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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:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2016
Applicants:

Inventec Appliances (Pudong) Corporation, Shanghai, CN;

Inventec Appliances Corp., New Taipei, TW;

Inventor:

Pei-Lun Tsai, New Taipei, TW;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/10 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 45/04 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a landing method thereof are provided. The landing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a depth image of a scene is obtained. Next, a landing position is determined in accordance with the depth image. Next, a height information of the landing position is obtained. Next, a plurality of relative distances of the landing gears relative to the landing position are adjusted in accordance with the height information to make the relative distances substantially the same. Then, the UAV lands on the landing position.


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