CPC G05D 1/0669 (2013.01) [A63H 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing method comprising:
detecting, via one or more visual sensors, a gesture or movement of an operator of a UAV;
detecting a positional change of the UAV while the UAV is airborne;
detecting an external contact from an external object exerted upon the UAV, the external object being an object that is not part of the UAV; and
controlling to decelerate, with aid of one or more processors and in response to at least two of a plurality of conditions being satisfied, one or more rotor blades of the UAV to cause the UAV to land autonomously, the plurality of conditions including:
the gesture or movement of an operator of the UAV being detected;
the positional change being detected; and
the external contact being detected.
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