UAV airborne mission system

Abstract

The present invention discloses a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle airborne mission system, the unmanned aerial vehicle is electrically connected to the power interface board through an extension interface to power the whole system, the power interface board is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board; the unmanned aerial vehicle is also electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board through an extension interface, the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the TX2 core board, and the unmanned aerial vehicle performs data exchange with the TX2 core board through the TX2 carrier board; the wireless transceiver module performs data exchange with the TX2 carrier board through the power interface board, and the wireless transceiver module is connected to the coding board, and the coding board converts the data sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle into a network stream and transmits it to the ground through the wireless transceiver module. The unmanned aerial vehicle airborne mission system provided by the present invention has strong anti-interference capability, high spectrum efficiency, long transmission distance, strong anti-fading capability and strong diffraction capability, and can realize real-time and high-quality wireless two-way data transmission in a complex and non-line-of-sight environment.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and in particular to an airborne mission system of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Background Art

[0002] At present, drones are widely used in several fields such as mapping, power line inspection, security monitoring, emergency rescue, agricultural remote sensing, etc. In many cases, drones are required to automatically complete the set tasks, and the drone status needs to be monitored in real time during the process to ensure the safety and reliability of the task. However, existing drones need to be manually controlled during the mission and takeoff and landing, and the drone status cannot be monitored in real time or is affected by signal strength limitations, resulting in insufficient monitoring distance and signal transmission lag. Summary of the invention

[0003] To this end, an embodiment of the present invention provides a UAV airborne mission system to solve the problems existing in the prior art that the UAV needs to be manually controlled when performing missions and taking off and landing, and the UAV status cannot be monitored in real time or is affected by signal strength limitations, resulting in insufficient monitoring distance and signal transmission lag.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] A drone airborne mission system comprises a power interface board, a TX2 carrier board, a TX2 core board, a wireless transceiver module and a coding board, wherein the drone is electrically connected to the power interface board through an extension interface to power the entire system, and the power interface board is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board; the drone is also electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board through an extension interface, the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the TX2 core board, and the drone exchanges data with the TX2 core board through the TX2 carrier board; the wireless transceiver module exchanges data with the TX2 carrier board through the power interface board, the wireless transceiver module is connected to the coding board, and the coding board converts the data sent by the drone into a network stream and transmits it to the ground through the wireless transceiver module.

[0006] Furthermore, the drone provides 24V DC power to the entire system through the expansion interface.

[0007] Furthermore, the power interface board includes a power conversion circuit, a USB to RS232 interface and a network interface. The UAV is electrically connected to the power conversion circuit through an expansion interface to power the entire system. The power conversion circuit is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board; the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface, the wireless transceiver module is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface, and the TX2 carrier board transmits the data sent by the UAV to the wireless transceiver module through the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface.

[0008] Furthermore, the power conversion circuit converts 24V DC into one 18V DC and two 12V DC to power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board respectively.

[0009] Furthermore, the power interface board and the TX2 carrier board are electrically connected to the drone expansion interface via a TYPEC to DB15 adapter cable.

[0010] Furthermore, the drone expansion interface is electrically connected to the USB interface and TTL serial port interface of the TX2 carrier board.

[0011] Furthermore, the wireless transceiver module includes a sky end and a ground end, and the sky end and the ground end are connected via a wireless network.

[0012] Furthermore, it also includes a decoder and a display, one end of the decoder is electrically connected to the ground end, and the other end is electrically connected to the display, and the decoder decodes the data received from the ground end and displays it on the display screen.

[0013] Furthermore, the wireless transceiver module is connected to the encoding board via a network interface.

[0014] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects: the present invention provides a drone airborne mission system, including a power interface board, a TX2 carrier board, a TX2 core board, a wireless transceiver module and a coding board, the drone is electrically connected to the power interface board through an extension interface to power the entire system, the power interface board is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the coding board; the drone is also electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board through an extension interface, the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the TX2 core board, and the drone performs data exchange with the TX2 core board through the TX2 carrier board; the wireless transceiver module performs data exchange with the TX2 carrier board through the power interface board, the wireless transceiver module is connected to the coding board, and the coding board converts the data sent by the drone into a network stream and transmits it to the ground through the wireless transceiver module. The drone airborne mission system provided by the present invention has strong anti-interference ability, high spectrum efficiency, long transmission distance, strong anti-fading ability, and strong diffraction ability, and can realize real-time, high-quality wireless two-way data transmission in a complex, non-line-of-sight environment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly explain the prior art and the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for describing the prior art and the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the drawings described below are only exemplary, and for ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be derived from the provided drawings without creative work.

