Flight management device and flight management method

Abstract

Problems caused by weather when an aircraft is flying can be suppressed. A flight management device (1) includes: a condition information acquisition unit (122) for acquiring condition information, the condition information including weather conditions for the flight of the aircraft associated with a position set on a predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight of the aircraft; a weather information acquisition unit (123) for acquiring weather information including weather at a current position of the aircraft or a predetermined predetermined position of the aircraft; a determination unit (124) for determining whether the weather satisfies the weather conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information; and an output unit (126) for outputting information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a flight management device and a flight management method for managing information related to flight of a flying device. Background Art

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a system that uses a wind sensor installed at a port where a drone takes off and lands to obtain the wind direction and wind speed near the port, and uses the wind direction and wind speed to determine whether the drone can take off and land at the port.

[0003] Prior art literature

[0004] Patent Literature

[0005] Patent Document 1: International Publication No. 2018 / 155700

[0006] Aerial devices such as drones and manned aircraft fly near buildings and perform different operations or actions depending on the location. Therefore, even if there are no problems when the aerial device takes off and lands, problems caused by weather may occur depending on the location where the aerial device flies. On the other hand, the system described in Patent Document 1 uses the wind direction and wind speed around the port, so it is impossible to make judgments related to weather by considering the location where the aerial device flies. Summary of the invention

[0007] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to suppress problems caused by weather when a flying device is flying.

[0008] The flight management device of the first embodiment of the present invention includes: a condition information acquisition unit, which acquires condition information, wherein the condition information includes meteorological conditions for the flight of the flight device and is associated with a position on a predetermined flight route or flight range set for the flight of the flight device; a meteorological information acquisition unit, which acquires meteorological information including the weather of the current position of the flight device or the predetermined predetermined position of the flight device; a determination unit, which determines whether the weather satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information; and an output unit, which outputs information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit.

[0009] The determination unit may determine whether the weather at the current location at a current time satisfies the weather condition associated with the current location in the condition information.

[0010] The determination unit may determine whether the weather at the predetermined location predicted at a predetermined time when the flying device arrives at the predetermined location satisfies the weather condition associated with the predetermined location in the condition information.

[0011] The flight management device may also include a determination unit, which determines an alternative flight route or an alternative flight range that is different from the flight route or the flight range when the determination unit determines that the weather does not satisfy the meteorological conditions, and the output unit outputs the alternative flight route or the alternative flight range.

[0012] The condition information acquisition unit can also acquire the condition information including the meteorological conditions associated with the position and the action content or the work content performed by the flying device, and the judgment unit determines whether the weather satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the action content or the work content performed by the flying device at the current position or the predetermined position.

[0013] The condition information acquisition unit may also acquire the condition information including the meteorological condition associated with the position and the number of other flying devices flying within a specified area including the position, and the determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the meteorological condition associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the number within the specified area including the current position or the predetermined position.

[0014] The condition information acquisition unit may also acquire the condition information including the meteorological conditions associated with the position and the category of the body of the flying device, and the determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the category.

[0015] The condition information acquisition unit may acquire the condition information including the weather conditions respectively associated with a plurality of different positions provided on the flight route or the flight range.

[0016] The determination unit may also determine whether the flying device can take off based on the weather within the flight route or the flight range before the flying device takes off. After determining that the flying device can take off, the determination unit may determine whether the weather meets the weather conditions during the flight of the flying device.

[0017] The flight management method of the second embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps executed by a processor: obtaining condition information, the condition information including meteorological conditions for the flight of the flying device and associated with a position on a predetermined flight route or flight range set for the flight of the flying device; obtaining meteorological information including the weather of the current position of the flying device or the predetermined predetermined position of the flying device; determining whether the weather satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information; and outputting information corresponding to the determination result in the determination step.

[0018] According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress problems caused by weather conditions when a flying device is flying. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a flight management system of an embodiment.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a block diagram of a flight management device of an implementation mode.

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a flight reservation screen for accepting input of flight reservation information on a user terminal.

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram used to illustrate meteorological conditions.

[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram for explaining processing when the determination unit determines the current position or the predetermined position.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram for explaining the alternative flight route or the alternative flight range determined by the determination unit.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a timing diagram showing the flight management method executed by the flight management system.

