Method and system for interaction between a drone and a roof platform
By acquiring drone return-to-home and power signals, and using automatic guidance and charging methods, the problems of drone return-to-home accuracy and rooftop platform power maintenance were solved, enabling efficient drone docking and charging.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- EASDAR OPTOELECTRONICS (GUANGDONG) CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-01
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-01
AI Technical Summary
The drone could not be accurately guided to the rooftop platform during its return journey, and the rooftop platform required manual triggering for charging, which affected charging efficiency.
By acquiring the drone's return-to-home signal, monitoring the distance between the rooftop platform and the drone, triggering guidance signals to guide the drone's flight, and automatically charging when receiving a power signal, the drone uses solar power modules to maintain its power.
This improved the flight accuracy and safety of the drone, avoided human-triggered charging, ensured timely replenishment of the rooftop platform's power, and stabilized the drone's charging process.
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Description
Interaction methods and systems between drones and rooftop platforms Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to the technical field of interaction between drones and rooftop platforms, and more particularly to a method and system for interaction between drones and rooftop platforms. Background Technology
[0002] With the development of technology, rooftop platforms are installed on the roof of vehicles and serve as docking platforms for drones. During the transportation of drones, the drones are fixed to the docking platform. When the vehicle stops, the drones receive flight signals, detach from the docking platform, and fly outwards. In existing technology, the drones and rooftop platforms exchange signals, and the rooftop platform monitors the status of the drones. The drones generally return to the rooftop platform along a return path. The drones continue to fly along the return path. However, when the drones are relatively close to the rooftop platform, the return path cannot accurately guide the drones' flight. At the same time, the rooftop platform requires manual triggering to start charging the drones. Summary of the Invention
[0003] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art. This invention provides a method and system for interaction between a drone and a rooftop platform. During guided flight, the system receives the drone's power signal; based on the drone's power signal, it triggers the rooftop platform to charge the drone, avoiding manual charging. The rooftop platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone. While the rooftop platform is supplying power to the drone, its solar module is activated, providing solar power to the platform. This allows for the use of different battery packs to power both the rooftop platform and the drone, ensuring timely replenishment of the rooftop platform's power and maintaining its charge level. This prevents the rooftop platform from frequently reaching dangerous levels, thus avoiding interference with the drone's charging.
[0004] To address the aforementioned technical problems, this invention provides a method for interaction between a drone and a rooftop platform, wherein the rooftop platform is positioned on the top of a vehicle and where the drone is docked.
[0005] The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform includes:
[0006] Obtain the return-to-home signal of the drone;
[0007] The drone is associated with the return-to-home signal of the drone and the return-to-home path of the drone in the return-to-home state is obtained.
[0008] The distance between the rooftop platform and the drone is monitored in real time according to the return path, and the rooftop platform is triggered to give the drone a guidance signal based on the distance between the rooftop platform and the drone.
[0009] Upon receiving the guidance signal, the UAV deviates from its original return path and follows the guidance signal for guided flight.
[0010] During guided flight of the drone, the power signal of the drone is received;
[0011] The vehicle roof platform is triggered to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the vehicle roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone;
[0012] When powering the drone from the rooftop platform, the solar module on the rooftop platform is activated, and the rooftop platform is powered by solar energy.
[0013] In addition, embodiments of the present invention also provide an interaction system between a drone and a rooftop platform, the interaction system comprising:
[0014] The first acquisition module is used to acquire the return-to-home signal of the UAV;
[0015] The second acquisition module is used to associate the UAV with the UAV's return-to-home signal and acquire the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state.
[0016] The signal module is used to monitor the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path, and to trigger the roof platform to give the drone a guidance signal based on the distance between the roof platform and the drone.
[0017] A guidance module is used to guide the UAV after it receives a guidance signal, causing the UAV to deviate from its original return path and fly in a guided manner along the guidance signal.
[0018] A power module is used to receive the power signal of the UAV when the UAV is conducting guided flight;
[0019] A charging module is used to trigger the roof platform to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone;
[0020] The power supply module is used to activate the solar module of the rooftop platform and provide solar power to the rooftop platform when the drone is powered by the rooftop platform.