[0016] The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification so that people familiar with this technology can understand and read them. They are not used to limit the conditions under which the present invention can be implemented. Any structural modification, change in proportion or adjustment of size should still fall within the scope of the technical contents disclosed in the present invention without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present invention.

[0017] Figure 1 A block diagram of a UAV airborne mission system module provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 A flowchart of the operation of using the embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the software configuration interface provided by the embodiment of the present invention Figure 1 ;

[0020] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the software configuration interface provided by the embodiment of the present invention Figure 2 ;

[0021] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the software configuration interface provided by the embodiment of the present invention Figure 3 .

[0022] Description of reference numerals:

[0023] 1-power interface board; 11-power transfer circuit; 12-network interface; 13-USB to 232 interface;

[0024] 2-TX2 carrier board; 3-TX2 core board; 4-wireless transceiver module air end; 5-encoder board; 6-wireless transceiver module ground end; 7-decoder; 8-drone. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.

[0026] In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more. The terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", etc. (if any) in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above-mentioned drawings are intended to distinguish the objects referred to. For schemes with a sequential flow, this terminology does not have to be understood as describing a specific order or sequence. For schemes with device structures, this terminology does not distinguish between importance, positional relationships, etc.

[0027] In addition, the terms "comprises", "has" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, product or apparatus that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that have been explicitly listed, but may also include other steps or units that are not explicitly listed but are inherent to these processes, methods, products or apparatuses, or steps or units that are added based on further optimization schemes conceived by the present invention.

[0028] See also Figure 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle airborne mission system, including a power interface board 1, a TX2 carrier board 2, a TX2 core board 3, a wireless transceiver module and an encoding board 5, the unmanned aerial vehicle 8 is directly electrically connected to the power interface board 1 through an expansion interface to provide 24V DC power for the entire system, the power interface board 1 is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board 2, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board 5, respectively, to power the TX2 carrier board 2, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board 5; the unmanned aerial vehicle 8 is also electrically connected to the USB interface and the TTL serial port interface of the TX2 carrier board 2 through the expansion interface, the TX2 carrier board 2 is electrically connected to the TX2 core board 3, the unmanned aerial vehicle 8 exchanges data with the TX2 core board 3 through the TX2 carrier board 2, that is, transmits images and data to the TX2 core board 3 and receives commands from the TX2 core board 3; the wireless transceiver module exchanges data with the TX2 carrier board 2 through the power interface board 1, the wireless transceiver module is connected to the encoding board 5 through a network interface, and the encoding board 5 converts the data sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle 8 into a network stream and transmits it to the ground through the wireless transceiver module.

[0029] The power interface board 1 includes a power adapter circuit 11, a USB to RS232 interface 13 and a network interface 12. The drone 8 is electrically connected to the power adapter circuit 11 through an expansion interface to provide 24V DC power for the entire system. The power adapter circuit 11 is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board 2, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board 5, and converts the 24V DC power into one 18V DC power and two 12V DC power to power the TX2 carrier board 2, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board 5 respectively. The three power supplies are isolated from each other to avoid interference with each other; the TX2 carrier board 2 is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface 13 and the network interface 12, and the wireless transceiver module is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface 13 and the network interface 12. The TX2 carrier board 2 transmits the data sent by the drone 8 to the wireless transceiver module through the USB to RS232 interface 13 and the network interface 12.

[0030] The wireless transceiver module includes a wireless transceiver module sky end 4 and a wireless transceiver module ground end 6, and the wireless transceiver module sky end 4 and the wireless transceiver module ground end 6 are connected via a wireless network.

[0031] The drone airborne mission system provided by the embodiment of the present invention also includes a decoder 7 and a display, one end of the decoder 7 is electrically connected to the ground end 6 of the wireless transceiver module, and the other end is electrically connected to the display, and the decoder 7 decodes the data received by the ground end 6 of the wireless transceiver module and displays it on the display screen for viewing. Various data during the flight of the drone 8 are also sent to the ground end through the wireless transceiver module, and the real-time data of the drone can be monitored by the software installed on the ground end computer. At the same time, the ground end can also send the drone control command to the sky end, and remotely control the drone 8 through the TX2 core board 3.

