US 11,886,203 B2
Flight control method and apparatus, and control device
Zhuo Guo, Shenzhen (CN); Zhuo Xie, Shenzhen (CN); Haoyu Li, Shenzhen (CN); Wenlin Li, Shenzhen (CN); Ding Wang, Shenzhen (CN); and Zebo Yang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,543.
Application 17/473,543 is a continuation of application No. 16/364,625, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,119,506.
Application 16/364,625 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2016/100236, filed on Sep. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405657 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/10 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/38 (2020.08); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flight control method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a user interface configured to receive an operation instruction, the operation instruction including coordinates of waypoints;
generating, through a processor, route data of a route based on the coordinates of the waypoints;
sending, through the processor, the route data to an aircraft to instruct the aircraft to execute the route;
detecting whether the aircraft is in an interrupted state, the aircraft in the interrupted state undergoing an interruption of the execution of the route;
in response to detecting the aircraft being in the interrupted state, recording, through a memory, an interruption point during execution of the route by the aircraft;
after the aircraft enters the interrupted state, displaying, on the display, a plurality of candidate starting points including at least one of the interruption point, a last waypoint of the route before the interruption point, a next waypoint of the route after the interruption point, or a user-designated waypoint;
in response to a selection instruction, selecting, through the processor, a target starting point from the plurality of candidate starting points; and
controlling, through the processor, the aircraft in the interrupted state to fly to the target starting point and resume the execution of the route from the target starting point.