Patents Assigned to SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 12215818Abstract: The present disclosure provides a handheld gimbal control method and a handheld gimbal. The method includes: acquiring an input signal (S301); and performing a first control operation triggered by a first trigger signal in response to the input signal being a predetermined first trigger signal, where the first control operation is used to control the yaw axis motor disposed on the handheld gimbal to start and continue to work so as to enable the imaging device carried by the handheld gimbal to start and continue a rolling rotation (S302). The control method relieves a user from pressing the control button on the handle at all times, thereby improving the flexibility of user operation and user experience.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tie Su, Wenlin Xie
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Patent number: 12216479Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mingyu Wang
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Patent number: 12217500Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.Inventors: Zhenyu Zhu, Honghui Zhang, You Zhou
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Patent number: 12210343Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a position sensor configured to obtain a present position of the aerial vehicle, a memory configured to store a preset position of the aerial vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate, based on the present position and the preset position, safety energy information of the aerial vehicle; and control, based on the safety energy information and a present remaining energy amount of the aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle to perform a safety protection command.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Renli Shi, Jianyu Song, Xi Chen
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Patent number: 12204032Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating representation data of mapping data in a movable object environment. A method of generating representation data of three-dimensional mapping data may include: receiving three-dimensional mapping data captured by a sensor; generating representation data by projecting the three-dimensional mapping data onto a two-dimensional plane based on a selected perspective of view; and associating the representation data with the three-dimensional mapping data.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenyu Yang, Weifeng Liu
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Patent number: 12202633Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhiwei Cai, Yawen Zhang
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Patent number: 12196855Abstract: The present disclosure provides a distance detection device. The distance detection device includes a light source configured to emit pulse light beams sequentially; and a scanning module including a first optical module, a second optical module, and drivers. The first optical module and the second optical module are sequentially positioned on an optical path of the light beams emitted by the light source, the drivers drive the first optical module and the second optical module to move to sequentially project the light beams emitted by the light source to different directions and form a strip-shaped scanning range after being emitted from the scanning module.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Huai Huang, Jin Zhao, Xiaoping Hong
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Patent number: 12198561Abstract: A movable object includes one or more processors individually or collectively configured to assess a location of the movable object, calculate a distance between the movable object and a restricted region using the location of the movable object, assess whether the distance falls within a first distance threshold, and instruct the movable object to take a movement response measure selected from (1) a first movement response measure when the distance falls within the first distance threshold, and (2) a second movement response measure different from the first movement response measure when the distance falls outside the first distance threshold. The first movement response measure is related to a current movement status of the movable object.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingyu Wang, Tao Wang, Jianyu Song
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Patent number: 12197105Abstract: A handheld follow-focus device may include a single handheld structure including a mounting part at a first side of the handheld structure, including an operation port and a control panel, and a handheld part at a second side of the handheld structure; a connecting part configured to connect to a photographing device; and a follow-focus wheel in the mounting part and partially extending out of the operation port to adjust, through rotation, a focus of the photographing device, where a position of the follow-focus wheel and a position of the control panel is arranged to allow a user to operate on the control panel while performing a focusing operation to the follow-focus wheel with a single hand. The device has a simple and compact structure, and can be miniaturized. It meets the requirement of performing a focusing operation with a single hand.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiongwei Wu, Zhenhua Xu, Jian Yang, Shimeng Bei
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Patent number: 12198390Abstract: A three-dimensional data point encoding method, decoding method, and encoding device. The encoding method includes: determining maximum values of side lengths of a cuboid of three-dimensional data points to be encoded in three directions according to position coordinates of the three-dimensional data points to be encoded; performing at least one octree partition process on the cuboid, to obtain a plurality of first-type sub-blocks; performing at least one quadtree partition process or binary tree partition process on at least one first-type sub-block of the plurality of first-type sub-blocks; and encoding the three-dimensional data points to be encoded according to partition results of the cuboid.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Pu Li, Fu Zhang, Xiaozhen Zheng
