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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Parrot, Paris, FR;

Inventor:

Pierre Eline, Arnouville, FR;

Assignee:

PARROT, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); A63H 27/00 (2006.01); A63H 30/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); A63H 27/12 (2013.01); A63H 30/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 39/028 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/2327 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23274 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3454 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

The drone comprises a camera, an inertial unit measuring the drone angles, and an extractor module delivering data of an image area (ZI) of reduced size defined inside a capture area (ZC) of the sensor. A feedback-control module dynamically modifies the position and the orientation of the image area inside the capture area, in a direction opposite to that of the angle variations measured by the inertial unit. The sensor may operate according to a plurality of different configurations able to be dynamically selected, with a base configuration using a base capture area (ZCB) for low values of roll angle (θ), and at least one degraded mode configuration using an extended capture area (ZCE) of greater size than the base capture area (ZCB), for high values of roll angle (θ).


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