US 12,140,952 B2
Control device, imaging device, control method, imaging method, and computer program
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo (JP); Kohtaro Sabe, Tokyo (JP); Miki Shibuya, Tokyo (JP); Tsutomu Sawada, Tokyo (JP); Satoru Shimizu, Tokyo (JP); Kousuke Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Haruto Takeda, Tokyo (JP); Peter Duerr, Tokyo (JP); Masaomi Nabeta, Tokyo (JP); Takekazu Kakinuma, Tokyo (JP); and Hironari Mizumura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,830.
Application 17/553,830 is a continuation of application No. 16/442,549, filed on Jun. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,237,560.
Application 16/442,549 is a continuation of application No. 15/115,414, granted, now 10,372,133, issued on Aug. 6, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2015/060509, filed on Apr. 2, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-091272 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107643 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0094 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/176 (2022.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a controller comprising:
acquiring position information related to a structure;
controlling a display of information on a general condition of the structure based on the position information related to the structure;
generating flight information of a flight path of a flying body around or underneath the structure to correspond with the information related to the general condition of the structure and information of an available flight period of time of the flying body, before starting a flight of the flying body;
determining position information of the flying body based on information from at least one of a vision sensor or GPS information;
updating the flight information based on information including obstacle information to obtain updated flight information; and
controlling the flying body based on the updated flight information.