Low-altitude environmental monitoring unmanned aerial vehicle for sampling atmospheric pollutants

By designing a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants, and utilizing the drone body and sampling components, the problems of low efficiency and poor accuracy of traditional monitoring stations and manual sampling are solved, achieving efficient and reliable pollutant sampling.

CN224349136UActive Publication Date: 2026-06-12CHENGDU TENGYUN UAV TECH CO LTD

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
CHENGDU TENGYUN UAV TECH CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-06-06
Publication Date
2026-06-12

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Technical Problem

Traditional ground monitoring stations cannot accurately pinpoint peak pollutant concentrations, manual sampling is inefficient and poses safety risks, making it difficult to efficiently monitor air pollutants in complex environments.

Method used

Design a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants. The drone body, flight arm, rotating pointer blade, camera detection head, sampling components and other components are used to achieve rapid flight to complex areas. The sampling bag, sealing ring cap and magnetic clamp are used to ensure the sealing of the sampling bag and the sampling accuracy.

🎯Benefits of technology

It improves sampling efficiency, enables timely acquisition of dynamic data on the distribution of air pollutants, ensures sampling accuracy and reliability, avoids sample leakage, and reduces the safety risks of manual sampling.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to sampling unmanned plane technical field, and disclose a low altitude environmental monitoring unmanned plane of atmospheric pollutant sampling, including unmanned plane main part, the outer wall fixed mounting of unmanned plane main part has flight arm, and has four groups in common, is located four corner places respectively, presents symmetrical setting, the top of flight arm is fixedly installed with rotary pointer leaf through the mounting post, the bottom fixed mounting of unmanned plane main part has the camera detection head, the bottom fixed mounting of unmanned plane main part has the mounting support column leg, presents the arcuate shape, sampling assembly, sampling assembly sets up between the mounting support column leg and the below of unmanned plane main part. Through being provided with small motor drive adjustment rotating rod, accurate control magnetic attraction clamping plate no.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of sampling drone technology, specifically a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants. Background Technology

[0002] Air pollution monitoring is a crucial step in assessing environmental quality and formulating pollution control strategies. With rapid industrialization and urbanization, the sources of air pollutants are becoming increasingly complex, highlighting the limitations of traditional ground-based monitoring methods. This has spurred the innovative development of low-altitude environmental monitoring technologies. Traditional air pollution monitoring primarily relies on fixed ground-based monitoring stations and manual sampling. While ground-based monitoring stations can achieve long-term continuous monitoring, they suffer from insufficient spatial coverage, making it difficult to capture dynamic changes in pollution hotspots. Manual sampling, on the other hand, is inefficient, costly, and limited by terrain and sampling conditions, making it difficult to conduct sampling in complex environments such as mountainous areas and densely populated urban areas.

[0003] Traditional ground-based monitoring stations have fixed layouts and large spacing, making it difficult to cover the microscopic areas surrounding pollution sources. For example, in areas with severe localized pollution, such as chemical industrial parks and main traffic arteries, ground-based monitoring stations cannot accurately pinpoint pollutant concentration peaks, resulting in monitoring data that does not accurately reflect the pollution situation. Manual sampling requires personnel to carry equipment to the site, posing safety risks and extremely low sampling efficiency in hazardous areas (such as chemical plant leak sites) or complex terrain (such as mountains and swamps). Therefore, there is a need to design a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants, which solves the technical problems of inconvenient sampling bag fixing and sealing and inconvenient control of the opening and closing of the sampling bag collection port, thereby improving sampling accuracy and reliability.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution: a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling air pollutants, comprising a drone body, four sets of flight arms fixedly mounted on the outer wall of the drone body, located symmetrically at the four corners, a rotating pointer blade fixedly mounted above the flight arms via mounting columns, a camera detection head fixedly mounted at the bottom of the drone body, and two sets of arched mounting support legs fixedly mounted at the bottom of the drone body; a sampling component disposed between the mounting support legs and below the drone body; the sampling component comprising: a fixed sampling part disposed below and between the mounting support legs; and a collection fixed part disposed between the mounting support legs, and above and outside the fixed sampling part.

[0006] Preferably, the fixed sampling location includes: a fixed base frame, which is fixedly installed at the bottom of the mounting support column legs, and there are two sets of the fixed base frame; an anti-slip pad is fixedly installed at the bottom of the fixed base frame, and a sampling installation frame is provided on the top of the fixed base frame, and the sampling installation frame is fixedly installed at the bottom of the UAV body through a connecting plate.