[0032] The UAV airborne mission system provided by the embodiment of the present invention does not rely on the existing network infrastructure and supports any network topology. Unlike traditional wireless networks, it is a wireless broadband system with no center, distributed, multi-hop relay, dynamic routing, strong anti-destruction and good scalability. It uses its own routing protocol internally and completes wireless communication between nodes through wireless multi-hop forwarding. A self-organizing distributed broadband wireless network transmission system with efficient MAC layer transmission protocol and layer 2 routing protocol. All nodes are completely equal, without the help of any infrastructure, a dedicated self-organizing network between mobile nodes can be quickly constructed, providing instant adaptive communication, with excellent broadband performance, and supporting real-time transmission of multimedia information such as video encoding and audio encoding. The system technology has the advantages of strong anti-interference ability, high spectrum efficiency, long transmission distance, strong anti-fading ability, and strong diffraction ability. It can realize real-time and high-quality wireless two-way data transmission functions in complex and non-line-of-sight environments. Facing the information communication transmission of UAVs in complex environments, it follows the principles of universalization, modularization, and standardization to realize the telemetry, remote control, and high-speed real-time transmission of payload data of the ground control station to each unmanned terminal and the information collaborative interaction function between unmanned terminals. The entire system has been tested many times and can work continuously, stably and reliably for a long time.

[0033] See also Figures 2 to 5 When installing the UAV airborne mission system provided by the present invention on a UAV, first assemble the modules of the sky end and then use a bracket to fix the entire system on the UAV, use a TYPEC to DB15 adapter cable to connect the sky end and the UAV, then connect the ground end with the decoder and the display, open the control software to configure the IP and other parameters, connect the sky end with the ground end, and after confirming that the connection is successful, start the UAV to start flying, and the operator can observe the real-time picture and data of the UAV on the display.

[0034] In the present invention, a power interface board and a TX2 carrier board can be manufactured according to the PCB layout. The drone and the system are connected using a TYPEC adapter cable. The modules inside the system are connected according to the interfaces on the circuit board using silicone wires, XH1.25 connectors, FPC cables, and HDMI adapters. The wireless transceiver module needs to be connected to an external antenna.

[0035] The drone airborne mission system provided by the present invention can allow the drone to automatically complete the set tasks, reducing the demand for manpower to control the drone. In addition, the drone status can be monitored in real time during the drone operation to ensure the safety and reliability of completing the task. It occupies a small space and is light in weight, and will not affect the normal flight of the drone. It has good protection performance and can work normally in a large temperature range and in rainy and snowy weather. The receiving and transmitting frequencies are adjustable, the signal transmission distance is long, the signal delay is low, the anti-interference ability is strong, the spectrum efficiency is high, the anti-fading ability, and the diffraction ability are strong.

[0036] The above specific embodiments may be combined with each other, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be described in detail in some embodiments.

[0037] The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined (as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features). To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described; these embodiments that are not explicitly written should also be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0038] The present invention is described in more detail through general description and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, without departing from the concept of the present invention, it is obvious that several variations and improvements can be made to these specific embodiments, which all belong to the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of this application shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle airborne mission system, characterized in that: It includes a power interface board, a TX2 carrier board, a TX2 core board, a wireless transceiver module and an encoding board. The UAV is electrically connected to the power interface board through an expansion interface to power the entire system. The power interface board is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board; the UAV is also electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board through an expansion interface, the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the TX2 core board, and the UAV exchanges data with the TX2 core board through the TX2 carrier board; the wireless transceiver module exchanges data with the TX2 carrier board through the power interface board, the wireless transceiver module is connected to the encoding board, and the encoding board converts the data sent by the UAV into a network stream and transmits it to the ground through the wireless transceiver module; The power interface board includes a power transfer circuit, a USB to RS232 interface and a network interface. The drone is electrically connected to the power transfer circuit through an expansion interface to power the entire system. The power transfer circuit is electrically connected to the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board; the TX2 carrier board is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface, the wireless transceiver module is electrically connected to the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface, and the TX2 carrier board transmits the data sent by the drone to the wireless transceiver module through the USB to RS232 interface and the network interface.

2. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drone provides 24V DC power to the entire system through the expansion interface; the power interface board and the TX2 carrier board are electrically connected to the drone expansion interface through a TYPEC to DB15 adapter cable.

3. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The power conversion circuit converts 24V DC into one 18V DC and two 12V DC to respectively power the TX2 carrier board, the wireless transceiver module and the encoding board.

4. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drone expansion interface is electrically connected to the USB interface and the TTL serial port interface of the TX2 carrier board.

5. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The wireless transceiver module includes a sky terminal and a ground terminal, and the sky terminal and the ground terminal are connected via a wireless network.

6. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 5, characterized in that: It also includes a decoder and a display. One end of the decoder is electrically connected to the ground end, and the other end is electrically connected to the display. The decoder decodes the data received from the ground end and displays it on the display.

7. The UAV airborne mission system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The wireless transceiver module is connected to the encoding board via a network interface.

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