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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.

Patent No.:

US 10386188 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2016

Geo-location or navigation camera, and aircraft and navigation method therefor

Applicant:

Yuneec Technology Co., Limited, Kowloon, Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Yu Tian, Jiangsu, CN;

Wenyan Jiang, Jiangsu, CN;

Assignee:

Yuneec Technology Co., Limited, Hong Kong, CN;

Attorney:

Law Offices of Liaoteng Wang

Primary Examiner:

Edemio Navas, Jr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/005 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/933 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/2328 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); G06K 2209/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a geo-location or navigation camera, and an aircraft and a navigation method therefor. The geo-location or navigation camera comprises an image capturing apparatus (), an image capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus () being vertically downward. The camera further comprises a gimbal stability-enhancement system comprising a gimbal body and a gimbal control system connected to the gimbal body. The image capturing apparatus () is arranged on the gimbal body. By means of the balance control and shock absorption effects of the gimbal stability-enhancement system, the stability of the image capturing apparatus () is better, and the image capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus () is maintained to be always vertically downward. The aircraft can still be navigated without a GPS. The method has advantages of being highly accurate and widely applicable.

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