[0007] Preferably, a sampling bag is fixedly installed on the bottom of the inner wall of the sampling installation frame, a collection port is provided at the front of the sampling bag, a sampling extension tube is provided on the rear surface of the sampling bag, and a sealing ring cap is fitted on the outer wall of the sampling extension tube.

[0008] Preferably, the collection and fixing part includes: a connecting C-shaped plate frame, which is fixedly installed on the front surface of the sampling installation frame; the outer wall of the connecting C-shaped plate frame is provided with a lifting sliding hole, the bottom of the connecting C-shaped plate frame is fixedly installed with an installation shell, and the bottom of the inner wall of the installation shell is fixedly installed with a small motor.

[0009] Preferably, the output end of the small motor is provided with an adjusting rotating rod, which extends to the bottom of the connecting plate and is threaded. A T-shaped sliding plate is movably sleeved on the outer wall of the adjusting rotating rod, and the T-shaped sliding plate extends into the interior of the lifting sliding hole for sliding connection.

[0010] Preferably, a magnetic clamp is fixedly installed on the outer surface of the T-shaped sliding plate, and the magnetic clamp is positioned above the sampling bag. A magnetic clamp is positioned below the magnetic clamp and is fixedly installed on the outer wall of the C-shaped plate frame.

[0011] Preferably, the magnetic clamp two is disposed below the sampling bag, and the magnetic clamp two is attracted to the magnetic clamp plate one.

[0012] This invention provides a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants. It has the following beneficial effects:

[0013] (1) This utility model is equipped with a drone body with four sets of flying arms and rotating pointer blades, which can quickly fly to complex low-altitude areas. Compared with manual sampling, the efficiency is improved and dynamic data on the distribution of atmospheric pollutants can be obtained in a timely manner. Then, the sampling bag, together with the collection port and the sampling extension tube, forms a sealed sampling space. The sealing ring cap ensures zero gas leakage, thereby improving the sampling accuracy.

[0014] (2) This utility model is equipped with a small motor to drive the adjustment and rotation rod, which precisely controls the magnetic clamping plate one and the magnetic clamping two to clamp the sampling bag, improves the sealing effect, avoids the sample being disturbed by the outside world during flight, effectively ensures the reliability of monitoring data, and achieves the effect of improving the reliability of sampling. Attached Figure Description

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0016] Figure 2 This is a top view of the structure of a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling air pollutants according to this utility model;

[0017] Figure 3 This is a side view of the sampling point structure of a low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling air pollutants according to this utility model;

[0018] Figure 4 This is a side view of the structure of the collection and fixing point of a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling air pollutants according to this utility model.

[0019] In the diagram: 1. UAV body, 2. Flight arm, 3. Rotating pointer blade, 4. Camera detection head, 5. Mounting support column leg, 6. Sampling component, 61. Fixed sampling position, 611. Fixed base frame, 612. Anti-slip pad, 613. Sampling installation frame, 614. Sampling bag, 615. Collection port, 616. Sampling extension tube, 617. Sealing ring cap, 62. Collection fixing position, 621. Connecting C-shaped plate frame, 622. Lifting sliding hole, 623. Mounting shell, 624. Small motor, 625. Adjusting rotating rod, 626. T-shaped sliding plate, 627. Magnetic clamp one, 628. Magnetic clamp two. Detailed Implementation

[0020] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0021] Examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and intended to explain the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

[0022] Example 1:

[0023] Addressing the current problems of inconvenient sampling bag fixing and sealing, and difficulty in controlling the opening and closing of the sampling bag collection port, this utility model provides a preferred embodiment of a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for atmospheric pollutant sampling, for example... Figure 1-4The image shows a low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling air pollutants, comprising a drone body 1, four sets of flight arms 2 fixedly mounted on the outer wall of the drone body 1, located at the four corners in a symmetrical arrangement, a rotating pointer blade 3 fixedly mounted on the upper part of the flight arms 2 via mounting columns, a camera detection head 4 fixedly mounted on the bottom of the drone body 1, and two sets of mounting support legs 5 fixedly mounted on the bottom of the drone body 1 in an arch shape; a sampling component 6, disposed between the mounting support legs 5 and below the drone body 1; the sampling component 6 includes: a fixed sampling part 61, disposed below and between the mounting support legs 5; and a collection fixed part 62, disposed between the mounting support legs 5, and above and outside the fixed sampling part 61.

