Unmanned aerial vehicle detection method and unmanned aerial vehicle using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9824275-B2
Application number	US-201514814868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detecting method is executed and applied in an UAV. The method can include creating a sample features database for a user, and storing the sample features database in a storage device; shooting a plurality of scene images from every direction around the user; capturing a plurality of features of the object from the scene image; comparing the sample features of user with the features of the object, and storing a new feature of the object different from the sample feature of user in the storage device; determining whether a tagger is around the user, and sending an alarm signal to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a camera device;
at least one processor coupled to the camera device; and
a storage device coupled to the at least one processor and stores one or more programs, the one or more programs executed by the processor, the one or more programs comprising:
creating a sample database for reflecting a plurality of features of a user;
storing the plurality of features of the user in the storage device;
receiving consecutive images of a scene from the camera device;
acquiring features of at least one object present in the consecutive images;
storing the features of the at least one object in the storage device; and
determining whether a size change of the object image is less than a relative percent value in a storage time, and sending an alarm signal to the user in response to the size change of the object image being less than the relative percent value in the storage time.

2. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further comprising: acquiring a position of the user through global position system (GPS), and detecting a relative position of the user and the UAV according to a flight direction of the UAV, to adjust the flight direction of the UAV.

3. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the features of the at least one object comprising features of human images which are acquired by a detection technology of human image, and features of cars images which are acquired by a detection technology of cars images.

4. The UAV according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further comprising: detecting whether the features of the at least one object appear again after a preset time, if not, the features of the at least one object will be eliminated.

5. A detection method operated in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the UAV comprising a camera device and a storage device, the detection method comprising:
creating a sample features database for a user, and storing the sample features database in the storage device;
shooting a plurality of scene images from every direction around the user;
capturing a plurality of features of the object from the scene image;
comparing the sample features of user with the features of the object, and storing a new feature of the object different from the sample feature of user in the storage device;
computing whether a storage time of features of object stored in the storage device exceeding an alarm time;
computing whether a size change of features of the object exceeds a preset percent value, when the storage time of features of object stored in the storage device exceeds the alarm time; and
sending an alarm signal to the user in response to the size change of features of the object exceeding the preset percent value.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising a step of direction adjusting before shooting scene image from every direction around user, the step of direction adjusting comprising:
obtaining a position of the user through global position system (GPS) built-in the UAV;
detecting flight direction of the UAV through an electronic compass built-in the UAV; and
computing a relative position of the user and the UAV, and adjusting the flight direction of the UAV.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of eliminating after storing a new feature of the object different from the sample feature of user, the step of eliminating comprising detecting the features of object image stored in the storage device have not appeared in a preset period of time, the features of object will be eliminated.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the step of computing features of object from the scene image comprising:
computing continuously scene image in real time from all aspect of the direction;
detecting a position of an object appearing in the scene image through technology of an object detection; and
determining features of the objects image appearing in the scene image.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hou-Hsien
• Lee Chang-Jung
• Lo Chih-Ping

Classifications

• G01S19/51 Primary

  Relative positioning · CPC title

• G06V20/13

  Satellite images · CPC title

• B64U2201/104

  using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. GPS · CPC title

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• B64U2201/20

  Remote controls · CPC title