AI Spot Check

We are excited to announce AI Spot Check, a powerful new enhancement that uses computer vision to ensure your drone's camera is always focused on the exact inspection target, even at high zoom levels.

While standard GPS navigation gets a drone to the general area, AI Spot Check uses advanced computer vision to "lock on" to specific targets. This eliminates the impact of small positioning errors caused by wind or GPS drift, ensuring your camera captures the exact equipment or structural feature you intended every single time.

Key Capabilities and How to Use It

AI Spot Check enhances the Live Mission Recording workflow by adding visual recognition to your waypoints.

• Visual Target Lock: The system stores a reference image of what the camera sees during mission creation. During execution, the drone uses this reference to visually recognize the target and automatically micro-adjusts the gimbal and position to center it.

• Oriented Shoot Actions: Photos are automatically captured at every recorded waypoint. These actions preserve all orientation, zoom, and lens parameters.

• 3D Mission Planner Integration: Missions enabled with AI Spot Check are managed in the 3D Mission Planner, offering spatial awareness, altitude visualization, and terrain context.

• Precision Bounding Boxes: You can define exactly what part of the image is most important by adjusting a bounding box on your reference image, focusing the visual matching algorithm on specific components.

Workflow for AI Spot Check

• Fly & Record: Initiate "Live Mission Recording" from the dashboard. Fly the drone manually to your target, adjust the zoom/gimbal until the view is perfect, and capture the waypoint.

• Refine in 3D: After landing, open the recorded mission in the 3D Mission Planner. This allows you to edit and fine-tune the waypoints and camera parameters.

• Set Target: Open the "Oriented Shoot" action for a waypoint. You will see the reference image captured during flight. Adjust the bounding box to highlight the specific object you want the AI to capture in frame

• Execute: Run the mission. The drone will arrive at the waypoint, compare the live view to your reference image, and automatically correct itself to match the original shot.

When to Use AI spot check

Use AI Spot Check for high-precision, repetitive inspection missions where "close enough" isn't good enough. It is ideal for:

• Routine Monitoring & Compliance Auditing: When you need to see the exact same gauge, valve, or structural element daily or weekly.

• Change Detection: Ensuring photos are framed identically over time to spot minute differences.

• High-Zoom Scenarios: When using zoom levels up to 20x (optimal range), where even a meter of GPS drift would typically push the target out of frame.

• Note: For best results, avoid using this feature at extreme zoom levels (20x+) or in lighting conditions that differ drastically from the original recording (e.g., midday vs. dawn).

Hardware Compatibility

• Supported Devices: DJI Dock 1, Dock 2, and Dock 3

• AI Spot Check is compatible with all DJI Dock models, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced precision across the entire DJI Dock range.

For more information, please refer to our documentation on AI Spot Check