Context-based flight mode selection

A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment, the system comprising:none or more processors individually or collectively configured to:nidentify an environment type from a plurality of different environment types including an indoor environment, an outdoor environment, a high obstacle density environment, and a low obstacle density environment, based on one or more different types of sensor data generated by one or more different types of sensors,select a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the identified environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight modes is associated with a distinct set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in a different environment type, andcause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified environment type while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode.

A method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within an environment, the method comprising:nreceiving one or more different types of sensor data from one or more different types of sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle;identifying an environment type from a plurality of different environment types including an indoor environment, an outdoor environment, a high obstacle density environment, and a low obstacle density environment based on the one or more different types of sensor data;selecting a flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the identified environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight modes is associated with a distinct set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in a different environment type; andcausing the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified environment type while conforming to the set of operating rules of the selected flight mode.

A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle, the system comprising:none or more different types of sensors carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle; andone or more processors individually or collectively configured to:nidentify a first environment type from a plurality of different environment types including an indoor environment, an outdoor environment, a high obstacle density environment, and a low obstacle density environment, based on one or more different types of sensor data generated by the one or more different types of sensors,select a first flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the identified first environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight modes is associated with a distinct set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in a different environment type,cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified first environment type while conforming to the set of operating rules of the first flight mode,identify a second environment type from the plurality of different environment types based on one or more different types of sensor data generated by the one or more different types of sensors,select a second flight mode from the plurality of different flight modes based on the identified second environment type, andcause the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified second environment type while conforming to the set of operating rules of the second flight mode.

A method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:nidentifying a first environment type from a plurality of different environment types including an indoor environment, an outdoor environment, a high obstacle density environment, and a low obstacle density environment, based on one or more different types of sensor data generated by the one or more different types of sensors;selecting a first flight mode from a plurality of different flight modes based on the identified first environment type, wherein each of the plurality of different flight modes is associated with a distinct set of operating rules for the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in a different environment type;causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified first environment type while conforming to a first set of operating rules of the first flight mode;identifying a second environment type from the plurality of different environment types based on one or more different types of sensor data generated by the one or more different types of sensors;selecting a second flight mode from the plurality of different flight modes based on the identified second environment type and with aid of a processor; andcausing the unmanned aerial vehicle to operate within the identified second environment type while conforming to a second set of operating rules of the second flight mode.