Murata manufacturing co., ltd. (20240426612). METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF A DRONE
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF A DRONE
Organization Name
murata manufacturing co., ltd.
Inventor(s)
Pekka Kostiainen of Helsinki (FI)
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF A DRONE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240426612 titled 'METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF A DRONE
Original Abstract Submitted
a method is provided for determining the orientation of a drone that includes a main body, a camera device with an attachment structure, and one or more mems gyroscopes on the camera device or the attachment structure. the method includes retrieving one or more first measurement values from one or more mems gyroscopes when the camera device is in a first position in relation to the main body of the drone, shifting the camera device from the first position to a second position in relation to the main body of the drone, retrieving one or more second measurement values from said one or more mems gyroscopes when the camera device is in the second position, and then calculating the orientation of the drone based on at least the one or more first measurement values and the one or more second measurement values.