A drone direction management anti-collision ranging mechanism

By integrating four probes and a rangefinder onto a drone, and combining a movable auxiliary rangefinder and a telescopic probe, the problem of drone ranging equipment being sensitive to the environment is solved, achieving more efficient and accurate obstacle avoidance and mapping functions.

CN116692050BActive Publication Date: 2025-10-24SUZHOU SUNENG GRP CO LTD TECH BRANCH
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Application Number
CN202310772518.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-06-28
Publication Date
2025-10-24
Estimated Expiration
2043-06-28

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Technical Problem

Existing UAV ranging equipment is sensitive to environmental factors, resulting in large measurement errors, which affects the stability and efficiency of operations, and its mapping function is insufficient, especially in complex terrain.

Method used

A collision avoidance ranging mechanism for UAV direction management was designed, which combines four probes and a rangefinder. Through a movable auxiliary ranging head and a telescopic and adjustable probe, dynamic detection of the environment around and below the UAV is achieved, thereby improving the accuracy and range of ranging.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids collisions between drones and obstacles, improves the flexibility of ranging and the accuracy of data, and enhances the obstacle avoidance ability and mapping efficiency of drones in complex terrain.

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Abstract

The application discloses a kind of unmanned vehicle direction management anti-collision ranging mechanism, including body, body bottom side wall middle fixedly connected with detection box, the four sides of detection box are all through the middle of side wall and are provided with through hole, each through hole is inserted with detection head, the bottom side wall middle of detection box away from body is embeddedly connected with range finder, the side wall of detection box bottom and located range finder two sides is all through and is provided with bottom groove, the opposite two side walls in each bottom groove are provided with side groove, side groove is slidably connected with moving block, the bottom side wall middle of moving block is embeddedly connected with auxiliary ranging head, four detection heads can be set up simultaneously in the ranging of body four sides, ensure that body can avoid the obstacle around when flying in time, so as to avoid the collision of body, effectively improve the safety of body, in cooperation with telescopic adjusting sleeve rod, detection head is adjusted and moved, more reaction time can be reserved according to need, so that body can respond in time.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle ranging mechanism, and particularly relates to a direction management anti-collision ranging mechanism of unmanned aerial vehicle. BACKGROUND

[0002] The unmanned aerial vehicle is a kind of remote control aircraft, people can control the unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing operation using remote controller on the ground, with the iteration of technology, the unmanned aerial vehicle can also take pictures, surveying and mapping and agricultural operation, greatly improving the convenience of people's life, in order to ensure that the unmanned aerial vehicle collision occurs during remote control, it is necessary to install ranging equipment on the unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0003] According to the publication number: "CN108872996B" "a ranging equipment and unmanned aerial vehicle", it proposes that "usually, the unmanned aerial vehicle has certain requirements for its flight height and the distance of the monitoring object when performing operation, the device used in the traditional ranging function has high requirements for environmental factors, which leads to large measurement error, reduces the stability of unmanned aerial vehicle operation, and reduces the use efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicle".

[0004] The above technical scheme is to let the equipment emit ranging signal according to the preset time interval and frequency parameter, and detect the reflection signal of the ranging signal reflected by the measured object, so as to control the controller to calculate the distance value of the measured object according to the transmission time, receiving time and pre-stored propagation speed of the ranging signal, so that the whole calculation process is realized in the controller, reduces the requirement for environmental factors, is not easy to be affected by environmental factors, and improves the measurement accuracy to a certain extent.

[0005] Now the ranging equipment is basically laser range finder, which calculates the distance by judging the time of laser back reflection, and judges the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the obstacle according to the distance information, so as to realize the effect of ranging and risk avoidance, but now the industrial surveying and mapping unmanned aerial vehicle not only needs to have ranging and risk avoidance function, but also needs to shoulder the function of surveying and mapping, and surveying and mapping is generally carried out in complex terrain areas such as trees, and the data obtained by single fixed surveying and mapping machine is not comprehensive, so a kind of anti-collision ranging unmanned aerial vehicle is set up. SUMMARY

[0006] The technical scheme adopted by the present application to solve the technical problem is: a unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision distance measuring mechanism, comprising a body, a detection box is fixedly connected to the middle of the bottom side wall of the body, through holes are formed in the middle of the four side walls of the detection box, a detection head is inserted into each through hole, a range finder is embeddedly connected to the middle of the bottom side wall of the detection box away from the body, bottom grooves are formed in the side walls on both sides of the range finder at the bottom of the detection box, side grooves are formed in the opposite side walls of each bottom groove, a moving block is slidably connected in the side groove, and an auxiliary distance head is embeddedly connected to the middle of the bottom side wall of the moving block.

