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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, CN;
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a system comprises one or more sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to provide sensor data and one or more processors. The one or more processors can be individually or collectively configured to: determine, based on the sensor data, an environment type for the environment; select a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight mode is associated with a different set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle; and cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the environment while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode.