发明名称 |
Navigating a UAV with a remote control device |
摘要 |
Navigating a UAV, including receiving in a remote control device a user's selection of a GUI map pixel that represents a waypoint for UAV navigation, the pixel having a location on the GUI; mapping the pixel's location on the GUI to Earth coordinates of the waypoint; receiving a starting position from a GPS receiver on the UAV; calculating a heading in dependence upon the starting position, the coordinates of the waypoint, and a navigation algorithm; identifying flight control instructions for flying the UAV on the heading; and transmitting the flight control instructions from the remote control device to the UAV.
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申请公布号 |
US7130741(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.10.31 |
申请号 |
US20030692118 |
申请日期 |
2003.10.23 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
BODIN WILLIAM KRESS;REDMAN JESSE J. W.;THORSON DERRAL C. |
分类号 |
G01C21/28;G01C21/00;G05D1/00 |
主分类号 |
G01C21/28 |
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