[0021] In this embodiment of the invention, the method described herein acquires the return-to-home signal of the UAV; associates the UAV with the return-to-home signal and acquires the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state; monitors the distance between the roof platform and the UAV in real time according to the return-to-home path, and triggers a guidance signal from the roof platform to the UAV based on the distance between the roof platform and the UAV; upon receiving the guidance signal, the UAV deviates from its original return-to-home path and follows the guidance signal for guided flight, thereby improving the flight accuracy of the UAV and enabling stable flight during guided flight. The drone is docked on the rooftop platform. During guided flight, the system receives the drone's power signal. Based on the drone's power signal, the rooftop platform is triggered to charge the drone, avoiding manual charging. The rooftop platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone. While the rooftop platform is supplying power to the drone, its solar module is activated, providing solar power to the platform. This allows for power supply to the rooftop platform and charging of the drone through different battery packs, ensuring timely replenishment of the rooftop platform's power and maintaining its charge level. This prevents the rooftop platform from frequently reaching dangerous levels, thus avoiding interference with the drone's charging. Attached Figure Description
[0022] Figure 1 is a flowchart illustrating the interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform in an embodiment of the present invention.
[0023] Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of S11 in the driving lighting of an embodiment of the present invention;
[0024] Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of S12 in the vehicle lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0025] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the process of S13 in the driving lighting of the present invention;
[0026] Figure 5 is a flowchart illustrating S14 in the vehicle lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0027] Figure 6 is a schematic flowchart of S15 in the driving lighting of the present invention.
[0028] Figure 7 is a flowchart of S16 in the vehicle lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0029] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the process of S17 in the driving lighting of the present invention;
[0030] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structural composition of the interaction system between the UAV and the rooftop platform in an embodiment of the present invention;
[0031] Figure 10 is a hardware diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment. Detailed Implementation
[0032] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0033] Example
[0034] Please refer to Figures 1 to 8. A method for interaction between a drone and a rooftop platform is described. The rooftop platform is located on the top of a vehicle and houses the drone. The rooftop platform may also include an outdoor waterproof speaker, a rooftop tent, a strip light module, and a solar module. These components are positioned at the top of the rooftop platform to facilitate interaction, integrating sound, tent deployment, and lighting functions, thus improving its usability. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform includes:
[0035] S11: Obtain the return-to-home signal of the UAV;
[0036] The drone interacts with the rooftop platform, and the rooftop platform receives the drone's return-to-home signal to confirm the drone's return-to-home status.
[0037] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0038] S111: After the drone reaches the preset position, the drone performs a circular flight relative to the preset position and captures the ground environment;
[0039] Upon receiving a location signal, the drone flies from the roof platform to a preset location indicated in the signal. At this point, the drone detaches from the roof platform and flies to the preset location. After reaching the preset location, the drone performs circumferential flight relative to the preset location and captures images of the ground environment from multiple angles to confirm the ground environment.
[0040] S112: If there is an object to be detected in the ground environment, the image containing the object to be detected will be sent to the roof platform and the object to be detected will be confirmed.
[0041] In the process of investigating the ground environment, if there is an object to be detected, the drone takes a picture of the object based on its camera module and outputs an image containing the object. At this time, the image containing the object is fed back to the roof platform for confirmation of the object. The roof platform is responsible for confirming the object, and the drone is responsible for taking pictures of the confirmed object, which reduces the computational burden on the drone.
[0042] S113: If the object to be detected meets the requirements, the flight path and return signal of the UAV are obtained, and the flight path is converted into a vehicle path.
[0043] If the object to be detected meets the requirements, the rooftop platform outputs a return-to-home instruction to the UAV, acquires the UAV's flight path and return-to-home signal, and converts the flight path into a vehicle path. At this time, a vehicle path is formed along the flight path to make full use of the UAV's inspection during flight. The vehicle path is formed based on the flight path so that it can be fed back to the rooftop platform. Optionally, the vehicle path is drawn in reverse along the flight path and projected onto the ground so that the car can use the vehicle path to drive.
[0044] S12: Based on the return-to-home signal of the UAV, associate the UAV and obtain the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state;
[0045] Specifically, the drone is associated with the return-to-home signal of the drone, and the return-to-home signal is parsed in order to obtain the return-to-home path of the drone in the return-to-home state.
[0046] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0047] S121: The rooftop platform interacts with the drone along the drone's return signal, and the drone is associated with the rooftop platform.
[0048] Specifically, the rooftop platform interacts with the drone along the drone's return-to-home signal, and transmits signals during this interaction to associate the drone with the rooftop platform, thereby enabling the rooftop platform to monitor the drone's return-to-home status.
