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

Claim 6:
7. A target tracking apparatus, applicable to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the UAV comprising a visible light camera and an infrared camera, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a memory, configured to store a computer-executable target tracking program; and
a processor, configured to invoke the computer-executable target tracking program to implement:
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;
controlling, in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the visible light camera, the visible light camera to re-lock the target object according to the second tracking information and continue to perform visual tracking; and
controlling, in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the infrared camera, 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, when 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, when 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 when both the visible light camera and the infrared camera are interfered, to exit an automatic tracking mode.