[0026] Description of Reference Numerals

[0027] 1 Flight management device

[0028] 11 Storage

[0029] 12 Control Unit

[0030] 121 Flight reservation information acquisition department

[0031] 122 Condition Information Acquisition Department

[0032] 123 Weather Information Acquisition Department

[0033] 124 Judgment Department

[0034] 125 Determination

[0035] 126 Output

[0036] 2 User Terminal

[0037] 3 Flying Devices

[0038] 4 Weather information providing device DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] (Overview of flight management system)

[0040] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the flight management system of this embodiment. The flight management system includes a flight management device 1, a user terminal 2, a flight device 3 and a weather information providing device 4. The flight management system may also include other terminals, devices and the like.

[0041] The flight management device 1 is a computer that determines whether the weather at the location where the flight device 3 is flying meets the specified weather conditions and outputs the determination result to the user terminal. The flight management device 1 is a single device or multiple devices. In addition, the flight management device 1 can also be one or more virtual servers running on a collection of computer resources, that is, a cloud.

[0042] The user terminal 2 is a computer used by the user. The user terminal 2 is, for example, an information terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer. The user is, for example, a person who operates, manages, or owns the flight device 3. The user terminal 2 has a display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying information and an operation unit such as a touch panel for accepting user operations. The user terminal 2 sends / receives information with the flight management device 1 through communication.

[0043] The flying device 3 is an unmanned flying device such as a drone that flies along a flight route specified by a user and performs specified operations. In addition, the flying device 3 may also be a manned flying device such as an airplane or a flying vehicle. The operations performed by the flying device 3 are, for example, the transportation of objects on the flight route or flight range, the photography of the surrounding area of ​​the flight route or flight range, the release of objects (pesticides, etc.) on the flight route or flight range, and the output of information (sound, light, etc.) on the flight route or flight range. In addition, the flying device 3 has a communication device such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and an antenna, and can communicate via a base station of a mobile communication network. In addition, the flying device 3 may also function as the flight management device 1 by executing at least a portion of the functions performed by the flight management device 1.

[0044] The weather information providing device 4 is a device that provides weather information including the weather at the current location of the flight device 3 or the predetermined location of the flight device 3. The weather information providing device 4 transmits the weather information to the flight management device 1 by communication. The weather information providing device 4 is, for example, a base station of a mobile communication network equipped with a weather sensor for measuring weather. One or more weather information providing devices 4 are installed near the flight route or flight range to measure the weather at each point in the flight route or flight range.

[0045] In addition, the weather information providing device 4 may be other devices capable of measuring weather, such as a mobile device such as a drone or a vehicle equipped with a weather sensor. In addition, the weather information providing device 4 may be a device that provides weather information including future forecasts, that is, weather forecasts.

[0046] The following is an overview of the processing performed by the flight management device 1 of this embodiment. The flight management device 1 receives flight schedule information (including a scheduled flight route or flight range for the flight device 3 to fly and a scheduled flight schedule period for the flight device 3 to fly along the flight route or flight range) from the user terminal 2. Figure 1 (1)). The flight management device 1 stores the received flight schedule information in the storage unit.

[0047] The flight management device 1 acquires condition information (including weather conditions associated with a location set on a predetermined flight route or flight range in which the flight device 3 flies) Figure 1 (2)). Weather conditions are pre-associated with each location (site) within the flight route or flight range.

[0048] The flight management device 1 obtains weather information (including weather information at the current location of the flight device 3 or the predetermined location of the flight device 3) from the weather information providing device 4. Figure 1 (3)). The flight management device 1 determines whether the weather included in the weather information satisfies the weather condition associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information ( Figure 1 (4)). The flight management device 1 outputs information corresponding to the determination result to the user terminal 2 ( Figure 1 (5)).

[0049] Through this structure, the flight management device 1 determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flight device 3 flying along the specified flight route or flight range meets the weather conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position, thereby being able to suppress problems caused by the weather when the flight device 3 is flying.

[0050] (Structure of the flight management device 1)

[0051] Figure 2 : is a block diagram of the flight management device 1 of this embodiment. Figure 2 In the figure, arrows indicate the main data flow, which can also be Figure 2 Data flows other than those shown. Figure 2 In the example, each module is not a hardware (device) unit structure, but a functional unit structure. Figure 2 The modules shown may be installed in a single device, or may be installed in multiple devices. Data transmission and reception between modules may also be performed via any means such as a data bus, a network, a portable storage medium, etc.