[0049] S122: The rooftop platform responds to the return-to-home signal and instructs the drone to return to the rooftop platform from a preset position. At this time, the drone returns along the vehicle's travel path.
[0050] S123: When the drone is returning along the vehicle path, the drone detects obstacles in the vehicle path;
[0051] S124: If there are obstacles in the vehicle path, the UAV will perform obstacle avoidance flight and adjust part of the vehicle path to form an updated vehicle path, and use the updated vehicle path as the return path, so as to obtain the return path of the UAV in the return state.
[0052] The rooftop platform responds to the return-to-home signal and analyzes it to instruct the drone to return from a preset position to the rooftop platform. At this time, the drone returns along the vehicle path and adjusts the vehicle path formed by the flight path so that the adjusted vehicle path conforms to the ground driving environment.
[0053] At this time, when the drone is returning along the vehicle path, it detects obstacles in the vehicle path. If there are obstacles in the vehicle path, the drone performs obstacle avoidance flight and adjusts part of the vehicle path to form an updated vehicle path. The updated vehicle path is then used as the return path to facilitate obtaining the return path of the drone in the return state. At this time, the updated vehicle path meets the ground driving environment and actually conforms to the driving environment of the car, so that the car can avoid obstacles when driving along the updated vehicle path.
[0054] S13: Monitor the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path, and trigger the roof platform to guide the drone based on the distance between the roof platform and the drone;
[0055] Specifically, the system acquires the return path by real-time monitoring of the distance between the rooftop platform and the drone, and triggers a guidance signal from the rooftop platform to the drone based on the distance between them, so as to guide the drone to fly towards the rooftop platform according to the guidance signal.
[0056] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0057] S131: The drone flies along the return path and monitors the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path;
[0058] S132: If the distance between the roof platform and the drone meets the preset return distance, then the roof platform will trigger a guidance signal for the drone.
[0059] S133: When the UAV receives the guidance signal, the UAV adjusts from the return-to-home state to the guidance state and flies in a guided manner along the guidance signal.
[0060] The drone flies along the return path and monitors the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path in order to determine the distance between the roof platform and the drone, and then compares the distance between the roof platform and the drone with the preset return distance.
[0061] If the distance between the rooftop platform and the drone meets the preset return distance, the rooftop platform triggers a guidance signal for the drone. When the drone receives the guidance signal, it changes from the return state to the guidance state and flies guidedly along the guidance signal. At this time, the guidance signal is similar to a path signal, and signal nodes are arranged along the guidance path so that the drone can fly along each signal node in sequence, thereby realizing the guidance signal guiding the drone's flight.
[0062] S14: When the UAV receives the guidance signal, the UAV deviates from the original return path and follows the guidance signal for guided flight;
[0063] When the UAV receives a guidance signal, it follows the guidance signal to perform guided flight. The UAV deviates from its original return path and adjusts from the return state to the guided flight state.
[0064] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0065] S141: When the UAV receives the guidance signal, the UAV flies in a guided manner along the guidance signal and deviates from the original return path;
[0066] S142: Detect the offset range of the drone;
[0067] S143: If the offset range of the UAV does not exceed the preset range, the UAV outputs a flight offset signal to the roof platform;
[0068] S144: If the rooftop platform instructs the UAV to continue flying after receiving the flight offset signal, the UAV continues guided flight along the guidance signal.
[0069] In the specific implementation of this invention, when the UAV receives a guidance signal, the UAV flies guidedly along the guidance signal and deviates from its original return path. Since the guided flight of the UAV is limited by the guidance signal, the UAV moves from its original return path, and the deviation range of the UAV is detected. If the deviation range of the UAV does not exceed a preset range, the UAV outputs a flight deviation signal to the roof platform. If the roof platform instructs the UAV to continue flying after receiving the flight deviation signal, the UAV continues guided flight along the guidance signal. S15: When the UAV is conducting guided flight, the battery signal of the UAV is received.
[0070] During guided flight, the drone flies along the guidance signal and gradually approaches the roof platform. The roof platform receives the drone's power signal to trigger the charging of the drone.
[0071] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0072] S151: When the drone is conducting guided flight, the drone flies toward the roof platform;
[0073] S152: Update the battery level of the drone and transmit the battery signal of the drone to the roof platform;
[0074] S153: The rooftop platform receives the power signal of the drone and determines the power level of the drone;
[0075] S154: Power supply to the roof platform is triggered based on the power level of the drone, and power is supplied to the drone in multiple stages.
[0076] In a specific implementation of the present invention, when the drone is conducting guided flight, the drone flies toward the roof platform and gradually approaches the roof platform. At this time, the drone's battery level is updated, and the drone's battery level signal is transmitted to the roof platform to determine the drone's current battery level and to clarify the drone's battery level after the update.
[0077] At this time, the power signal of the drone is transmitted to the roof platform; the roof platform receives the power signal of the drone and determines the power level of the drone; based on the power level of the drone, the roof platform is triggered to supply power, and power is supplied to the drone in multiple stages, thereby improving the drone's charging capability.
[0078] S16: The roof platform is triggered to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone;
[0079] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0080] S161: If the drone is located above the roof platform and the vertical distance between the drone and the roof platform is less than a preset distance, then the roof platform provides inductive power to the drone.
[0081] S162: When the drone contacts the upper side wall of the roof platform, the roof platform provides contact power to the drone, enabling the roof platform to charge the drone in multiple stages, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone.
[0082] In this configuration, the drone is positioned above the rooftop platform, and the vertical distance between the drone and the rooftop platform is less than a preset distance. In this configuration, the rooftop platform provides inductive power to the drone. At this time, the drone's sensing end is arranged opposite to the sensing end of the rooftop platform, and power is conducted along the electromagnetic signal to enable the rooftop platform to remotely charge the drone, thereby enabling the drone to be remotely charged while in flight.
[0083] As the drone gradually approaches the rooftop platform, it contacts the upper side wall of the platform. The platform then provides contact-based power to the drone, enabling it to charge in multiple stages. The platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone.
[0084] S17: When the rooftop platform supplies power to the drone, activate the solar module on the rooftop platform and provide solar power to the rooftop platform;
[0085] In the specific implementation of this invention, the specific steps can be as follows:
[0086] S171: When the drone is powered by the rooftop platform, the power of the first battery pack of the rooftop platform is in a reduced state;
[0087] S172: When the power of the first battery pack on the roof platform is in a low state, the charging of the second battery pack on the roof platform is triggered, wherein the second battery pack and the first battery pack are in an electrically connected state.
[0088] S173: Activate the solar module on the roof platform and provide solar power to the roof platform.
[0089] At this time, when the power of the second battery pack and the power of the first battery pack both meet the preset power, the camping mode between the roof platform and the drone is triggered. The drone is suspended relative to the roof platform. The drone determines the light source based on the activity environment detected by the drone. The roof platform uses its own position as another light source, so as to create a lighting environment and camping environment based on the drone and the roof platform.
[0090] In addition, the drone monitors the terrain during flight and outputs corresponding terrain information to the rooftop platform. The rooftop platform adjusts its own light emission mode and angle based on the terrain information. At this time, the drone monitors the terrain during flight to collect terrain information, which includes flat land, mountain roads, and winding roads. The rooftop platform adjusts its own light emission mode and angle based on the terrain information, thereby improving the interaction between the rooftop platform and the drone. Furthermore, the platform adjusts its own light emission mode and angle based on the terrain information to improve its applicability in various terrains.
[0091] In this embodiment of the invention, the method described herein acquires the return-to-home signal of the UAV; associates the UAV with the return-to-home signal and acquires the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state; monitors the distance between the roof platform and the UAV in real time according to the return-to-home path, and triggers a guidance signal from the roof platform to the UAV based on the distance between the roof platform and the UAV; upon receiving the guidance signal, the UAV deviates from its original return-to-home path and follows the guidance signal for guided flight, thereby improving the flight accuracy of the UAV and enabling stable flight during guided flight. The drone is docked on the rooftop platform. During guided flight, the system receives the drone's power signal. Based on the drone's power signal, the rooftop platform is triggered to charge the drone, avoiding manual charging. The rooftop platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone. While the rooftop platform is supplying power to the drone, its solar module is activated, providing solar power to the platform. This allows for power supply to the rooftop platform and charging of the drone through different battery packs, ensuring timely replenishment of the rooftop platform's power and maintaining its charge level. This prevents the rooftop platform from frequently reaching dangerous levels, thus avoiding interference with the drone's charging.
[0092] Example
[0093] Please refer to Figure 9, which is a schematic diagram of the structural composition of the interaction system between the drone and the rooftop platform in an embodiment of the present invention.