[0007] As a preferred technical scheme of the present application, an inner groove is formed in the detection box, a motor is detachably connected to the middle of the top side wall in the inner groove through a screw, a main shaft is fixedly connected to the output end of the motor, two driving gears are arranged on the main shaft, one of the driving gears is meshingly connected to a bevel gear at the bottom of each side, a second threaded rod is fixedly connected to the middle of the side wall away from the bevel gear, a sleeve rod is arranged at the end of the second threaded rod away from the bevel gear, four sliding grooves are uniformly formed in the side walls near the two ends of the main shaft, the two driving gears are telescopically connected to the main shaft, four sliding blocks are uniformly fixedly connected to the inner ring wall of the driving gear, the sliding blocks are slidably connected in the corresponding sliding grooves, four link blocks are uniformly fixedly connected to the middle side of the main shaft, one telescopic rod is embeddedly connected to the end of each link block away from the main shaft, every two corresponding telescopic rods are arranged, and the output ends of the four telescopic rods are opposite to each other, the output ends of the four telescopic rods are fixedly connected to the side walls of the two driving gears, respectively, one end of the sleeve rod is telescopically inserted into the through hole, the detection head is detachably connected to the end of the sleeve rod away from the second threaded rod, the second threaded rod is threadedly connected in the sleeve rod, a hanging rod is sleeved with one end of the sleeve rod and the second threaded rod, and the hanging rod is fixedly connected to the top side wall in the inner groove through the top end.

[0008] The detection head is extended outwards by driving the sleeve rod to move through the second threaded rod, which can shorten the distance between the detection head and the obstacle, obtain distance data faster, and ensure that there is enough space distance to adjust the direction or altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle to avoid the obstacle.

[0009] As a preferred technical scheme of the present application, two bottom grooves are located in the middle of one end of the inner groove and are connected with a first threaded rod through a thread, one end of the first threaded rod is rotatably connected to the two side walls in the inner groove, and two first threaded rods are located below the second threaded rod, one end of the two first threaded rods close to the range finder is fixedly connected with a bevel gear, the two bevel gears are meshingly connected through the top and the bottom driving gear, and the moving block is fixedly connected to the two side walls of each moving block away from each other and opposite to the side groove, and the moving block is slidably connected in the side groove.

[0010] By adjusting the movement of the two auxiliary range finding heads, dynamic detection can be performed while the unmanned aerial vehicle is moving, more data information can be obtained in cooperation with the static range finder, the measurement range is increased, and the accuracy of the data is improved.

[0011] The bottom side wall of the body and close to the two side edges are fixedly connected with support legs, the support legs are conical structures, the four corners of the body and close to the top edge are fixedly connected with support arms, and the top side wall of the end of the support arm away from the body is fixedly connected with a propeller.

[0012] The length of the support leg is 5cm longer than the height of the detection box, so as to avoid the impact caused by the landing of the detection box on the ground and affect the stability of the internal devices of the detection box.

[0013] The present application has the following advantages: the four detection heads can simultaneously measure the four sides of the body, ensuring that the body can timely avoid obstacles around during flight, thereby avoiding collision of the body and effectively improving the safety of the body; the detection heads can be adjusted and moved in cooperation with the telescopic sleeve rod, more reaction time can be reserved as needed, and the body can timely respond;

[0014] The two auxiliary range finding heads and the range finder can detect the area directly below the body, the two auxiliary range finding heads can be adjusted and moved, static measurement can be performed, the environment around the range finder can be detected, and the detection efficiency and the accuracy of the data are improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 is a perspective structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0016] Figure 2 is a bottom view of a perspective structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 3 is a sectional view of a perspective structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 4 is a plan view of a perspective structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the main shaft of a preferred embodiment of the present application.

