Patent ID: 11924538
Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  H

Claim 12:
13. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
a body;
arms connected to the body;
a visible light camera, disposed on the body;
an infrared camera, disposed on the body;
at least one processor, disposed on the body, wherein the processor is communicatively connected to the visible light camera and the infrared camera respectively; and
a memory, communicatively connected to the processor, wherein
the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, to cause the at least one processor to perform:
controlling the visible light camera to perform visual tracking on a target object, and recording first tracking information of the target object in real time, wherein the first tracking information comprises first location information of the target object;
controlling the infrared camera to perform infrared tracking on the target object, and recording second tracking information of the target object in real time, wherein the second tracking information comprises second location information of the target object;
in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the visible light camera,
controlling the visible light camera to re-lock the target object according to the second tracking information and continue to perform visual tracking; or
in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the infrared camera,
controlling the infrared camera to re-lock the target object according to the first tracking information and continue to perform infrared tracking
the infrared tracking and visual tracking are performed independently;
wherein the processor is further configured to;
determine, when the first location information is inconsistent with the second location information, whether there is interference with the visible light camera and the infrared camera;
control, if the visible light camera is not interfered, the infrared camera to re-lock the target object according to the first location information and continue to perform infrared tracking;
control, if the visible light camera is interfered, but the infrared camera is not interfered, the visible light camera to re-lock the target object according to the second location information and continue to perform visual tracking; and
transmit a manual control request to a remote control device of the UAV if both the visible light camera and the infrared camera are interfered, to exit an automatic tracking mode.