Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.

Abstract: System and method for controlling an aerial system, without physical interaction with a separate remote device, based on sensed user expressions. User expressions may include thought, voice, facial expressions, and/gestures. User expressions may be sensed by sensors associated with the aerial device or a remote device.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle including a housing, an outrunner motor including a stator mechanically coupled to the housing and a rotor rotationally coupled to the stator, and a propeller removably coupled to the rotor, the propeller including a hub and a plurality of propeller blades. A rotor, a propeller including a hub and a propeller blade, a radial alignment mechanism, a rotational retention mechanism, and an axial retention mechanism.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to follow face rotation are provided. The UAV is provided with a camera, the method includes: detecting a face in an image based on the Viola-Jones face detection framework; tracking the face and determining two-dimensional position of the facial feature on the face in pixel coordinates; obtaining three-dimensional position of the facial feature in world coordinates by looking up a standard three-dimensional face database; obtaining the three-dimensional position, in camera-centered coordinates, of the face on the UAV based on the two-dimensional position of the facial feature in the pixel coordinates and the three-dimensional position of the facial feature in world coordinates; and controlling, based on the three-dimensional position, in camera-centered coordinates, of the face on the UAV, the UAV to adjust its position to make the camera is aligned to the face.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle including a set of rotors, a processor configured to configured to control the set of rotors for aerial vehicle flight, and a housing defining a plurality of cooling channels, wherein, for each rotor of the set, a projection of the processor and the cooling channels onto the respective rotor plane does not intersect the swept area of the rotor, and a distance from the rotor axis of a first rotor of the set to a cooling channel is less than 75% of a rotor diameter of the first rotor. A method for aerial vehicle operation, including providing an aerial vehicle including a rotor, a processor, and a housing, flying the aerial vehicle, and, while flying the aerial vehicle, actively cooling the processor, including, at the rotor, forcing airflow toward the processor.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system, including: receiving a video, selecting a region of the video, controlling a touch-sensitive display to display the region of the video, receiving a drag input from the touch-sensitive display, receiving a second video, selecting a second region of the second video based on the drag input, controlling the touch-sensitive display to display the second region of the second video, and moving the aerial system based on the drag input.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.

Abstract: A method and a device for retrieving an unmanned aerial vehicle by a hand and an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes: detecting a state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle in real time; determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is disturbed by a hand according to the state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and controlling a rotor wing of the unmanned aerial vehicle to stop rotation if it is determined that the unmanned aerial vehicle is disturbed by the hand. The unmanned aerial vehicle is retrieved directly by the hand without using a remote control device.

Abstract: A method and a device for flying an unmanned aerial vehicle in a handheld manner and an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes: judging whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is triggered to enter a flight standby state; determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a handheld flat-laying state for a predetermined time period when it enters the flight standby state; and comparing a state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle with the state parameter thereof at a previous time instant to judge whether it is released when it is in the handheld flat-laying state, and controlling its rotor wing to rotate for flight when the unmanned aerial vehicle is released. The method is easy to implement, the elimination of the remote control results in a cost saving and the user does not need to operate the remote control.

Abstract: A method and a device for flying and retrieving an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes: detecting a state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle in real time; judging, based on the state parameter, whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be flown or to be retrieved in the handheld way; and controlling a rotor wing to rotate to take off, in a case of determining that the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be flown in the handheld way; or controlling the rotor wing to stop rotating, in a case of determining that the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be retrieved in the handheld way. With the method according to the present disclosure, a user can fly and retrieve the unmanned aerial vehicle without using a remote control device and the unmanned aerial vehicle becomes free from the control of other devices.

Abstract: A fully protected drone includes a drone body and a rotary wing connected to the drone body, and further includes a protection housing connected to the drone body. The protection housing is a meshed closed housing and has a hollow cavity. The rotary wing is mounted in the hollow cavity. According to the present application, the rotary wing is mounted in the hollow cavity of the protection housing, the rotary wing will not contact the human body, thus an operator can fly or retrieve the drone by hand, which improves the operation convenience of the rotary wing, and improves the operation security to a large extent. The protection housing is configured as a meshed closed housing. The rotary wing is mounted in the protection housing connected to the drone body, thereby reducing the overall height of the drone and improving the portability of the drone.

Abstract: A foldable drone is provided to improve the portability of the drone, which includes a drone body and a rotary wing part connected to the drone body. The rotary wing part includes a first rotary wing module and a second rotary wing module with each having at least one rotary wing, and the first rotary wing module and the second rotary wing module are respectively articulated to two sides of the drone body, to allow the first rotary wing module and the second rotary wing module to rotate about their respective articulating shafts, so as to be folded or unfolded.