[0024] The fixed sampling part 61 includes: a fixed base frame 611, which is fixedly installed on the bottom of the mounting support column leg 5, and there are two sets of fixed base frames 611; an anti-slip pad 612 is fixedly installed on the bottom of the fixed base frame 611, and a sampling installation frame 613 is provided on the top of the fixed base frame 611, and the sampling installation frame 613 is fixedly installed on the bottom of the UAV body 1 through a connecting plate.

[0025] A sampling bag 614 is fixedly installed on the bottom of the inner wall of the sampling installation frame 613. A collection port 615 is opened at the front of the sampling bag 614. A sampling extension tube 616 is connected to the rear surface of the sampling bag 614. A sealing ring cap 617 is fitted on the outer wall of the sampling extension tube 616.

[0026] Furthermore, this embodiment is equipped with a drone body 1, four sets of flight arms 2 and rotating pointer blades 3, which can quickly fly to complex low-altitude areas. Compared with manual sampling, the efficiency is improved and dynamic data on the distribution of atmospheric pollutants can be obtained in a timely manner. Then, the sampling bag 614, together with the collection port 615 and the sampling extension tube 616, forms a sealed sampling space, and the sealing cap 617 ensures zero gas leakage.

[0027] Example 2:

[0028] Please see Figures 1-4 Furthermore, based on Embodiment 1, the following is obtained: the collection and fixing part 62 includes: a connecting C-shaped plate frame 621, which is fixedly installed on the front surface of the sampling installation frame 613; the outer wall of the connecting C-shaped plate frame 621 is provided with a lifting sliding hole 622, and the bottom of the connecting C-shaped plate frame 621 is fixedly installed with an installation shell 623, and the bottom of the inner wall of the installation shell 623 is fixedly installed with a small motor 624.

[0029] The output end of the small motor 624 is provided with an adjusting rotating rod 625, which extends to the bottom of the connecting plate and is threaded. The outer wall of the adjusting rotating rod 625 is movably fitted with a T-shaped sliding plate 626, which extends to the inside of the lifting sliding hole 622 for sliding connection.

[0030] A magnetic clamp 627 is fixedly installed on the outer surface of the T-shaped sliding plate 626, and the magnetic clamp 627 is positioned above the sampling bag 614. A magnetic clamp 628 is provided below the magnetic clamp 627, and the magnetic clamp 628 is fixedly installed on the outer wall of the connecting C-shaped plate frame 621.

[0031] The magnetic clamp 628 is positioned below the sampling bag 614, and the magnetic clamp 628 is attracted to the magnetic clamp plate 627.

[0032] Furthermore, this embodiment uses a small motor 624 to drive the adjusting rotating rod 625, which precisely controls the magnetic clamping plate 627 and the magnetic clamping holder 628 to clamp the sampling bag 614, improving the sealing effect, avoiding external interference to the sample during flight, and effectively ensuring the reliability of the monitoring data.

[0033] In operation, the operator first performs a pre-flight check and parameter settings on the main body 1 of the drone to ensure that components such as the flight arms 2 and rotating pointer blades 3 are functioning properly. The drone can then perform sampling tasks. The operator sends a command through the ground control terminal to start the main body 1. The rotating pointer blades 3 on the four flight arms 2 rotate at high speed under the drive of motors, generating lift to allow the drone to take off smoothly. Simultaneously, the camera detection head 4 at the bottom of the main body 1 starts, capturing real-time images of the environment below and transmitting the images to the ground control terminal, allowing the operator to observe the flight path and surrounding environment. The arched support legs 5 provide stable support during takeoff and landing, while the anti-slip pads 612 at the bottom increase friction with the ground, preventing the drone from slipping. The drone cruises in the low-altitude area along a preset route, searching for suitable sampling points.

[0034] Next, when the drone flies over the target sampling point, the operator sends a command through the ground control terminal to activate the relevant components of the sampling assembly 6. The small motor 624 inside the mounting housing 623 starts working, and the output of the small motor 624 drives the adjusting rotating rod 625 to rotate. Since the outer wall of the adjusting rotating rod 625 is threaded, and the T-shaped sliding plate 626 is fitted on its outer wall and slidably connected to the lifting sliding hole 622, the T-shaped sliding plate 626 moves up and down within the lifting sliding hole 622 as the adjusting rotating rod 625 rotates. In the initial state, the operator controls the T-shaped sliding plate 626 to move upward, so that the magnetic clamp 627 separates from the magnetic clamp 628, preparing for the subsequent gas collection from the sampling bag 614.

