Patent ID: 11945579
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
a body;
at least one of propeller coupled to the body;
a mechanical gimbal coupled to the body;
a camera coupled to the gimbal;
a manual selector coupled to the gimbal and having a plurality of settings corresponding to flight modes, wherein the manual selector is configured to be manually set without electronics, wherein a first setting establishes a first said flight mode prior to flight and corresponding to a first position of the gimbal and a first camera pitch angle of the camera, and a second setting establishes a second said flight mode prior to flight and corresponding to a second position of the gimbal and a second camera pitch angle of the camera; and
an electrical controller configured to establish a flight path of the UAV as a function of the flight mode corresponding to the manual selector setting.