TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technology field of unmanned aerial vehicles and, more particularly, to a method for controlling palm landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), a control device, and a UAV.

BACKGROUND

As the advancement of the science and technology, unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) has increasingly rich functions. The application fields of the UAV are also continuingly expanding, including professional aerial photographing, survey, rescue, agriculture, etc.

When a UAV needs to land after completing a task or when the battery is low, the current landing method is to control the UAV to land a flat ground surface away from a user at a distance. However, this landing method brings inconvenience to the user: first, the UAV needs to land on a relatively flat ground surface. When the UAV needs to land, in some conditions, e.g., when the user is at a sand land, an agriculture field, a mountain, etc., the user may have difficulty to find a flat ground surface to control the UAV to land. This may reduce the landing safety of the UAV. Further, currently, after the UAV is landed, the user needs to go over to pick up the UAV, which increases the operation time for the user. The lack of a safe and convenient landing method may reduce the utility of the UAV in some conditions.

SUMMARY

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling palm landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”). The method includes detecting a flight status of the UAV under a predetermined condition. The method also includes controlling the UAV to land on a palm of a user when the flight status is a hover state and when the palm is located under the UAV.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a device for controlling palm landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”). The device includes a storage device configured to store program instructions. The device also includes a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the storage device. When the program instructions are executed, the processor is configured to detect a flight status of the UAV under a predetermined condition, and control the UAV to land on a palm of a user when the flight status is a hover state and when the palm is located under the UAV.

According to the technical solution of the method for controlling the palm landing of the UAV, the control device, and the UAV, under a predetermined condition, the flight status of the UAV may be detected. When the flight status is a hover state and the palm is located under the UAV, the UAV may be controlled to land on the palm of the user. The disclosed method may effectively reduce the requirement on the landing conditions for the UAV in the current technology. In the meantime, the disclosed method reduces the time for the user to recover the UAV, and increases the convenience of the UAV landing.

