Computing device and method for controlling unmanned aerial vehicle in flight space

A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a flight space using a computing device, the method comprising:

• capturing a 3D scene image of a scene in front of a user using a depth-sensing camera of the computing device, and obtaining a depth distance between the user and the depth-sensing camera using the depth-sensing camera;
• detecting a 3D person image of the user from the 3D scene image;
• comparing the 3D person image with gesture data stored in a 3D sample database to obtain gesture information of the user from the 3D person image;
• converting the gesture information of the user to one or more flight control commands, and sending the flight control commands to the UAV through a wireless network;
• and
• driving a driver of the UAV to control the UAV to fly in a flight space or adjust a flying mode of the UAV according to the flight control commands

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a flight space, the method comprising:

• capturing a 3D scene image of a scene in front of a user using a depth-sensing camera of the computing device, and obtaining a depth distance between the user and the depth-sensing camera using the depth-sensing camera;
• detecting a 3D person image of the user from the 3D scene image;
• comparing the 3D person image with human gesture data stored in a 3D sample database to obtain gesture information of the user from the 3D person image;
• converting the gesture information of the user to one or more flight control commands, and sending the flight control commands to the UAV through a wireless network;
• and
• driving a driver of the UAV to control the UAV to fly in a flight space or adjust a flying mode of the UAV according to the flight control commands