Patent ID: 11867599
Assignee: GOPRO, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  F  Y | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. An automated control system comprising:
a cloud-based repository; and
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a sensor;
a receiver; and
a memory comprising task association data including one or more tasks for execution by the UAV; and

an input device comprising a tagging block configured to:
select an object of interest with the tagging block;
send a tag, from the tagging block, regarding the object of interest to the UAV, via the receiver;
connect to the cloud-based repository to save, load, update, and/or perform operations within the cloud-based repository; and
store images on the cloud-based repository so that the images stored may be downloaded by one or more other devices;

wherein the object of interest is located within a visual field of the UAV;
wherein the sensor processes data within the visual field;
wherein a task is selected from the task association data and the UAV is controlled to execute the task with respect to the object of interest; and
wherein the task is a command that the UAV follows the object of interest selected with the tagging block.