Flying head: a head motion synchronization mechanism for unmanned aerial vehicle control

Authors:
Keita Higuchi;Jun Rekimoto
Affiliations:
Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan;The University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Japan
Venue:
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We propose an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control mechanism, called a "Flying Head" which synchronizes a human head and the UAV motions. The accurate manipulation of UAVs is difficult as their control typically involves hand-operated devices. We can incorporate the UAV control using human motions such as walking, looking around and crouching. The system synchronizes the operator and UAV positions in terms of the horizontal and vertical positions and the yaw orientation. The operator can use the UAV more intuitively as such manipulations are more in accord with kinesthetic. Finally, we discuss flying telepresence applications.