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Publication number: 20250013248Abstract: A control method is provided, including: obtaining a current altitude of an aircraft, and determining a preset horizontal deviation threshold corresponding to the current altitude; obtaining a current horizontal deviation, wherein the current horizontal deviation is a horizontal deviation between a landing position and a current position of the aircraft; and determining a landing strategy of the aircraft based at least in part on a comparison between the current horizontal deviation and the preset horizontal deviation threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junxun ZHONG, Chenxi PENG, Kai WANG, Weihang CHEN
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Patent number: 12190740Abstract: A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes determining whether the UAV is within a first flight restriction zone or a second flight restriction zone and effecting a restriction on the UAV in accordance with a result of the determination, including prohibiting the UAV from flying in response to determining that the UAV is within the first flight restriction zone, or controlling the UAV to fly below a flight ceiling in response to determining that the UAV is within the second flight restriction zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Yu, Canlong Lin, Xi Chen, Mingyu Wang, Tao Wang, Jianyu Song
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Patent number: 12181879Abstract: A method for controlling target tracking includes determining whether a tracking mode of a movable object is a manual tracking mode or an automatic tracking mode; when it is determined that the tracking mode is the manual tracking mode, determining a target for the movable object from one or more images based on a user input; when it is determined that the tracking mode is the automatic tracking mode, having the movable object determine the target automatically; and directing the movable object to track a target object using the target.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cong Zhao, Minjian Pang, Rui Li, You Zhou, Zhe Liu, Guyue Zhou
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Publication number: 20240427347Abstract: A UAV control method, a device, a UAV, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a UAV's take-off position; obtaining a height map of an area around the take-off position; determining height information of a highest target in the area around the take-off position based on the height map; determining a relative height between the highest target and the take-off position based on the height information of the highest target; determining a restricted flight altitude of the UAV relative to the take-off position based on the relative height, and controlling the UAV based on the restricted flight altitude; where the restricted flight altitude is greater than or equal to the relative height. It thus can ensure flight safety while offering more reasonable and user-friendly flight flexibility and freedom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie QIAN, Hualiang QIU, Zhenzhou LAI
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Patent number: 12177556Abstract: A photographing control method includes receiving a photographing parameter for a trajectory point from a control terminal, obtaining mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, establishing a correspondence relationship between the photographing parameter for the trajectory point and the mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, and, in response to detecting that a current operation attitude of a mobile platform matches the mobile-platform attitude data for the trajectory point, controlling a photographing device of the mobile platform to perform photographing according to the photographing parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Hao, Tie Su
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Patent number: 12163803Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Peng, Jiaxiang Fang, Weifeng Liu
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Patent number: 12162593Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a fuselage frame and a propulsion system coupled to the fuselage frame. The propulsion system includes a first propulsion device and a second propulsion device. The first propulsion device includes a first rotor blade assembly and a first rotor mount assembly, and the second propulsion device includes a second rotor blade assembly and a second rotor mount assembly. The first rotor mount assembly is configured to not allow the second rotor blade assembly to be assembled to the first rotor mount assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Chen, Jianda Qiu, Qi Li
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Publication number: 20240406542Abstract: The present disclosure provides an action camera, a selfie control method and apparatus, a movable platform, and a storage medium. The action camera includes: a camera body; a lens assembly, disposed on one side of the camera body; a first display apparatus, disposed on the same side as the lens assembly of the camera body, where the first display apparatus is configured to display an image obtained by the lens assembly; and a second display apparatus, disposed on another side of the camera body and opposite to the first display apparatus, where the second display apparatus is configured to obtain a touch operation, and generate a control command based on the touch operation to control, according to the control command, displaying performed by the first display apparatus. The action camera controls a front screen through “back-touch” by using a “rear screen”.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ge ZHANG
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Patent number: 12155856Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma
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Patent number: 12148307Abstract: A computation load distribution method includes determining a processing task associated with a mobile vehicle, and determining one or more processing resources for performing the processing task based at least partially on characteristics of the processing task. Determining the one or more processing resources includes determining whether to perform the processing task locally at the mobile vehicle and/or remotely at a remote terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie Qian, Lei Zhu