[0094] As shown in Figure 9, an interaction system between a drone and a rooftop platform is provided, the interaction system comprising:
[0095] The first acquisition module 21 is used to acquire the return-to-home signal of the UAV;
[0096] The second acquisition module 22 is used to associate the UAV with the UAV based on the UAV's return-to-home signal and acquire the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state;
[0097] Signal module 23 is used to monitor the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path, and trigger the roof platform to give a guidance signal to the drone based on the distance between the roof platform and the drone;
[0098] The guidance module 24 is used to guide the UAV after it receives a guidance signal, causing the UAV to deviate from its original return path and fly in a guided manner along the guidance signal.
[0099] The power module 25 is used to receive the power signal of the UAV when the UAV is conducting guided flight;
[0100] The charging module 26 is used to trigger the roof platform to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone.
[0101] Power supply module 27 is used to activate the solar module of the rooftop platform and provide solar power to the rooftop platform when the rooftop platform supplies power to the drone.
[0102] Example
[0103] Please refer to FIG10. The electronic device 40 according to this embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG10. The electronic device 40 shown in FIG10 is merely an example and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.
[0104] As shown in Figure 10, the electronic device 40 is presented in the form of a general-purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 40 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 41, at least one storage unit 42, and a bus 43 connecting different system components (including storage unit 42 and processing unit 41).
[0105] The storage unit stores program code, which can be executed by the processing unit 41 to perform the steps described in the "Embodiment Methods" section of this specification according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
[0106] Storage unit 42 may include a readable medium in the form of a volatile storage unit, such as random access memory (RAM) 421 and / or cache memory 422, and may further include a read-only memory (ROM) 423.
[0107] Storage unit 42 may also include a program / utility 424 having a set (at least one) of program modules 425, including but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each or some combination of these examples may include an implementation of a network environment.
[0108] Bus 43 can represent one or more of several types of bus structures, including a memory cell bus or memory cell controller, a peripheral bus, a graphics acceleration port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of the multiple bus structures.
[0109] Electronic device 40 can also communicate with one or more external devices (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, Bluetooth device, etc.), one or more devices that enable a user to interact with electronic device 40, and / or any device that enables electronic device 40 to communicate with one or more other computing devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.). This communication can be performed via input / output (I / O) interface 44. Furthermore, electronic device 40 can also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and / or public networks, such as the Internet) via network adapter 45. As shown in Figure 10, network adapter 45 communicates with other modules of electronic device 40 via bus 43. It should be understood that, although not shown in Figure 10, other hardware and / or software modules can be used in conjunction with electronic device 40, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup planning systems.
[0110] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments described herein can be implemented by software or by combining software with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solutions according to the embodiments of this disclosure can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (such as a CD-ROM, USB flash drive, external hard drive, etc.) or on a network, including several instructions to cause a computing device (such as a personal computer, server, terminal device, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods according to the embodiments of this disclosure.
[0111] Those skilled in the art will understand that all or part of the steps in the various methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by a program instructing related hardware. This program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, which may include: read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, etc. Furthermore, it stores computer program instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods described above.
[0112] The above preferred embodiments should be regarded as illustrative examples of the embodiments of the present application. Any technical deductions, substitutions, improvements, etc. that are similar to or based on the present application should be considered within the scope of protection of this patent.
Claims
1. A method for interaction between a drone and a rooftop platform, characterized in that, A rooftop platform is installed on the top of a vehicle and houses a drone. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform includes: acquiring the drone's return-to-home signal; associating the drone with the return-to-home signal and acquiring the return-to-home path of the drone in return-to-home mode; monitoring the distance between the rooftop platform and the drone in real time based on the return-to-home path, and triggering a guidance signal from the rooftop platform to the drone based on this distance; upon receiving the guidance signal, the drone deviates from its original return-to-home path and follows the guidance signal for guided flight; while the drone is conducting guided flight, the platform receives the drone's battery level signal; the platform triggers charging of the drone based on the drone's battery level signal, wherein the rooftop platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone; while the rooftop platform is supplying power to the drone, the platform's solar module is activated, providing solar power to the platform; after the drone reaches a preset position, the drone performs a circumferential flight relative to that position. The system moves along the vehicle and captures the ground environment. If an object to be detected exists in the ground environment, an image containing the object is fed back to the roof platform for confirmation. If the object meets the requirements, the flight path and return-to-home signal of the UAV are obtained, and the flight path is converted into a vehicle path. The process of associating the UAV with its return-to-home signal and obtaining the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state includes: interacting between the roof platform and the UAV along the return-to-home signal and associating the UAV with the roof platform; the roof platform responds to the return-to-home signal and instructs the UAV to return from a preset position to the roof platform, at which time the UAV returns along the vehicle path; while the UAV returns along the vehicle path, it detects obstacles in the vehicle path; if there are obstacles in the vehicle path, the UAV performs obstacle avoidance flight and adjusts part of the vehicle path to form an updated vehicle path, and uses the updated vehicle path as the return-to-home path to obtain the return-to-home path of the UAV in the return-to-home state.
2. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, The step of monitoring the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path, and triggering a guidance signal from the roof platform to the drone based on the distance between the roof platform and the drone, includes: the drone flying along the return path, and monitoring the distance between the roof platform and the drone in real time according to the return path; if the distance between the roof platform and the drone meets the preset return distance, then triggering a guidance signal from the roof platform to the drone; upon receiving the guidance signal, the drone adjusts from the return state to the guidance state, and flies guidedly along the guidance signal.
3. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 2, characterized in that, The step of the UAV receiving a guidance signal and then deviating from its original return path to conduct guided flight along the guidance signal includes: upon receiving the guidance signal, the UAV conducts guided flight along the guidance signal and deviates from its original return path; detecting the deviation range of the UAV; if the deviation range of the UAV does not exceed a preset range, the UAV outputs a flight deviation signal to the roof platform; if the roof platform instructs the UAV to continue flying after receiving the flight deviation signal, the UAV continues guided flight along the guidance signal.
4. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 3, characterized in that, The step of receiving the power signal of the drone during guided flight includes: the drone flying toward the roof platform during guided flight; updating the power level of the drone and transmitting the power signal of the drone to the roof platform; the roof platform receiving the power signal of the drone and determining the power level of the drone; triggering the power supply of the roof platform based on the power level of the drone, and supplying power to the drone in multiple stages.
5. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 4, characterized in that, The step of triggering the roof platform to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone, includes: the drone being above the roof platform and the vertical distance between the drone and the roof platform being less than a preset distance, in which case the roof platform provides inductive power to the drone; and the drone contacting the upper side wall of the roof platform, in which case the roof platform provides contact power to the drone, enabling the roof platform to charge the drone in multiple stages, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone.
6. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 5, characterized in that, When the rooftop platform supplies power to the drone, activating the solar module of the rooftop platform and providing solar power to the rooftop platform includes: when the rooftop platform supplies power to the drone, the power level of the first battery pack of the rooftop platform is in a decreasing state; when the power level of the first battery pack of the rooftop platform is in a decreasing state, triggering the charging of the second battery pack of the rooftop platform, wherein the second battery pack and the first battery pack are electrically connected; activating the solar module of the rooftop platform and providing solar power to the rooftop platform.
7. The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform according to claim 6, characterized in that, The interaction method between the drone and the rooftop platform further includes: when the power levels of the second battery pack and the first battery pack both meet the preset power levels, a camping mode is triggered between the rooftop platform and the drone, in which the drone is suspended relative to the rooftop platform, and the drone determines a light-emitting point based on the activity environment detected by the drone, while the rooftop platform uses its own position as another light-emitting point; or, the drone monitors the terrain during flight and outputs corresponding terrain information to the rooftop platform; the rooftop platform adjusts its own light-emitting mode and light-emitting angle based on the terrain information.
8. An interaction system between a drone and a rooftop platform, characterized in that, The drone-roof platform interaction system is applied to the drone-roof platform interaction method as described in any one of claims 1-7. The drone-roof platform interaction system includes: a first acquisition module for acquiring the drone's return-to-home signal; a second acquisition module for associating the drone with the return-to-home signal and acquiring the return-to-home path of the drone in a return-to-home state; a signal module for real-time monitoring of the distance between the roof platform and the drone based on the return-to-home path, and triggering a guidance signal from the roof platform to the drone based on the distance; a guidance module for guiding the drone after it receives the guidance signal, deviating from its original return-to-home path, and performing guided flight along the guidance signal; a power module for receiving the drone's power signal during guided flight; a charging module for triggering the roof platform to charge the drone based on the drone's power signal, wherein the roof platform uses a first battery pack to charge the drone; and a power supply module for activating the roof platform's solar module and providing solar power to the roof platform when the roof platform supplies power to the drone.
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