[0052] The flight management device 1 has a storage unit 11 and a control unit 12. The storage unit 11 is a storage medium including a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, and the like. The storage unit 11 stores in advance the program executed by the control unit 12. In addition, the storage unit 11 stores flight schedule information including a predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight device 3 to fly and a predetermined flight schedule period for the flight device 3 to fly along the flight route or flight range. In addition, the storage unit 11 stores condition information including meteorological conditions associated with a position set on the predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight device 3 to fly. In addition, the storage unit 11 may also store body information related to the body of the flight device 3 and operator information related to the operator who operates the flight device 3.

[0053] The control unit 12 includes a flight schedule information acquisition unit 121, a condition information acquisition unit 122, a weather information acquisition unit 123, a determination unit 124, a determination unit 125, and an output unit 126. The control unit 12 is a processor such as a central processing unit (CPU), and functions as the flight schedule information acquisition unit 121, the condition information acquisition unit 122, the weather information acquisition unit 123, the determination unit 124, the determination unit 125, and the output unit 126 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 11. The respective components of the control unit 12 may be separately installed in a plurality of devices constituting the flight management device 1.

[0054] The following describes the structure of the flight management device 1 for executing the processing of this embodiment. The flight schedule information acquisition unit 121 receives flight schedule information including a scheduled flight route or flight range for the flight device 3 to fly and a scheduled flight schedule period for the flight device 3 to fly along the flight route or flight range from the user terminal 2.

[0055] Figure 3This is a schematic diagram of a flight reservation screen for accepting input of flight reservation information in the user terminal 2. For example, the user terminal 2 accepts a planar range (flight area) specified on a map displayed on the flight reservation screen as a flight range R. In addition, the user terminal 2 accepts a linear route specified in the flight range R on the map displayed on the flight reservation screen as a flight route F. In addition, the user terminal 2 may accept only the designation of either the flight route F or the flight range R. In addition, the user terminal 2 may accept the designation of a three-dimensional flight route F or flight range R including a position and an altitude.

[0056] In addition, the user terminal 2 can accept the designation of a scheduled flight period for flying the flying device 3. The scheduled flight period is, for example, a period specified by a start date and an end date. In addition, the user terminal 2 can also accept the designation of the content of actions or operations performed by the flying device 3 in the flight route or flight range. The content of the actions is, for example, the types of actions performed by the flying device 3, such as hovering, take-off and landing, and circling. The content of the operations is, for example, the types of operations performed by the flying device 3, such as photography, monitoring, and delivery. The content of the actions or the content of the operations can specify the entire flight route or flight range, or can specify various locations within the flight route or flight range. The user terminal 2 can also accept the input of other information.

[0057] In the flight management device 1, the flight schedule information acquisition unit 121 acquires the flight schedule information including the flight route or flight range and the flight schedule period from the user terminal 2. The flight schedule information acquisition unit 121 stores the flight schedule information received from the user terminal 2 in the storage unit 11.

[0058] The condition information acquisition unit 122 acquires condition information including weather conditions associated with locations set on a flight route or flight range scheduled for flight of the flying device 3. The condition information is set in advance by, for example, an administrator of the flight management device 1 or a user of the user terminal 2 and stored in the storage unit 11.

[0059] Meteorological conditions are conditions related to the weather used to make the flying device 3 fly along the flight route or flight range. Meteorological conditions are represented by at least one of wind speed, wind direction and precipitation, for example. Meteorological conditions related to wind speed include wind speed being below a prescribed reference value. Meteorological conditions related to wind direction include wind direction being in a prescribed direction (tailwind, opposite wind or left and right wind relative to the forward direction, etc.) or not in a prescribed direction. Meteorological conditions related to precipitation include precipitation (i.e., rainfall per unit time) being below a prescribed reference value. Meteorological conditions are not limited to the specific conditions shown here, and may also include other conditions related to weather.

[0060] The weather conditions are respectively associated with a plurality of different positions on the flight route or the flight range. The positions on the flight route or the flight range are determined by, for example, the range of coordinates (latitude and longitude) where the flight device 3 is located, the address where the flight device 3 is located, a base station with which the flight device 3 can communicate, etc. Thus, the flight management device 1 can make a determination for the flight of the flight device 3 using the weather conditions specified for each position.

