Methods and systems for obstacle identification and avoidance
AssigneeSz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsYou ZHOU, Zhenyu ZHU, Jiexi DU, Canlong LIN, Jiahang YING
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Abstract
A method of controlling a movable object includes obtaining an image of a surrounding of the movable object, obtaining a plurality of depth layers based on the image; projecting a safety zone of the movable object onto at least one of the depth layers, determining whether an object is an obstacle based on a position of the object on the at least one of the depth layers relative to the projected safety zone, and adjusting a travel path of the movable object to travel around the obstacle.
Claims20
A method of controlling a movable object, comprising:
- obtaining an image of a surrounding of the movable object;
- obtaining a plurality of depth layers based on the image;
- projecting a safety zone of the movable object onto at least one of the depth layers;
- determining whether an object is an obstacle based on a position of the object on the at least one of the depth layers relative to the projected safety zone;
- and
- adjusting a travel path of the movable object to travel around the obstacle.
A system for a movable object, comprising:
- a controller including one or more processors configured to:
- obtain an image of a surrounding of the movable object;
- obtain a plurality of depth layers based on the image;
- project a safety zone of the movable object onto at least one of the depth layers;
- determine whether an object is an obstacle based on a position of the object on the at least one of the depth layers relative to the projected safety zone;
- and
- adjust a travel path of the movable object to travel around the obstacle.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, comprising:
- one or more propulsion devices;
- and
- a controller in communication with the one or more propulsion devices and including one or more processors configured to:
- obtain an image of a surrounding of the UAV;
- obtain a plurality of depth layers based on the image;
- project a safety zone of the UAV onto at least one of the depth layers;
- determine whether an object is an obstacle based on a position of the object on the at least one of the depth layers relative to the projected safety zone;
- and
- adjust a travel path of the UAV to travel around the obstacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.