Abstract: The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV comprises a body housing control and wireless communication circuitry for the UAV and a rechargeable power source. The UAV has a plurality of propellers surrounding the body and supported so as to be spaced outwardly from and preferably above the body. A gimbal is mounted under a forward portion of the body for supporting a camera. The gimbal may be arranged under the forward portion of the body such that an angle of a forward vertical field of view of the camera is less than an angle of a forward vertical clearance field of view defined with respect to a forward tip of at least one of the propellers. The gimbal may be arranged under the forward portion of the body such that a lens of a camera supported thereon is substantially in line with a front edge of the UAV body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ground station for a UAV comprising a housing for accommodating a system on chip (SOC) circuit including a control processor for executing software to wirelessly control functions of the UAV, a first screen, and a second screen, wherein one or both screens are controlled directly by the SOC control processor. The housing may comprise a clam shell housing comprising a first housing member for accommodating the control processor and a second housing member movable relative to the first housing member between a first closed position overlaying said first housing member and a second open position. The arrangement is such that the first housing member has mounted thereon the first screen and the second housing member has mounted thereon the second screen such that both screens are viewable by a user when the second housing member is in its open position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV comprises a body housing control and wireless communication circuitry for the UAV and a rechargeable power source. The UAV has a plurality of propellers surrounding the body and supported so as to be spaced outwardly from and preferably above the body. A gimbal is mounted under a forward portion of the body for supporting a camera. The gimbal may be arranged under the forward portion of the body such that an angle of a forward vertical field of view of the camera is less than an angle of a forward vertical clearance field of view defined with respect to a forward tip of at least one of the propellers. The gimbal may be arranged under the forward portion of the body such that a lens of a camera supported thereon is substantially in line with a front edge of the UAV body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ground station for a UAV comprising a housing for accommodating a system on chip (SOC) circuit including a control processor for executing software to wirelessly control functions of the UAV, a first screen, and a second screen, wherein one or both screens are controlled directly by the SOC control processor. The housing may comprise a clam shell housing comprising a first housing member for accommodating the control processor and a second housing member movable relative to the first housing member between a first closed position overlaying said first housing member and a second open position. The arrangement is such that the first housing member has mounted thereon the first screen and the second housing member has mounted thereon the second screen such that both screens are viewable by a user when the second housing member is in its open position.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an input method including the steps of: receiving a key event sequence inputted by a keyboard; comparing the key event sequence with prestored data, determining whether the key event sequence is a sequence predefined by the prestored data; if the key event sequence is determined to be the sequence predefined by the prestored data, finding an input command corresponding with the key event sequence according to a mapping relationship and sending the input command to a command processing system. By using the input method, a keyboard using feature value of the key event sequence to map to a corresponding input command, which makes the condition of the keyboard determines whether an input command is triggered no longer depending on the physical location of one key strictly.