[0061] Figure 4 (a) is a schematic diagram for explaining meteorological conditions associated with a plurality of different locations. Figure 4 In the example (a), different weather conditions are associated with the first half and the second half of the flight route. Weather conditions are not limited to being associated with the first half and the second half of the flight route, but may be associated with positions that divide the flight route or flight range into other units.

[0062] In addition, the weather conditions may also be associated with the content of the action or the content of the operation. The action content is, for example, the type of action performed by the flying device 3, such as hovering, take-off and landing, and circling. The operation content is, for example, the type of operation performed by the flying device 3, such as photography, monitoring, and delivery. In addition, the weather conditions may also be associated with the weight of the object of the action or operation (for example, the weight of the luggage carried by the flying device).

[0063] Figure 4 (b) is a schematic diagram for explaining the meteorological conditions associated with the action content or the work content. Figure 4 In the example (b), different weather conditions are associated with the work content of "photography" and the action content of "hovering". In addition, weather conditions can also be associated with the combination of the position on the flight route or flight range and the work content or action content.

[0064] In addition, the weather conditions may be associated with the number of other flying devices 3 (i.e., one or more flying devices 3 different from the flying device 3 to be determined) flying in a specified area including a position on the flight route or flight range during the scheduled flight period. The specified area for counting the number of other flying devices 3 is, for example, an area of ​​a specified size including the flying devices 3, or an area (cell) communicating with the same base station as the flying device 3.

[0065] In addition, the weather conditions may be associated with the type of the aircraft of the flying device 3. The type of the aircraft is the type of the aircraft corresponding to the characteristics of the flying device 3 that affect the flight, such as the flight speed, size, and weight. In addition, the type of the aircraft may also indicate whether the flying device 3 is automatically operated (automatically guided) or manually operated. In addition, in the case of manually operating the flying device 3, the weather conditions may be associated with the proficiency (operation level) of the operator who operates the flying device 3.

[0066] The weather information acquisition unit 123 acquires weather information including weather at the current position of the flying device 3 or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 from the weather information providing device 4. The weather information acquisition unit 123 determines the current position of the flying device 3, for example, while the flying device 3 is flying along the flight route or the flight range. In this case, the weather information acquisition unit 123 receives the current position of the flying device 3 determined based on a signal of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or a base station (cell) with which the flying device 3 can communicate from the flying device 3 in association with the current time.

[0067] In addition, the weather information acquisition unit 123 determines the predetermined predetermined position of the flying device 3, for example, before the flying device 3 flies along the flight route or the flight range or during the flying device 3 flies along the flight route or the flight range. In this case, the weather information acquisition unit 123 estimates the position within the flight route or the flight range at each time during the flight schedule based on the flight schedule information, and determines the estimated position as the predetermined position in association with each time during the flight schedule.

[0068] Furthermore, the meteorological information acquisition unit 123 acquires meteorological information including the meteorological conditions at the determined current location or the predetermined location. For example, the meteorological information acquisition unit 123 acquires meteorological information including the meteorological conditions measured by the meteorological information providing device 4 using a meteorological sensor within a specified range based on the determined current location or the predetermined location from the meteorological information providing device 4. In addition, the meteorological information acquisition unit 123 may also acquire meteorological information including the predicted meteorological conditions (i.e., weather forecast) for the determined current location or the predetermined location from the meteorological information providing device 4.

[0069] The determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 satisfies the weather condition associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information acquired by the condition information acquisition unit 122, based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit 123. The determination unit 124 transmits the determination result to the output unit 126.

[0070] When determining the current position, the determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the current position of the flying device 3 at the current time satisfies the weather condition associated with the current position in the condition information based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit 123 .

[0071] Figure 5 (a) is a schematic diagram for explaining the processing of the determination unit 124 in determining the current position. Figure 5In the example of (a), the current position P1 of the flying device 3 is associated with the weather condition e. The determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the current position P1 included in the weather information at the current time satisfies the weather condition e.

[0072] On the other hand, when determining the predetermined position, the determination unit 124 estimates the predetermined time when the flying device 3 arrives at the predetermined position based on the distance or route from the current position of the flying device 3 to the predetermined position and the speed of the flying device 3. The determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the predetermined position predicted at the predetermined time satisfies the weather condition associated with the predetermined position in the condition information based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit 123.

