Drone clouds for video capture and creation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019107845-A1
Application number	US-201715727767-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 9, 2017
Priority date	Oct 9, 2017
Publication date	Apr 11, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating drone clouds for video capture and creation according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving, by a computing device, instructions to track a scene having one or more objects within a physical area. The method may further include generating a guidance plan based on the instructions, where the guidance plan is transmitted over to a drone cloud having multiple drones to perform real-time tracking of the scene, where real-time tracking includes real-time capturing of media of the scene. The method may further include transmitting the media of the scene to one or more media devices over a communication medium.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus comprising:
reception/detection logic to receive instructions to track a scene having one or more objects within a physical area; guidance/movement logic to generate a guidance plan based on the instructions, wherein the guidance plan is transmitted over to a drone cloud having multiple drones to perform real-time tracking of the scene, wherein real-time tracking includes real-time capturing of media of the scene; and interfacing/networking logic to transmit the media of the scene to one or more media devices over a communication medium.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising target location/view logic to seek locations and other specifications of at least one of the scene, the one or more objects of the scene, the area, and one or more portions of the area, wherein the guidance plan is further based on the locations and other specifications.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guidance plan comprises directions for the drone cloud relating to at least one of vertical and horizontal movement of the multiple drones, tracking information relating to the scene, the one or more objects, and the area, legal restrictions, policy constraints, preferences or special instructions, weather reports, or environmental conditions.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the guidance plan further comprises commands including segmentation commands to instruct one or more drones of the multiple drones to segment away from other drones of the multiple drones to perform tracking a portion of the one or more portions of the area or head towards another scene different from the scene.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising processing/execution logic to perform one or more of verifying the guidance plan prior to being transmitted to the drone cloud and processing the media upon receiving it from the drone cloud, wherein the processing of the media includes editing portions of the media prior to being transmitted to the one or more media devices.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media comprises at least one of images and video such that the media is captured by one or more cameras coupled to one or more of the multiple drones of the drone cloud.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises one or more processors including a graphics processor, wherein the graphics processor is co-located with an application processor on a common semiconductor package.

8 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, instructions to track a scene having one or more objects within a physical area; generating a guidance plan based on the instructions, wherein the guidance plan is transmitted over to a drone cloud having multiple drones to perform real-time tracking of the scene, wherein real-time tracking includes real-time capturing of media of the scene; and transmitting the media of the scene to one or more media devices over a communication medium.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising seeking locations and other specifications of at least one of the scene, the one or more objects of the scene, the area, and one or more portions of the area, wherein the guidance plan is further based on the locations and other specifications.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the guidance plan comprises directions for the drone cloud relating to at least one of vertical and horizontal movement of the multiple drones, tracking information relating to the scene, the one or more objects, and the area, legal restrictions, policy constraints, preferences or special instructions, weather reports, or environmental conditions.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the guidance plan further comprises commands including segmentation commands to instruct one or more drones of the multiple drones to segment away from other drones of the multiple drones to perform tracking a portion of the one or more portions of the area or head towards another scene different from the scene.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising performing one or more of verifying the guidance plan prior to being transmitted to the drone cloud and processing the media upon receiving it from the drone cloud, wherein the processing of the media includes editing portions of the media prior to being transmitted to the one or more media devices.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the media comprises at least one of images and video such that the media is captured by one or more cameras coupled to one or more of the multiple drones of the drone cloud.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the computing device comprises one or more processors including a graphics processor, wherein the graphics processor is co-located with an application processor on a common semiconductor package.

15 . At least one machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving instructions to track a scene having one or more objects within a physical area; generating a guidance plan based on the instructions, wherein the guidance plan is transmitted over to a drone cloud having multiple drones to perform real-time tracking of the scene, wherein real-time tracking includes real-time capturing of media of the scene; and transmitting the media of the scene to one or more media devices over a communication medium.

16 . The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise seeking locations and other specifications of at least one of the scene, the one or more objects of the scene, the area, and one or more portions of the area, wherein the guidance plan is further based on the locations and other specifications.

17 . The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the guidance plan comprises directions for the drone cloud relating to at least one of vertical and horizontal movement of the multiple drones, tracking information relating to the scene, the one or more objects, and the area, legal restrictions, policy constraints, preferences or special instructions, weather reports, or environmental conditions.

18 . The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the guidance plan further comprises commands including segmentation commands to instruct one or more drones of the multiple drones to segment away from other drones of the multiple drones to perform tracking a portion of the one or more portions of the area or head towards another scene different from the scene.

19 . The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise performing one or more of verifying the guidance plan prior to being transmitted to the drone cloud and processing the media upon receiving it from the drone cloud, wherein the processing of the media includes editing portions of the media prior to being transmitted to the one or more media devices.

20 . The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the media comprises at least one of images and video such that the media is captured by one or more cameras coupled to one or more of the multiple drones of the drone cloud, wherein the computing device comprises one or more processors including a graphics processor, wherein the graphics processor is co-located with an application processor on a common semiconductor package.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Kaine Greg D

Classifications

• H04N25/705

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• B64U2201/102

  adapted for flying in formations · CPC title

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title