US 12,242,269 B2
Terminal
Susumu Toyoshima, Tokyo (JP); Yoshinobu Nagao, Tokyo (JP); and Yasuyuki Tokuda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,125.
Application 17/971,125 is a continuation of application No. 17/308,348, filed on May 5, 2021, granted, now 11,507,095.
Application 17/308,348 is a continuation of application No. 16/818,572, filed on Mar. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,048,258, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-159699 (JP), filed on Sep. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043274 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0094 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal that controls an unmanned flying device equipped with an imaging function, the terminal comprising:
a function of acquiring information for setting a first operation of the unmanned flying device so that an object is imaged;
a function of acquiring a first image acquired as a result of the unmanned flying device performing the first operation from the unmanned flying device;
a function of using the first image to receive a designation of a part of the object from a user;
a function of setting a second operation of the unmanned flying device so that an image of the designated part of the object shown in the first image that is more detailed than the image of the designated part of the object in the first image acquired in the first operation is imaged in the second operation;
a function of comparing the image of the designated part of the object acquired in the first operation with a current image acquired by the imaging function, thereby controlling the unmanned flying device so that a position or an orientation for imaging the designated part of the object is adjusted in the second operation;
a function of storing, in a storage, flight information for the second operation to capture an image of the designated part of the object that is more detailed than the image of the designated part of the object; and
a function of reproducing, using the flight information stored in the storage, an operation that is the same as the second operation of the unmanned flying device to capture the same image captured in the second operation,
wherein the function of acquiring the information for setting the first operation of the unmanned flying device is configured to acquire the information of the object designated on a map image, and
wherein the function of using the first image to receive the designation of a part of the object from the user comprises displaying an area on the first image indicating the designation of the part of the object.