[0073] Figure 5 (b) is a schematic diagram for explaining the processing of the determination unit 124 in the case of determining the predetermined position. Figure 5 In the example of (b), the predicted position P2 of the flying device 3 is associated with the weather condition f. The determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the predicted position P2 included in the weather information at the predicted time when the flying device 3 arrives at the predicted position P2 is the weather condition f.

[0074] In addition, the determination unit 124 can also determine, based on the meteorological information acquired by the meteorological information acquisition unit 123, whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the action content or operation content performed by the flying device 3 at the current position or the predetermined position.

[0075] In this case, the determination unit 124 determines the action content or operation content of the flying device 3 at the current position or the scheduled position based on the flight schedule information, and uses the determined action content or operation content to make a determination. Thus, the flight management device 1 can use the meteorological conditions set according to the action content or operation content of the flying device 3 to make a determination for the flying of the flying device 3.

[0076] Furthermore, the determination unit 124 may also use weather conditions associated with the weight of an object of the action or operation (e.g., the weight of luggage carried by the flying device) in addition to the action content or operation content to make a determination. Thus, in a case where the flying device 3 carries heavy luggage, the flying device 3 is easily affected by the weather, and thus the flight management device 1 can use stricter weather conditions to make a determination for the flying of the flying device 3.

[0077] In addition, the determination unit 124 can also determine, based on the meteorological information acquired by the meteorological information acquisition unit 123, whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 satisfies the meteorological conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the number of other flying devices 3 within the specified area including the current position or the predetermined position.

[0078] In this case, the determination unit 124 uses the flight schedule information of the plurality of aircraft devices 3 stored in the storage unit 11 to calculate the number of other aircraft devices 3 that are located in a specified area (for example, in a cell of a base station with which the aircraft device 3 can communicate) including the current position or the scheduled position at the current time or the scheduled time. The determination unit 124 uses the calculated number of other aircraft devices 3 to make a determination. Thus, when a plurality of aircraft devices 3 fly in a relatively close area, there is a possibility that the communication band for performing flight control of the aircraft devices 3 is tight, and therefore, the flight management device 1 can use stricter meteorological conditions to make a determination for the flight of the aircraft devices 3.

[0079] In addition, the determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 satisfies the weather conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the type of the flying device 3 based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit 123 .

[0080] In this case, the determination unit 124 determines the type of the flying device 3 based on the body information of the flying device 3 pre-stored in the storage unit 11, and makes a determination using the determined type. In addition, in the case where the determined type of the flying device 3 indicates manual operation, the determination unit 124 may determine the proficiency (operation level) of the operator based on the operator information related to the operator operating the flying device 3 pre-stored in the storage unit 11, and makes a determination using the meteorological conditions associated with the determined proficiency. Thus, the influence of the weather varies depending on the type of the body of the flying device 3, so that the flight management device 1 can use more suitable meteorological conditions to make a determination for the flight of the flying device 3.

[0081] The determination unit 124 makes a determination in at least one of before the flight device 3 takes off, during the flight, and before the landing. In the case of making a determination in both before the take-off and during the flight, the determination unit 124 determines whether the flight device 3 can take off based on whether the weather in the designated flight route or flight range meets the weather conditions before the flight device 3 takes off, and determines that the flight device 3 can take off based on the determination that the weather conditions are met as a condition. Moreover, during the flight after the flight device 3 takes off, the determination unit 124 again determines whether the weather in the designated flight route or flight range meets the weather conditions. Thus, the flight management device 1 can determine whether the weather meets the weather conditions even after the flight device 3 takes off, thereby suppressing the influence of weather changes on the flight of the flight device 3. Similarly, the determination unit 124 determines whether the weather in the designated flight route or flight range meets the weather conditions before the flight device 3 lands.

[0082] When the determination unit 124 determines that the weather in the flight route or the flight range does not satisfy the weather conditions, the determination unit 125 determines an alternative flight route or an alternative flight range that is different from the flight route or the flight range. In this case, the determination unit 124 determines whether the weather in the route or the range that is different from the flight route or the flight range satisfies the weather conditions by the above-mentioned method. For example, the route or the range that is different from the flight route or the flight range is another route that has a common destination with the designated flight route or the flight range, or a route for making the flying device 3 flying along the designated flight route or the flight range retreat to a specified port.

[0083] When the determination unit 124 determines that the weather in the route or the range satisfies the meteorological conditions, the determination unit 125 determines the route or the range as the alternative flight route or the alternative flight range. The determination unit 125 transmits information indicating the determined alternative flight route or the alternative flight range to the output unit 126. In addition, even when the weather in a route or a range different from the flight route or the flight range does not satisfy the meteorological conditions, the determination unit 125 may determine the route or the range as the alternative flight route or the alternative flight range if the weather is better than that in the flight route or the flight range (i.e., the difference with the meteorological conditions is small).

[0084] Figure 6 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the alternative flight route or alternative flight range determined by the determination unit 125. Figure 6In the example of , it is shown that the determination unit 125 determines the state of the alternative flight route because the determination unit 124 determines that the weather on the flight route does not satisfy the weather condition g. In this case, the determination unit 124 determines that the weather on the alternative flight route satisfies the weather condition h. Thus, even if the flight management device 1 determines that the weather in the designated flight route or flight range does not satisfy the weather condition, an alternative flight route or flight range that satisfies the weather condition can be proposed.

[0085] The output unit 126 outputs information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit 124 to the user terminal 2. The information corresponding to the determination result includes, for example, text or an image indicating the determination result of the determination unit 124. In addition, the output unit 126 may output information indicating the alternative flight route or alternative flight range determined by the determination unit 125 as the information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit 124. The user terminal 2 displays the information corresponding to the determination result output by the flight management device 1 on the display unit.

[0086] In this way, the flight management device 1 determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flight device 3 flying along the flight route or the flight range satisfies the weather conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position, and provides the user with information corresponding to the determination result. The user can stop or interrupt the flight of the flight device 3 or make the flight device 3 fly along an alternative flight route or an alternative flight range based on the information corresponding to the determination result, thereby suppressing problems caused by weather when the flight device 3 is flying.

[0087] (Time sequence of flight management method)

[0088] Figure 7 The diagram is a sequence diagram showing a flight management method executed by a flight management system. The user terminal 2 accepts input of flight reservation information on the flight reservation screen (S11). The user terminal 2 accepts, for example, a planar range (flight area) specified on a map displayed on the flight reservation screen as a flight range. In addition, the user terminal 2 accepts a linear route specified in the flight range on the map displayed on the flight reservation screen as a flight route.

[0089] In the flight management device 1, the flight reservation information acquisition unit 121 acquires flight reservation information including a flight route or a flight range and a flight scheduled period from the user terminal 2. The flight reservation information acquisition unit 121 stores the flight reservation information received from the user terminal 2 in the storage unit 11.

[0090] The condition information acquisition unit 122 acquires condition information including weather conditions associated with a location set on a predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight of the flying device 3 (S12). The weather information acquisition unit 123 acquires weather information including weather at a current location of the flying device 3 or a predetermined predetermined location of the flying device 3 from the weather information providing device 4 (S13).

[0091] The determination unit 124 determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flying device 3 satisfies the weather condition associated with the current position or the predetermined position in the condition information acquired by the condition information acquisition unit 122 (S14), based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit 123. In the case where the determination unit 124 determines that the weather in the flight route or the flight range does not satisfy the weather condition, the determination unit 125 determines an alternative flight route or an alternative flight range that is different from the flight route or the flight range (S15).

[0092] The output unit 126 outputs information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit 124 to the user terminal 2 (S16). The information corresponding to the determination result includes, for example, text or an image indicating the determination result of the determination unit 124. In addition, the output unit 126 may output information indicating the alternative flight route or alternative flight range determined by the determination unit 125 as information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit 124. The user terminal 2 displays the information corresponding to the determination result output by the flight management device 1 on the display unit.

[0093] (Effects of Embodiments)

[0094] The flight management device 1 of this embodiment determines whether the weather at the current position or the predetermined position of the flight device 3 flying along the flight route or the flight range satisfies the weather conditions associated with the current position or the predetermined position. Therefore, even if the flight device 3 flies at a location close to a building and performs different operations or actions depending on the location, the flight management device 1 can determine whether the weather at each current position or the predetermined position of the flight device 3 in the flight route or the flight range satisfies the weather conditions, thereby being able to suppress problems caused by the weather when the flight device 3 is flying.

[0095] It should be noted that according to the present invention, it is possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) led by the United Nations, namely, "Building a foundation for industrial and technological innovation."