[0020] Explanation of reference signs: 1, body; 2, support arm; 3, support leg; 4, detection box; 5, through hole; 6, detection head; 7, range finder; 8, bottom groove; 9, side groove; 10, moving block; 11, auxiliary range finder; 12, inner groove; 13, No. 1 threaded rod; 14, bevel gear; 15, No. 2 threaded rod; 16, sleeve rod; 17, boom; 18, motor; 19, main shaft; 20, driving gear; 21, telescopic rod; 22, adapter block; 23, sliding groove; 24, sliding block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The present application will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0022] Example 1

[0023] Please see Figures 1-5 , the present application is a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision ranging mechanism, including body 1, body 1 bottom side wall and close to two side edges It is fixedly connected with support leg 3, support leg 3 is conical structure, body 1 four corners and close to top edge It is fixedly connected with support arm 2, support arm 2 away from body 1 top side wall of one end of the fixed connection has propeller, body 1 bottom side wall middle fixedly connected with detection box 4, detection box 4 Four side walls in the middle are all through the through hole 5, each through hole 5 It is inserted with detection head 6, detection box 4 away from body 1 The bottom side wall in the middle is embeddedly connected with range finder 7, detection box 4 Bottom and located on both sides of range finder 7 The side wall is all through the bottom groove 8, each bottom groove 8 It is opposite to the two side walls and is provided with side groove 9 in, side groove 9 It is slidably connected with moving block 10, moving block 10 The bottom side wall in the middle is embeddedly connected with auxiliary range finder 11.

[0024] By setting a detection head 6 around the detection box 4 can timely detect the obstacles around the body 1, avoid the body 1 and the obstacle distance too close to occur flat and cause the body 1 damage, because set up four detection heads 6 So can timely adjust the direction and height of body 1 flight according to actual situation, effectively improve the flexibility of body 1 ranging and obstacle avoidance.

[0025] The distance between the body 1 and the ground can be detected by the established range finder 7. Because the flight height of the body 1 is limited, especially for industrial use, the flight height is not high due to the influence of weight, and when avoiding obstacles, it is mainly to descend to avoid. Therefore, the ground range finder 7 needs to be set up, and in cooperation with the two movable auxiliary range heads 11, the two sides centered on the range finder 7 can be detected. Because the auxiliary range head 11 can move, dynamic detection can be performed. Because the ground sometimes has a concave valley terrain, it will cause the distance between the body 1 and the ground to be inaccurate, and the descending body 1 will collide with the ground. Through the two auxiliary range heads 11, the surrounding ground can be measured to assist in measuring the data to determine the general terrain, so as to make a proper judgment to avoid the body 1 from colliding with the ground due to judgment errors.

[0026] Through the above technical solution, the obstacles around the body 1 can be effectively ranged, and the effectiveness of obstacle avoidance ranging and the flexibility of adjustment can be effectively improved. Via the established range finder 7 and auxiliary range head 11, the terrain of the ground can be roughly detected and judged to avoid damage to the body 1 due to incomplete data and landing. Through the auxiliary range head 11 and the range finder 7, simple terrain mapping work can also be achieved.

[0027] Embodiment two

[0028] Please refer to Figures 2-4 As shown in the figure, the detection box 4 is provided with an inner groove 12. The inner groove 12 is provided with a motor 18 detachably connected to the middle of the top side wall through a screw. The output end of the motor 18 is fixedly connected with a main shaft 19. The main shaft 19 is provided with two driving gears 20. One of the driving gears 20 is meshingly connected with a bevel gear 14 on the four sides of the bottom. The bevel gear 14 is fixedly connected with a No. 2 threaded rod 15 in the middle of the side wall away from the main shaft 19. The No. 2 threaded rod 15 is provided with a sleeve rod 16 at the end away from the bevel gear 14. One end of the sleeve rod 16 is telescopically inserted into the through hole 5. The probe head 6 is detachably connected to the end of the sleeve rod 16 away from the No. 2 threaded rod 15. The No. 2 threaded rod 15 is threadedly connected in the sleeve rod 16. The sleeve rod 16 and the No. 2 threaded rod 15 are sleeved with a boom 17 at one end. The boom 17 is fixedly connected to the top side wall in the inner groove 12 through the top end.

[0029] When it is needed to extend the probe head 6 from the detection box 4, the motor 18 is started to drive the main shaft 19 to rotate, which drives the four bevel gears 14 to rotate via the synchronously rotating driving gears 20, and finally drives the second threaded rod 15 to rotate, which drives the movement of the sleeve rod 16 via the threaded connection, and finally realizes the function of driving the probe head 6 to extend and retract. Since the probe head 6 is extended from the detection box 4, the distance between the probe head 6 and the obstacle can be shortened, so that the distance between the obstacle and the machine body 1 can be determined earlier. Since the probe head 6 moves away from the machine body 1, a certain distance can be added to the originally set dangerous distance, so that the distance between the machine body 1 and the obstacle is increased, and more reaction time is left for the staff to adjust the machine body 1 in time, thereby improving the obstacle avoidance efficiency.

