Abstract: A method for automatically powering off a movable object includes during landing of the movable object, collecting, through an image sensor onboard the movable object, image information of a landing plane for the movable object, and in response to an operating state of the movable object being a landed state, controlling to shut down a propulsion output of the movable object.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a position sensor configured to obtain a present position of the aerial vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate, based on the present position and a preset position specified by a user, safety energy information of the aerial vehicle, and control, based on the safety energy information, the aerial vehicle to perform a safety protection command.

Abstract: A method for supporting aerial operation includes obtaining a real-time location of an aircraft, obtaining a location of a supply station, obtaining a location of a next waypoint, and controlling the aircraft based on a status parameter related to a flight status of the aircraft associated with the real-time location of the aircraft. Controlling the aircraft includes controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a first preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the next waypoint; and controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a second preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the supply station.

Abstract: A method for automatically powering off a movable object includes in response to an operating state of the movable object being a landed state and a triggering condition being satisfied, controlling to shut down a propulsion output of the movable object such that the movable object completes automatic power off after landing, the triggering condition including determining that the propulsion output is currently enabled and an automatic take-off operation is not currently performed.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A thermal regulation system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU), one or more temperature adjusting devices in thermal communication with the IMU, and configured to adjust a temperature of the IMU from an initial temperature to a predetermined temperature, a filler provided in a space between the IMU and at least one temperature adjusting device of the one or more temperature adjusting devices, and a shared substrate configured to bear a weight of the IMU and the one or more temperature adjusting devices. The shared substrate includes a metallic board.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method for automatically powering off a movable object includes in response to an operating state of the movable object being a landed state and a triggering condition being satisfied, controlling to shut down a propulsion output of the movable object such that the movable object completes automatic power off after landing, the triggering condition including determining that the propulsion output is currently enabled and an automatic take-off operation is not currently performed.

Abstract: A method for supporting aerial operation includes obtaining a real-time location of an aircraft, obtaining a location of a supply station, obtaining a location of a next waypoint, and controlling the aircraft based on a status parameter related to a flight status of the aircraft associated with the real-time location of the aircraft. Controlling the aircraft includes controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a first preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the next waypoint; and controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a second preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the supply station.

Abstract: An electric unmanned aerial vehicle includes a position sensor configured to obtain first coordinate information of a present position of the electric unmanned aerial vehicle in real-time, a memory configured to store second coordinate information of a preset position of the electric unmanned aerial vehicle, and a controller in communication with the position sensor and the memory. The controller is configured to calculate, based on the first coordinate information and the second coordinate information, safety electricity amount information of the electric unmanned aerial vehicle; select, based on the safety electricity amount information and a present remaining electricity amount of the electric unmanned aerial vehicle, a safety protection command from a plurality of safety protection commands; and control the electric unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the selected safety protection command.

Abstract: A method for automatically powering off an aerial vehicle includes determining an operating state of the aerial vehicle, and in response to a determination result that the operating state of the aerial vehicle is a landed state, triggering to shut down a propulsion output of the aerial vehicle such that the aerial vehicle completes automatic power off after landing, including, in response to the determination result that the operating state of the aerial vehicle is the landed state, determining whether the propulsion output of the aerial vehicle is currently enabled and determining whether an automatic take-off operation indicated by an automatic take-off instruction is currently being performed, and, in response to the propulsion output being currently enabled and the automatic take-off operation not currently being performed, triggering to shut down the propulsion output of the aerial vehicle.

Abstract: A thermal regulation system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU), one or more temperature adjusting devices in thermal communication with the IMU, and configured to adjust a temperature of the IMU from an initial temperature to a predetermined temperature, a filler provided in a space between the IMU and at least one temperature adjusting device of the one or more temperature adjusting devices, and a shared substrate configured to bear a weight of the IMU and the one or more temperature adjusting devices. The shared substrate includes a metallic board.

Abstract: A thermal regulation system includes a sensor, one or more temperature adjusting devices, and a filler provided in a space between the sensor and at least one of the one or more temperature adjusting devices. The one or more temperature adjusting devices are (1) in thermal communication with the sensor, and (2) configured to adjust a temperature of the sensor from an initial temperature to a predetermined temperature at a rate of temperature change that meets or exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the surface; converting the 3D representation of the surface to a two-dimensional (2D) representation of the surface; obtaining a 2D flight path of the aircraft based on the 2D representation of the surface; converting the 2D flight path to a 3D flight path including location coordinates; and controlling the aircraft to conduct a flight mission following the 3D flight path.

Abstract: A method for operating a mobile platform includes detecting a malfunction in a first sensor communicating with a sensor controller associated with the mobile platform, and, in response to detecting the malfunction in the first sensor, eliminating the first sensor from a sensor data source for controlling the mobile platform, enabling a second sensor to be in the sensor data source, continuing to receive and evaluate data from the first sensor, and, in response to not detecting an anomaly in the data from the first sensor, restoring the first sensor back into the sensor data source.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a heading generation method of an unmanned aerial vehicle including the following steps of: making a preliminary flight for selecting a point of view to record flight waypoints, the waypoints including positioning data and flight altitude information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; receiving and recording flight waypoints of the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating a flight trajectory according to waypoints of the preliminary flight; editing the flight trajectory to obtain a new flight trajectory; and transmitting the edited new flight trajectory to the unmanned aerial vehicle to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the new flight trajectory. The present invention further relates to a heading generation system of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating a mobile platform includes detecting a malfunction in a first sensor communicating with a sensor controller associated with the mobile platform, and, in response to detecting the malfunction in the first sensor, eliminating the first sensor from a sensor data source for controlling the mobile platform, enabling a second sensor to be in the sensor data source, continuing to receive and evaluate data from the first sensor, and, in response to not detecting an anomaly in the data from the first sensor, restoring the first sensor back into the sensor data source.

Abstract: A method for operating a mobile platform includes selecting a first sensor associated with a higher weight as a selected sensor among at least two sensors, the weight is among a plurality of weights assigned to the sensors associated with a statistical weight function; detecting a malfunction in the first sensor communicating with a sensor controller associated with the mobile platform, and switching to a second sensor associated with a lower weight as the selected sensor to communicate with the sensor controller based upon the detecting.

Abstract: A flight planning method includes selecting a plurality of target feature points on an inclined ground object, determining an inclination angle of the inclined ground object with respect to a horizontal plane based on position information of the plurality of target feature points, and determining a control parameter of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying with respect to the inclined ground object according to the inclination angle. The control parameter is used to determine a flight route of the UAV.

Abstract: A method, an electronic device, and a system for controlling cooperative operations of unmanned aerial vehicles are disclosed. The method includes: determining a plurality of sub-area blocks in a target area block, where a corresponding to-be-performed task is set for each sub-area block; for the sub-area block, determining, from a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles that participate in task execution of the target area block, a target unmanned aerial vehicle for performing the to-be-performed task corresponding to the sub-area block; and when location information of the target unmanned aerial vehicle meets an operating condition, sending the to-be-performed task corresponding to the sub-area block to the target unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the target unmanned aerial vehicle performs the to-be-performed task.