[0096] The present invention has been described above using the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various deformations and changes can be made within the scope of its main purpose. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically disassembled and integrated in any unit. In addition, new embodiments generated by any combination of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiments generated by the combination also have the effects of the original embodiments.

[0097] The flight management device 1 and the processor of the user terminal 2 are included in Figure 7 The flight management method shown in FIG. 1 is a main body of each step (process) of the flight management method. That is, the processor of the flight management device 1 and the user terminal 2 reads the execution instructions from the storage unit. Figure 7 The flight management method procedure shown in the figure, and by executing the procedure, execute Figure 7 The flight management method shown. Included in Figure 7 The steps of the flight management method shown may be partially omitted, the order of the steps may be changed, or a plurality of steps may be performed in parallel.

Claims

1. A flight management device ， in, include: a condition information acquisition unit that acquires condition information including meteorological conditions that are associated with each of a plurality of different positions set on a predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight of the flying device and are a criterion for determining the weather during the flight of the flying device; a weather information acquisition unit, which acquires weather information including the weather at a current location of the flying device or a predetermined location of the flying device; a determination unit configured to determine whether the weather at the current location or the predetermined location satisfies the weather condition associated with the current location or the predetermined location in the condition information; and an output unit that outputs information corresponding to the determination result of the determination unit, The condition information acquisition unit acquires the condition information including the meteorological condition associated with the action content indicating the type of operation performed by the flying device on the flight route or the flight range or the operation content indicating the type of operation performed by the flying device on the flight route or the flight range, The determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the weather condition associated with a combination of the current position or the predetermined position and the content of the action or the content of the work performed by the flying device at the current position or the predetermined position.

2. The flight management device according to claim 1, in, The determination unit determines whether the weather at the current location at a current time satisfies the weather condition associated with the current location in the condition information.

3. The flight management device according to claim 1, in, The determination unit determines whether the weather at the predetermined location predicted at a predetermined time when the flying device arrives at the predetermined location satisfies the weather condition associated with the predetermined location in the condition information.

4. The flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, Also includes a determination unit, The determination unit determines an alternative flight route or an alternative flight range different from the flight route or the flight range when the determination unit determines that the weather does not satisfy the weather condition. The output unit outputs the alternative flight route or the alternative flight range.

5. The flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, The condition information acquisition unit acquires the condition information including the weather condition associated with a combination of the position and the number of other aerial devices flying in a predetermined area communicating with the same base station as the aerial device. The determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the weather condition associated with a combination of the current position or the predetermined position and the number of other flying devices within the prescribed area including the current position or the predetermined position.

6. The flight management device according to claim 5, in, The condition information acquisition unit acquires the condition information including the meteorological condition associated with a combination of the position and the number of the other flying devices flying in the specified area, and associated with the meteorological condition that is stricter than when the number of the other flying devices is plural. The determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the weather condition associated with a combination of the current position or the predetermined position, and the number of the other flying devices within the prescribed area.

7. The flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, The condition information acquisition unit acquires the condition information including the weather condition associated with the position and the type of the flying device. The determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the weather condition associated with the current position or the predetermined position and the category.

8. The flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, The condition information acquisition unit acquires the condition information including the weather conditions associated with each of the plurality of different positions provided on the flight route or the flight range.

9. The flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, The determination unit determines whether the flying device can take off based on the weather in the flight route or the flight range before the flying device takes off. The determination unit determines whether the weather satisfies the weather condition during flight of the flying device after determining that the flying device can take off.

10. A flight management method, in, The process comprises the following steps executed by a processor: A step of acquiring condition information, the condition information including weather conditions associated with each of a plurality of different positions set on a predetermined flight route or flight range for the flight of the flying device and serving as a criterion for determining weather conditions when the flying device is flying; A step of acquiring weather information including the weather of a current location of the flying device or a predetermined location of the flying device; a step of determining whether the weather at the current location or the predetermined location satisfies the weather condition associated with the current location or the predetermined location in the condition information; as well as a step of outputting information corresponding to the determination result in the step of determining, The step of acquiring the condition information comprises: acquiring the condition information including the meteorological condition associated with the action content indicating the type of operation performed by the flying device on the flight route or the flight range or the operation content indicating the type of operation performed by the flying device on the flight route or the flight range, The determination step includes determining whether the weather satisfies the weather condition associated with a combination of the current position or the predetermined position and the action content or the operation content performed by the flying device at the current position or the predetermined position.

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