# US 2021/0240185 A1 · Shooting control method and unmanned aerial vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240185 A1 - Document ID: US20210240185A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/215,881 - Filed: 2021-03-29 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-30 - Assignees: Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chaofeng YANG; Gang HE; Chengqun ZHONG; Xianghua JIA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240185A1 ## CPC - G05D 1/0094: {involving pointing a payload, e.g. camera, weapon, sensor, towards a fixed or moving target} - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - B64U 10/13: Flying platforms - B64U 50/19: using electrically powered motors - G03B 15/00: Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor - G05D 1/0808: {specially adapted for aircraft} - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - B64U 20/87: Mounting of imaging devices, e.g. mounting of gimbals - B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography - B64U 2201/20: Remote controls - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) ## Abstract A shooting control method includes obtaining a distance between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target point of a current shooting interval, determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies a shooting time prediction condition according to the distance, predicting a time point at which the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at the target point according to the distance if the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition, and controlling an image device carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle to shoot at the time point. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shooting control method comprising: obtaining a distance between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target point of a current shooting interval; determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies a shooting time prediction condition according to the distance; predicting a time point at which the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at the target point according to the distance in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfying the shooting time prediction condition; and controlling an image device carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle to shoot at the time point. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition according to the distance includes: determining a sum of a preset distance and a shooting time distance corresponding to the current shooting interval; and determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition according to whether the distance is equal to the sum, including: in response to the distance being equal to the sum, determining that the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition; or in response to the distance being not equal to the sum, determining that the unmanned aerial vehicle does not satisfy the shooting time prediction condition. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the preset distance is positively related to a flight speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the shooting time distance corresponding to the current shooting interval equals a shooting time distance corresponding to another shooting interval. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the shooting time distance corresponding to the current shooting interval and the shooting time distance corresponding to the another shooting interval are preset. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: determining the shooting time distance according to a preset time parameter and a current flight speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the preset time parameter includes at least one of: a determination time for determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition, or a generation time for the time point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein controlling the image device to shoot at the time point includes, before the time point, transmitting a shooting instruction including the time point to the image device, to control the image device to shoot at the time point. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein a time difference between the time point and a time point at which the shooting instruction is transmitted is greater than or equal to a sum of a transmission time for the shooting instruction and an analysis time for the image device to analyze the shooting instruction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein, the preset time parameter includes at least one of a determination time for determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies the shooting time prediction condition, a generation time for the shooting instruction, a transmission time for the shooting instruction, or an analysis time for the image device to analyze the shooting instruction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the distance includes: obtaining current position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and obtaining the distance according to the current position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and position information of the target point. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target point includes: obtaining a flight distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and obtaining the distance according to the flight distance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein obtaining the flight distance includes obtaining the flight distance starting from a start point of the current shooting interval. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle at the time point is used as a start point of a next shooting interval. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein: the current shooting interval is one of a plurality of shooting intervals of the unmanned aerial vehicle; obtaining the flight distance includes obtaining the flight distance starting from a start point of a first shooting interval of the plurality of shooting intervals; and obtaining the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target point according to the flight distance includes obtaining the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target point according to the flight distance and a number of shots of the image device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein obtaining the flight distance includes: obtaining position information of an origin point of the flight distance; obtaining current position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and obtaining the flight distance according to the position information of the origin point and the current position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the target point is set according to a preset flight route. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the target point is determined according to a start point of the current shooting interval, a length of the current shooting interval, and a flight direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether a current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle at the time point matches the target point; and executing a preset strategy in response to the current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle at the time point not matching the target point. ### Claim 20 An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; an image device arranged at the vehicle body; and a processor configured to execute a computer program to: obtain a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a target point of a current shooting interval; determine whether the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfies a shooting time prediction condition according to the distance; predict a time point at which the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at the target point according to the distance in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle satisfying the shooting time prediction condition; and control the image device to shoot at the time point.