US 12,443,204 B2
Gimbal control method, controller, unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle inspection system
Weiheng Li, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,426.
Claims priority of application No. 202211415533.7 (CN), filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255964 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 105/80 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01); G05D 111/30 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/689 (2024.01) [G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 2105/80 (2024.01); G05D 2109/20 (2024.01); G05D 2111/32 (2024.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gimbal control method, applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
acquiring inspection information about the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the inspection information comprises an observation flight leg, an observation interval corresponding to the observation flight leg, a total flight range corresponding to the observation interval, and a current flight range, wherein the observation flight leg is a flight leg configured to inspect the observation interval by the unmanned aerial vehicle;
determining an observation progress of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the current flight range and the total flight range;
determining a first position according to the observation progress and the observation interval, wherein the first position is a target position of a center point of a field of view of a nacelle of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
controlling an angle of the gimbal of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the first position and a current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle.