Methods and associated systems for communicating with/controlling moveable devices by gestures

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• an image collector coupled to the processor;
• a distance measurer coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and programed with instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
• adjust distance information of a user generated by the distance measurer based on a cradle angle associated with the image collector;
• determine a type of a gesture associated with the user based on the distance information and based on an image corresponding to the user generated by the image collector;
• and
• generate an instruction for the apparatus based on the gesture.

An apparatus for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• a processor;
• an image collector coupled to the processor;
• a distance measurer coupled to the processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and programmed with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• adjust distance information of a user generated by the distance measurer based on a cradle angle associated with the image collector;
• identify a gesture associated with the user on the distance information and based on an image corresponding to the user generated by the image collector;
• and
• generate an instruction for controlling the UAV based on the gesture.