Patents by Inventor Zuoguang LI

Zuoguang LI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11016511
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tracking and identification method and system and an aircraft. The method includes: obtaining, by a first aircraft, a first feature parameter of a target object; if image data captured by the first aircraft does not match the first feature parameter, adjusting the first aircraft to a predetermined high-altitude area relative to the target object according to location information of a second aircraft that is sent by the second aircraft or location information of the target object, where the second aircraft is in a predetermined low-altitude area relative to the target object, and image data captured by the second aircraft matches a second feature parameter of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuoguang Li
  • Patent number: 10782688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electronic photographing technologies, and provides a method, a control apparatus and a system for tracking and shooting a target. The method includes: in a tracking and shooting process, controlling, by a control apparatus, a photographing apparatus on an unmanned aerial vehicle to collect an image, and obtaining the collected image; selecting a tracked target in the image; calculating a movement speed, a movement direction and a location on the current image that are of the tracked target according to comparison between consecutive neighboring frame images; and controlling, according to the calculated movement speed, movement direction and location on the current image, the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the tracked target, so that the tracked target is always located on the image collected by the photographing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuoguang Li
  • Patent number: 10515271
    Abstract: A flight device and a flight control method are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring an image and a height of the flight device; determining a scene in which the flight device is currently located; calculating an image X-offset and an image Y-offset of a second image frame of two adjacent image frames relative to a first image frame of the two adjacent image frames; compensating for the image X-offset and the image Y-offset according to the acceleration and the angular velocity of the flight device to obtain image correction offsets comprising a corrected image X-offset and a corrected image Y-offset; calculating an X-offset and a Y-offset in world coordinates corresponding to the image correction offsets; and deriving a velocity of the flight device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuoguang Li
  • Publication number: 20190253626
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a target tracking method and an aircraft. The method includes: obtaining an image captured by each of at least two cameras at a same time point, where photography directions of the at least two cameras are different; stitching the images to obtain a panoramic image; and if a target object is identified in the panoramic image, tracking the target object. Efficiency of identifying the target object may be improved by using the panoramic image, and effective tracking may be performed on the identified target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Zuoguang LI
  • Publication number: 20190086939
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tracking and identification method and system and an aircraft. The method includes: obtaining, by a first aircraft, a first feature parameter of a target object; if image data captured by the first aircraft does not match the first feature parameter, adjusting the first aircraft to a predetermined high-altitude area relative to the target object according to location information of a second aircraft that is sent by the second aircraft or location information of the target object, where the second aircraft is in a predetermined low-altitude area relative to the target object, and image data captured by the second aircraft matches a second feature parameter of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Zuoguang LI
  • Patent number: 10234873
    Abstract: A flight device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which are executed by the processor causes the processor to: acquire an image; determine a scene; determine a height of the flight device; calculate an image first and second direction offsets of a second image frame relative to a first image frame of two adjacent image frames; acquire an acceleration and an angular velocity of the flight device in three dimensions; compensate for the image first and second direction offsets, according to the acceleration and the angular velocity, to obtain image correction offsets; calculate an first and second direction offsets in world coordinates corresponding to the image correction offsets; and derive a velocity of the flight device according to a time interval between time points at which the two adjacent image frames are captured and according to the first direction offset and the second direction offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuoguang Li
  • Publication number: 20180284777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electronic photographing technologies, and provides a method, a control apparatus and a system for tracking and shooting a target. The method includes: in a tracking and shooting process, controlling, by a control apparatus, a photographing apparatus on an unmanned aerial vehicle to collect an image, and obtaining the collected image; selecting a tracked target in the image; calculating a movement speed, a movement direction and a location on the current image that are of the tracked target according to comparison between consecutive neighboring frame images; and controlling, according to the calculated movement speed, movement direction and location on the current image, the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the tracked target, so that the tracked target is always located on the image collected by the photographing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Zuoguang LI
  • Publication number: 20180181129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle. A photographed image including a geometric pattern is obtained, the geometric pattern is identified, and a guiding path is generated according to an identification result, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle is controlled to autonomously fly along the guiding path. Therefore, the autonomous flight can be implemented without human intervention, and the unmanned aerial vehicle has a relatively high degree of intelligence and is conveniently used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Zuoguang LI
  • Publication number: 20170308103
    Abstract: A flight device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions which are executed by the processor causes the processor to: acquire an image; determine a scene; determine a height of the flight device; calculate an image first and second direction offsets of a second image frame relative to a first image frame of two adjacent image frames; acquire an acceleration and an angular velocity of the flight device in three dimensions; compensate for the image first and second direction offsets, according to the acceleration and the angular velocity, to obtain image correction offsets; calculate an first and second direction offsets in world coordinates corresponding to the image correction offsets; and derive a velocity of the flight device according to a time interval between time points at which the two adjacent image frames are captured and according to the first direction offset and the second direction offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Zuoguang Li
  • Publication number: 20170293796
    Abstract: A flight device and a flight control method are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring an image and a height of the flight device; determining a scene in which the flight device is currently located; calculating an image X-offset and an image Y-offset of a second image frame of two adjacent image frames relative to a first image frame of the two adjacent image frames; compensating for the image X-offset and the image Y-offset according to the acceleration and the angular velocity of the flight device to obtain image correction offsets comprising a corrected image X-offset and a corrected image Y-offset; calculating an X-offset and a Y-offset in world coordinates corresponding to the image correction offsets; and deriving a velocity of the flight device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Zuoguang LI