[0035] Furthermore, after preparation, atmospheric pollutants enter the sampling bag 614 through the collection port 615 at the front of the bag. During the continuous flight of the drone, the airflow generated by the drone's flight and the airflow itself continuously draw surrounding air into the sampling bag 614, thus collecting atmospheric pollutants. The sampling extension tube 616 is used to connect the sampling bag 614 to any subsequent possible detection equipment or gas transmission pipeline, and the sealing cap 617 on the outer wall ensures the airtightness of the connection, preventing leakage of the collected gas sample.

[0036] Once the preset sampling time is reached or the sampling bag 614 has collected enough gas sample, the operator sends another command through the ground control terminal to cause the small motor 624 to rotate in the opposite direction, adjusting the rotating rod 625 and driving the T-shaped sliding plate 626 downward. As the T-shaped sliding plate 626 moves downward, the magnetic clamp 627 gradually approaches the magnetic clamp 628, and finally the two attract each other, clamping the sampling bag 614 from both the top and bottom, sealing the collection port 615, preventing the gas sample from escaping, and completing the fixation of the gas sample inside the sampling bag 614.

[0037] After sampling is completed, the drone automatically returns to base according to a preset program. Once the drone lands on the ground, operators can remove sampling bag 614 and send it to the laboratory for subsequent analysis and testing of air pollutant components. Simultaneously, the drone can be inspected and maintained to prepare for the next sampling mission.

[0038] Finally, it should be noted that the above description is merely a preferred embodiment of this utility model and is not intended to limit the utility model. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of this utility model should be included within the protection scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A low-altitude environmental monitoring drone for sampling atmospheric pollutants, comprising a drone body (1), characterized in that: The outer wall of the drone body (1) is fixedly equipped with flight arms (2), and there are four sets in total, located at the four corners respectively, in a symmetrical arrangement. The upper part of the flight arms (2) is fixedly equipped with rotating pointer blades (3) by mounting columns. The bottom of the drone body (1) is fixedly equipped with camera detection head (4). The bottom of the drone body (1) is fixedly equipped with mounting support column legs (5), and there are two sets in total, in an arch shape. Sampling component (6), the sampling component (6) is disposed between the mounting support column legs (5) and below the UAV body (1); The sampling component (6) includes: A fixed sampling point (61) is provided below and between the mounting support column leg (5); A collection fixing part (62) is provided between the mounting support column legs (5) and is located above and outside the fixed sampling part (61).

2. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling atmospheric pollutants according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fixed sampling location (61) includes: A fixed base frame (611) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the mounting support column leg (5), and there are two sets of the fixed base frame (611); The bottom of the fixed base (611) is fixedly installed with an anti-slip pad (612), and a sampling installation frame (613) is provided above the fixed base (611). The sampling installation frame (613) is fixedly installed on the bottom of the drone body (1) through a connecting plate.

3. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling atmospheric pollutants according to claim 2, characterized in that: A sampling bag (614) is fixedly installed on the bottom of the inner wall of the sampling installation frame (613). A collection port (615) is provided at the front of the sampling bag (614). A sampling extension tube (616) is connected to the rear surface of the sampling bag (614). A sealing ring cap (617) is fitted on the outer wall of the sampling extension tube (616).

4. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling air pollutants according to claim 1, characterized in that: The collection and fixing part (62) includes: A connecting C-shaped plate frame (621) is fixedly installed on the front surface of the sampling mounting frame (613); The outer wall of the connecting C-shaped plate frame (621) is provided with a lifting sliding hole (622), and a mounting shell (623) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the connecting C-shaped plate frame (621). A small motor (624) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner wall of the mounting shell (623).

5. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling atmospheric pollutants according to claim 4, characterized in that: The output end of the small motor (624) is provided with an adjusting rotating rod (625), and the adjusting rotating rod (625) extends to the bottom of the connecting plate and is threaded. The outer wall of the adjusting rotating rod (625) is movably fitted with a T-shaped sliding plate (626), and the T-shaped sliding plate (626) extends to the inside of the lifting sliding hole (622) for sliding connection.

6. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling atmospheric pollutants according to claim 5, characterized in that: A magnetic clamping plate (627) is fixedly installed on the outer surface of the T-shaped sliding plate (626), and the magnetic clamping plate (627) is positioned above the sampling bag (614). A magnetic clamping holder (628) is positioned below the magnetic clamping plate (627), and the magnetic clamping holder (628) is fixedly installed on the outer wall of the connecting C-shaped plate frame (621).

7. The low-altitude environmental monitoring UAV for sampling air pollutants according to claim 6, characterized in that: The magnetic clamp two (628) is located below the sampling bag (614), and the magnetic clamp two (628) is attracted to the magnetic clamp plate one (627).