[0030] By sleeving a hanger 17 on the second threaded rod 15 and the sleeve rod 16, the sleeve rod 16 and the second threaded rod 15 can be kept in a stable horizontal state without affecting their normal operation.

[0031] Through the above technical scheme, a certain buffer distance can be added to the original dangerous distance, so that enough reaction time is left for the staff, and the collision and damage of the machine body 1 with the obstacle caused by insufficient reaction and failure to control the machine body 1 to avoid obstacles in time can be avoided.

[0032] Embodiment Three

[0033] Please refer to Figures 2-4 As shown in the figure, two bottom grooves 8 are threadedly connected to the first threaded rods 13 at one end of the middle of the inner groove 12. One end of the first threaded rods 13 is rotatably connected to the two side walls in the inner groove 12, and the two first threaded rods 13 are located below the second threaded rod 15. The ends of the two first threaded rods 13 close to the range finder 7 are fixedly connected with the bevel gears 14. The two bevel gears 14 are meshingly connected with the driving gears 20 at the top and the bottom. The two side walls of each moving block 10 away from each other and opposite to the side grooves 9 are fixedly connected with the moving blocks 10, and the moving blocks 10 are slidably connected in the side grooves 9.

[0034] Since the motor 18 is started to drive the main shaft 19 to rotate, the two driving gears 20 are synchronously rotated. The driving gears 20 at the bottom drive the two bevel gears 14 meshingly connected thereto to synchronously rotate, thereby driving the corresponding two first threaded rods 13 to rotate, which drives the moving blocks 10 to move along the bottom grooves 8 via the threaded connection, thereby driving the corresponding two auxiliary probe heads 11 to synchronously move. By controlling the movement of the two auxiliary probe heads 11, the two sides of the measurement point of the range finder 7 can be scanned and measured, thereby realizing the function of range detection, and improving the measurement accuracy.

[0035] In order to ensure the stability of the movement of the moving block 10, one moving block 10 is fixedly connected on both sides of the moving block 10, and the moving block 10 moves in the side slot 9, so as to avoid the deviation of the moving block 10 during the movement, thereby causing the inaccuracy of the measured data.

[0036] Through the above technical scheme, the two moving auxiliary ranging heads 11 and the static range finder 7 are matched with each other, so that the comprehensiveness and accuracy of detection can be effectively improved, and the collision between the machine body 1 and the obstacle caused by the judgment error of the staff due to too much reliance on the detection data can be avoided.

[0037] Embodiment Four

[0038] Please refer to Figures 4-5 As shown in the figure, four sliding grooves 23 are evenly arranged on the side walls near the two ends of the main shaft 19, two driving gears 20 are telescopically connected to the main shaft 19, four sliding blocks 24 are fixedly connected to the inner wall of the middle ring of the driving gear 20, the sliding blocks 24 are slidingly connected in the corresponding sliding grooves 23, four connecting blocks 22 are fixedly connected to the middle side of the main shaft 19, one telescopic rod 21 is embeddedly connected to one end of each connecting block 22 away from the main shaft 19, every two corresponding telescopic rods 21 are arranged, the output ends of the four telescopic rods 21 are opposite to each other, and the output ends of the four telescopic rods 21 are fixedly connected to the side walls of the two driving gears 20, respectively.

[0039] Because sometimes the detection head 6 or the auxiliary ranging head 11 needs to be moved alone, because the two driving gears 20 are arranged in a movable form, when only the detection head 6 needs to be telescopically moved, the two telescopic rods 21 connected to the driving gear 20 located below are started, so as to lift the corresponding driving gear 20 upward, thereby disconnecting the corresponding driving gear 20 from the corresponding bevel gear 14, so that when the motor 18 is started, only the driving gear 20 located above and the corresponding four bevel gears 14 can be driven to rotate, and finally the detection head 6 is driven to move, when the moving block 10 needs to be moved alone, the other two telescopic rods 21 are started to lift the driving gear 20 close to the motor 18, only the driving gear 20 located below is connected to the bevel gear 14, so as to realize the function of driving the moving block 10 to move alone, and when the two need to be moved synchronously, the two driving gears 20 are adjusted to be connected to the corresponding bevel gears 14.

[0040] In order to ensure the stability of the driving of the telescopic rod 21 to the driving gear 20, and at the same time avoid the influence of the telescopic rod 21 on the main shaft 19, the telescopic rod 21 is fixed to the side wall of the main shaft 19 through the connecting block 22, so that the telescopic rod 21 can rotate synchronously with the main shaft 19, thereby realizing the function of synchronous operation of the driving gear 20.

