Patent ID: 8214088

Claim:
A device ( 10 ) for piloting a drone ( 8 ) provided with a self-contained stabilizer system for causing the drone to hover in the absence of any user commands, the device being characterized in that it comprises: a tilt detector ( 12 ) for detecting tilts of the device housing; a touchpad ( 16 ) displaying a plurality of touch zones ( 30 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 ); means for detecting signals emitted: by the tilt detector ( 12 ) of the housing; or by the touch zones ( 32 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 ); and means for transforming said detected signals into piloting commands in order to transmit said piloting commands to the drone; the device including means controlled by one of the touch zones ( 30 ) that forms an activation/deactivation button to cause the drone piloting mode to switch in alternation between: an activation mode in which the self-contained stabilizer system of the drone is activated, in which mode said piloting commands transmitted to the drone result from transforming signals delivered by the touch zones; and a deactivation mode in which the self-contained stabilizer system of the drone is deactivated, in which mode said piloting commands transmitted to the drone result from transforming signals emitted by the tilt detector of the housing.