US 12,135,566 B2
Systems and methods for estimating user intent to launch autonomous aerial vehicle
Qiaokun Huang, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Simon Saito Haagen Nielsen, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,665.
Application 18/215,665 is a continuation of application No. 16/294,597, filed on Mar. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,822,346.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/639,280, filed on Mar. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341876 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/101 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
within a predetermined amount of time after determining the autonomous vehicle has been enabled for launching:
determining that an input signal received from an accelerometer satisfies a predetermined acceleration criterion while simultaneously determining that an input signal from a deformable touch sensor satisfies a predetermined touch input criterion, the input signal from the deformable touch sensor resulting from a change in shape of the deformable touch sensor; and
in response to determining that the input signal received from the accelerometer satisfies the predetermined acceleration criterion while simultaneously determining that that input signal from the deformable touch sensor satisfies the predetermined touch input criterion, energizing one or more motors integrated with the autonomous vehicle, thereby enabling flight operations.