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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hayk Martirosyan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kenneth Paul Stoltz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Robert Decew, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Edward Rubin, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Vanschoonhoven Wood, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jack Louis Zhu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kristen Marie Holtz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abraham Galton Bachrach, Redwood City, CA (US);
Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling the flight of an aircraft such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In example embodiments, the GUI includes a view of a physical environment from the perspective of the aircraft as well as various interactive elements through which a user can interact. The interactive elements presented in the GUI and the way in which user interaction with such elements is interpreted can depend on user selection from multiple available control modes. In some embodiments, user interaction with the GUI is interpreted based on a selected control mode and translated into behavioral objectives that are processed, along with other behavioral objectives, by a motion planner to maneuver the aircraft.