Provided are an action determination system, an action determination method, and a program, whereby the orientation of a player can be determined with high precision. The action determination system comprises: a video acquisition unit that acquires video information captured from above or obliquely above a stadium by an imaging device; a sensor information acquisition unit that acquires sensing information from a sensor worn by a player; an action determination unit that determines, on the basis of the video information and the sensing information, an action including the orientation of the body of the player; and an output unit that outputs the determination result.
[Problem] To provide a imaging system, a imaging method, a moving body control device, and a program that enable imaging according to a difference in an area for use and an area to be imaged in a facility such as a sport stadium. [Solution] A imaging system (10) comprising a moving body (20) for imaging, the moving body (20) being provided with a camera (231) for imaging and a moving body control device (420) which controls a movement at the time of imaging and imaging of the moving body. The moving body control device comprises an area-to-be-imaged setting unit (441) which sets the area to be imaged or the area size thereof by detecting the area to be imaged or receiving user input of the area to be imaged. The moving body control device further switches at least any one of a movement condition and an imaging condition of the moving body at the time of imaging according to the area size of the area to be imaged.
[Problem] To provide an imaging system, an imaging method, an imaging control device and a program with which convenience or operability at the time of capturing an image of an imaging target can be improved. [Solution] An imaging system (10) comprises: a mobile camera (231) that is capable of adjusting an imaging direction, including a panning direction and/or a tilting direction, manually by a user or automatically; and an imaging control device (460) that controls image capture executed by of the camera. The imaging control device sets, according to the position of the mobile camera, a permissible range of an imaging direction or of a zoom amount, and controls the imaging direction or the zoom amount using the permissible range, or notifies the user of the permissible range of the imaging direction or the zoom amount.
[Problem] To provide a flight control system and a flight control method with which it is possible to improve safety when a drone flies. [Solution] A flight control system according to the present disclosure is characterized by comprising an autonomous flight mode in which a flying body automatically carries out a flight operation along a prescribed route, and a manual flight mode in which the flight operation is carried out on the basis of input information that is inputted from a manipulation device, the flight control system also being characterized in that, if a prescribed event is detected while the flying body flies in the autonomous flight mode, the flight mode is permitted to switch from the autonomous flight mode to the manual flight mode.
[Problem] To provide an aerial photography system, an aerial photography method, and an aerial mobile body management device that can facilitate the smooth running of a contest, an event, or other activities. [Solution] An alarm control device of an aerial photography system (10) causes an alarm device (240) to perform a first proximity-state action which includes outputting an alarm sound or illumination of an alarm light, on a condition that a measured distance to the ground or the like of the photography area becomes less than a first distance threshold (LMT2), during aerial photographing of a photography area (90), and prohibits the first proximity-state action when the measured distance exceeds the first distance threshold during aerial photography of the photography area.
[Problem] To provide a determination system and a determination method that can improve safety when a drone flies. [Solution] A determination system according to the present disclosure is characterized by comprising: a field information acquisition unit that acquires registration information of a selected target field from a storage unit in which location information of a plurality of fields is pre-registered; a placement information acquisition unit that acquires setting information including a placement position and a placement orientation for placing an aerial vehicle in the target field; and a comparison and verification unit that, after disposing the aerial vehicle at a prescribed position in a prescribed orientation in the target field, determines whether or not the aerial vehicle has been placed in an appropriate position by comparing measurement information including a measured position and a measured orientation of the aerial vehicle as obtained by positioning the aerial vehicle and measuring the orientation of the aerial vehicle, respectively, with the setting information.
[Problem] To provide an area setting system and an area setting method capable of determining, in a simple manner, a field which is designated for imaging or a flight geofence corresponding thereto. [Solution] The area setting system according to this disclosure sets a designated imaging field to be imaged by a drone or a flight geofence corresponding thereto, comprises a drone which is provided with a measurement unit for measuring position information, an operation device which is provided with an input unit for receiving input of a user, and a server which is directly or indirectly connected, for communication, to the drone and the operation device. The area registration system is characterized by setting the designated imaging field or the flight geofence corresponding thereto on the basis of a plurality of pieces of position information acquired by the measurement unit by positioning the drone at a plurality of predetermined positions of the designated imaging field and field shape information set in advance.
B64C 39/02 - Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
G05D 1/10 - Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions
G01B 11/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
G01B 21/00 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant
G08G 1/13 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles to a central station the indicator being in the form of a map
[Problem] To provide a flight control system with which it is possible to perform safe manual steering of a flying body without requiring advanced steering technology. [Solution] The flight control system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a steering device and an unmanned aircraft, the unmanned aircraft having a propulsion mechanism that includes a plurality of rotating blades, a position estimation unit that estimates the position of the unmanned aircraft, an orientation estimation unit that estimates the orientation of the unmanned aircraft, a speed estimation unit that estimates the movement speed of the unmanned aircraft, and a flight control unit that controls the propulsion mechanism on the basis of information including the current position, orientation, and speed of the unmanned aircraft, the flight control unit controlling the propulsion mechanism such that the unmanned aircraft flies along a virtual flight line set in a map data in advance on the basis of a steering signal transmitted from the steering device in accordance with an operation in one axial direction performed by an operator on an operation input unit.
To provide an aircraft of which flight efficiency can be improved. An image capturing method according to this embodiment is a method for capturing an image of an object to be photographed by using a plurality of aircrafts including an image capturing part. The image capturing method includes a ranking step of setting up a predetermined ranking for each of the aircrafts, a control step of performing control on the basis of the ranking, and an image capturing step of moving the aircraft and using the image capturing part to capture an image of the object. According to this configuration, a plurality of aircrafts can be used to capture images of a plurality of objects to be photographed simultaneously from different angles.
[Problem] To provide an aircraft with which flight efficiency can be improved. [Solution] The image capturing method according to the present invention is a method for capturing images of an imaging target by means of a plurality of aircraft each provided with an image capturing unit. The image capturing method includes: a ranking step of setting a prescribed ranking for each of the aircraft; a control step of performing control based on the rankings; and an image capturing step of causing the aircraft to move in accordance with the control, and capturing images of the target by means of the image capturing units. According to this configuration, images of a plurality of imaging targets can be captured simultaneously from various angles using a plurality of aircraft.
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