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Does anyone understand how it tracks the subject, i.e. the person being filmed? They mention the MAVLink protocol (http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/start http:
by unwind 12y ago
Does anyone understand how it tracks the subject, i.e. the person being filmed? They mention the MAVLink protocol (http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/start http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/start) but that doesn't seem like an answer.
Not sure if they have enough on-board computing power to do real-time image analysis and track that way.
- nl 12y agoI'm pretty sure they are doing image tracking. They speak about being able to frame the image you want before, and the drone keeping that framed: We have designed our drone specifically for action sport, on the tracking mode we offer framing is more than just follow me: it allows you to set drone position relative to you (altitude, distance, orientation), so that you can get perfect aerial shots.
- BrechtVds 12y agoJust guessing: it follows your phone?
- unwind 12y agoHow, technologically speaking? GPS is way too coarse for what they're showing.
- mtourne 12y agoDead reckoning of phone trajectory using inertial sensor (of the phone) + gps corrections ? I don't see a dedicated camera on the drone (using gopro for machine vision is not ideal), nor a beefy cpu to handle person tracking onboard, but I could be mistaken.
- necro 12y agoYou can get centimeter accuracy with gps. http://swift-nav.com/piksi.html http://swift-nav.com/piksi.html Even with cheaper modules and phones that dont carrier phase rtk, you can get meter which would be plenty for this application.
- sjtrny 12y agoPhone sends GPS coordinates to drone.