Abstract: A method includes receiving selection of a target within an image captured by an image sensor of a payload and displayed on a user interface of the payload, detecting a deviation of the target from an expected target state within the image, generating, based at least partly on the deviation, a payload control signal including a first angular velocity for rotating the payload about an axis of the carrier to reduce the deviation about the axis in a subsequent image, and generating a base support control signal including a second angular velocity for rotating the payload with respect to the axis. When the first and second angular velocities are received, the carrier is controlled to rotate the payload at a third angular velocity about the axis. The third angular velocity is the first angular velocity, the second angular velocity, or a combination of both.

Abstract: A method includes receiving selection of a target within an image captured by an image sensor of a payload and displayed on a user interface of the payload, detecting a deviation of the target from an expected target state within the image, generating, based at least partly on the deviation, a payload control signal including a first angular velocity for rotating the payload about an axis of the carrier to reduce the deviation about the axis in a subsequent image, and generating a base support control signal including a second angular velocity for rotating the payload with respect to the axis. When the first and second angular velocities are received, the carrier is controlled to rotate the payload at a third angular velocity about the axis. The third angular velocity is the first angular velocity, the second angular velocity, or a combination of both.

Abstract: A method includes one or more processors of a payload releasably coupled to a carrier detecting a deviation of a target from an expected target position within an image captured by an image sensor of the payload, and generating one or more control signals for the carrier based at least in part on the detected deviation of the target. The one or more control signals cause the carrier to change a pose of the payload so as to reduce the detected deviation in a subsequent image captured by the image sensor.

Abstract: A method for image processing includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a mobile device obtaining source image data generated by an image sensor of the mobile device and having a source image size and a source color format, the GPU resampling the source image data to generate resampled image data having a target image size suitable to be processed by a central processing unit (CPU) of the mobile device to conduct a target process, and the GPU or the CPU reformatting the resampled image data to generate target image data having a target color format suitable to be processed by the CPU to conduct the target process. The reformatting includes removing at least one color channel for one or more pixels of the resampled image data.

Abstract: A method for image processing includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a mobile device obtaining a first set of image data having a first pixel size and a first color format. The first set of image data is generated by an image sensor of the mobile device. The method further includes the GPU resampling the first set of image data to generate a second set of image data having a second pixel size, and reformatting the second set of image data to generate a third set of image data having a second color format. The third set of image data is used for tracking an object by the mobile device.

Abstract: A method for image processing includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a mobile device obtaining a first set of image data having a first pixel size and a first color format. The first set of image data is generated by an image sensor of the mobile device. The method further includes the GPU resampling the first set of image data to generate a second set of image data having a second pixel size, and reformatting the second set of image data to generate a third set of image data having a second color format. The third set of image data is used for tracking an object by the mobile device.

Abstract: A method includes one or more processors of a payload releasably coupled to a carrier detecting a deviation of a target from an expected target position within an image captured by an image sensor of the payload, and generating one or more control signals for the carrier based at least in part on the detected deviation of the target. The one or more control signals cause the carrier to change a pose of the payload so as to reduce the detected deviation in a subsequent image captured by the image sensor.