Detection And Signaling Of Conditions Of An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle system, comprising:

• an unmanned aerial vehicle including one or more sensors;
• a remote controller in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle, the remote controller including a user interface;
• memory storing a plurality of alert definitions associated with detectable conditions of the unmanned aerial vehicle, at least some of the alert definitions being configurable or reconfigurable by a user;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• detect, using the one or more sensors, a condition of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• determine, by querying the memory using data associated with the condition, an alert definition associated with the condition;
• and
• signal the condition according to the alert definition by causing the user interface of the remote controller to output a warning indicative of the condition and by controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the alert definition.

A method of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle and a remote controller, the method comprising:

• detecting, using one or more sensors of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a condition of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• determining, by querying a database locally stored at the unmanned aerial vehicle using data associated with the condition, an alert definition associated with the condition, at least some alert definitions stored in the database being configurable or reconfigurable by a user;
• and
• signaling the condition according to the alert definition by causing a user interface of the remote controller to output a warning indicative of the condition and by controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the alert definition.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable routines that, when executed by one or more processors of an unmanned aerial vehicle system including an unmanned aerial vehicle and a remote controller, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• detecting a condition using one or more sensors of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• identifying, from a plurality of alert definitions stored in memory and at least some of which are configurable or reconfigurable by a user, an alert definition associated with the condition;
• and
• signaling the condition according to the alert definition by causing a user interface of the remote controller to output a warning indicative of the condition and by controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the alert definition.