to transform between a flight configuration and a compact configuration. When an arm is in the flight configuration, the plurality of foldable sections of the arm are extended away from the central body. When an arm is in the compact configuration, the plurality of foldable sections of the arm are folded toward a corresponding side of the central body such that the plurality of foldable sections are substantially parallel to one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive touch screen and a bending judgment method therefor, and a display device. The touch screen includes: a substrate; touch sensing electrodes and touch drive electrodes located on the substrate; and a touch chip electrically connected with the touch sensing electrodes and touch drive electrodes, and configured to apply a driving signal to the touch drive electrodes, detect a capacitance value of each touch sensing electrode, and when the capacitance values of a part of the touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other, the number of which is equal to or greater than a preset number, are changed, and a difference in capacitance value between the touch sensing electrodes with changed capacitance values is less than a predetermined value, to determine a bending state of the touch screen based on capacitance value change information of the touch sensing electrodes with changed capacitance values.

Abstract: A touch control substrate, a touch control panel, a display substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided in the application. The touch control substrate includes a touch region and a frame wiring region. A plurality of electrode lines in the frame wiring region are distributed in different layers, and orthogonal projections, on a projection plane, of the plurality of electrode lines distributed in the different layers are overlapped, the projection plane being a plane parallel to the touch control substrate.