Supervisory control of an unmanned aerial vehicle

This invention describes a drone that can fly itself to a general area, then hover and send a picture of that area to a human operator. The operator can then point to a specific spot in the picture, and the drone will automatically fly to that exact location. Once there, the drone can drop off a package using a retractable delivery system while staying in the air. The claims narrow the invention to a specific method of calculating the drone's movement based on pixel coordinates from the image.

Why it matters: Filed before widespread adoption of embedded AI and advanced computer vision on drones. Today, more powerful and efficient processors, coupled with mature AI algorithms, make real-time image processing and autonomous navigation for such a system significantly more feasible and robust.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedAutonomous navigation, image processing, software integration.

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