US 12,328,499 B2
Method, control apparatus and control system for controlling an image capture of movable device
Heli Zhong, Shenzhen (CN); Bingzhen Yang, Shenzhen (CN); Lifu Yu, Shenzhen (CN); and Zhiyuan Zhang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/398,918.
Application 18/398,918 is a continuation of application No. 17/074,393, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,924,539.
Application 17/074,393 is a continuation of application No. 15/883,883, filed on Jan. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,809,716, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 15/883,883 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2015/085587, filed on Jul. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0179398 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 1/224 (2024.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/632 (2023.01) [G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 1/224 (2024.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling image capture, comprising:
a control apparatus including:
a main body;
a dial located in a slot of a sidewall of the main body with a portion of the dial being exposed to be turned by a finger of a user, wherein the dial is exposed on a rear surface of the main body away from a front side of the main body, a distance between the dial and an edge formed by joining of the rear surface and a lateral surface of the main body is less than a distance between the dial and a center of the rear surface, and the front side of the main body faces the user during operation of the control apparatus;
a memory storing a computer program code; and
a processor configured to execute the computer program code to:
receive, from a movable device, an image of a target imaging area;
control a motion attitude of the movable device according to an operation on a joystick of the control apparatus by the user holding the control apparatus, the joystick being located on a top surface of the main body; and
adjust an attitude of a gimbal device configured on the movable device according to an operation on the dial configured on the control apparatus by the user while controlling the motion attitude of the movable device, the gimbal device carrying an imaging device for imaging the target imaging area.