[0041] Through the technical scheme, the probe head 6 or the moving block 10 can be driven individually according to the requirement, thereby improving the flexibility of application and the strain capacity of the body 1 during flight.

[0042] The control center is installed at one corner of the detection box 4, and the electronic devices for controlling the start and stop of the motor 18, receiving measurement data and giving an alarm are integrated in the control center. Since the control mode and the distance determination mode are in the form of conventional electronic signals, no further description is given herein. It is additionally pointed out that the motor 18 is a structure capable of being reversely rotated under the control of the control center.

[0043] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can make several improvements and refinements without departing from the principles of the present application, and these improvements and refinements should also be considered as the protection scope of the present application.

[0044] The other parts not described in detail in the present application are all prior art, and thus no further description is given herein.

[0045] Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A UAV direction management anti-collision ranging mechanism, comprising a body (1), characterized in that, The bottom side wall of the machine body (1) is fixedly connected with a detection box (4), the middle of the four side walls of the detection box (4) is provided with a through hole (5), a detection head (6) is inserted into each through hole (5), and the middle of the bottom side wall of the detection box (4) away from the machine body (1) is embeddedly connected with a range finder (7). The bottom of the detection box (4) and the side walls on both sides of the range finder (7) are provided with a bottom groove (8), the opposite side walls of each bottom groove (8) are provided with a side groove (9), a moving block (10) is slidably connected in the side groove (9), and the middle of the bottom side wall of the moving block (10) is embeddedly connected with an auxiliary ranging head (11). An inner groove (12) is formed in the detection box (4), a motor (18) is detachably connected to the middle of the top side wall in the inner groove (12) through screws, the output end of the motor (18) is fixedly connected with a main shaft (19), two driving gears (20) are arranged on the main shaft (19), one of the driving gears (20) is meshingly connected with a bevel gear (14) at the bottom of four sides, the middle of the side wall away from the main shaft (19) of the bevel gear (14) is fixedly connected with a No. 2 threaded rod (15), and a sleeve rod (16) is arranged at the end of the No. 2 threaded rod (15) away from the bevel gear (14). Four link blocks (22) are fixedly connected to the middle side of the main shaft (19) uniformly, one telescopic rod (21) is embeddedly connected to the end of each link block (22) away from the main shaft (19), every two of the four telescopic rods (21) correspond, and the output ends of the four telescopic rods (21) are opposite to each other, and the output ends of the four telescopic rods (21) are fixedly connected with the side walls of the two driving gears (20) respectively. A No. 1 threaded rod (13) is threadedly connected in the middle of one end of the two bottom grooves (8) in the inner groove (12), one end of the No. 1 threaded rod (13) is rotatably connected to the two side walls in the inner groove (12), the two No. 1 threaded rods (13) are below the No. 2 threaded rod (15), and the ends of the two No. 1 threaded rods (13) close to the range finder (7) are fixedly connected with bevel gears (14), and the two bevel gears (14) are meshingly connected with the driving gears (20) at the top and the bottom.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision distance measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, Four slide grooves (23) are uniformly formed in the side walls close to the two ends of the main shaft (19), the two driving gears (20) are telescopically connected on the main shaft (19), four slide blocks (24) are fixedly connected to the inner ring walls of the driving gears (20) uniformly, and the slide blocks (24) are slidably connected in the corresponding slide grooves (23).

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision distance measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, One end of the sleeve rod (16) is telescopic inserted into the through hole (5), the probe head (6) is detachably connected to the end of the sleeve rod (16) away from the second threaded rod (15), the second threaded rod (15) is threadedly connected in the sleeve rod (16), the sleeve rod (16) and the second threaded rod (15) are sleeved with a hanging rod (17) at one end, and the hanging rod (17) is fixedly connected to the top side wall in the inner groove (12) through the top end.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision distance measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, Each of the moving blocks (10) is fixedly connected to the two side walls away from each other and opposite to the side edge groove (9), and the moving block (10) is slidingly connected in the side edge groove (9).

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle direction management anti-collision distance measuring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein, The bottom side wall of the machine body (1) and close to the two side edges are fixedly connected with support legs (3), the support legs (3) are conical structures, the four corners of the machine body (1) and close to the top edge are fixedly connected with support arms (2), and the top side wall of the end of the support arm (2) away from the machine body (1) is fixedly connected with a propeller.

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