Drone system, drone, movable body, drone system control method, and drone system control program

Abstract

[Problem] Through cooperative operation of a drone and a movable body which is movable with the drone loaded thereon and at which takeoff and landing of the drone is allowed, high safety can be maintained even when the drone performs autonomous flying. [Solution] A drone system 500 operates through cooperation between a drone 100 and a movable body 406a which is movable with the drone loaded thereon and at which takeoff and landing of the drone is allowed. The drone is provided with a flight control unit 21 for controlling the flight of the drone and a drone transmission unit 40 for transmitting information for enabling distinction as to whether the drone is in flight or not. The movable body is provided with: an arrival / departure region 82 which has the drone loaded thereon and which serves as an arrival / departure point 406 for allowing takeoff and landing of the drone; a movement control unit 30 which moves the movable body along with the drone by loading the drone on the arrival / departure region; a movable body reception unit 60 for receiving information from the drone; and a display unit 65 for displaying information on the basis of the information received from the drone. When information indicating that the drone is in flight is received by the movable body reception unit, the operational restriction of the movable body and / or display of the display unit is made different from that of the case where the drone is not in flight.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle system, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a mobile body, a control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle system, and an unmanned aerial vehicle system control program. Background technique [0002] The application of small helicopters (multi-rotor helicopters) generally called drones is advancing. As one of the important application fields thereof, chemical sowing of agricultural chemicals and liquid fertilizers to farmland (farm) is exemplified (for example, Patent Document 1). In narrow farmland, it is not suitable to use manned aircraft or helicopters but suitable for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. [0003] Through quasi-zenith satellite system or RTK-GPS (Real Time Kinematic-Global Positioning System) and other technologies, the drone can accurately know the absolute position of the drone in centimeters during flight. Therefore, in Japan, even in In a typical farmland with narrow and complex terr...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] On the other hand, there are cases where it is difficult to fully consider safety for self-flying unmanned aerial vehicles for agricultural chemical dissemination

Since the weight of a drone loaded with medicine is several tens of kilograms, it may cause serious consequences in the event of an accident such as falling on a person

In addition, as a rule, since the operator of the UAV is not a professional, mechanisms to prevent misuse are required, but this is not well taken into account

So far, although there is a safety technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (for example, Patent Document 2) based on the premise of human operation, there is no technology for autonomous flying unmanned aerial vehicles, especially for agricultural chemical dissemination.

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