Drone system
The drone's design with a soft-bottom cabin and towing hooks facilitates safe landing and easy recovery of malfunctioning drones, ensuring passenger safety and quick repair.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2023115605
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-07-14
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-24
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-07-14
AI Technical Summary
Large drones carrying passengers risk causing serious accidents and damage if they malfunction, and their recovery is difficult without roads for transportation.
Designing the drone to fly at low altitudes with a boat-shaped, soft-bottom cabin and equipped with hooks for towing, allowing it to be moved by ships or cars, and using wire winding machines for precise positioning on waterways.
Ensures passenger safety and easy recovery of malfunctioning drones without road access, reducing damage and downtime.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0001] The present invention relates to technology for large, unmanned passenger-carrying drones that fly at low altitudes over the ocean and coastal areas, float on water, and take off and land on waterways. [Background technology]
[0002] Since it is impossible to reduce the market failure rate of any electronic device to zero, large drones carrying passengers are also susceptible to malfunctions, and if they do, they will fall, likely resulting in a serious accident and death, so they are not yet viable on a commercial basis. When a large drone breaks down and stops working, a large crane and truck are required to transport it to a repair shop, and if there is no road that the crane and truck can access, it cannot be taken home for repairs and must be disassembled on the spot. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 7012403 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] To prevent damage to human bodies even if a large drone carrying a passenger breaks down and falls, to enable a large drone that has broken down and become immobile to be moved to a repair shop in a simple manner and at low cost, and to precisely move the large drone in a simple manner so that battery replacement and repair can be easily performed or specifications can be easily changed. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] The large drones that carry passengers will be designed to fly at an altitude of 1m above the ground and 3m above the water. The underside of the passenger compartment will be shaped like a boat, and the bottom of the roughly boat-shaped vehicle will be made out of a soft material. In addition, the seats and beds will be soft, reducing damage to the body in the event of a fall to almost zero. Hooks will be set up at the front and rear of the large drone so that it can be pulled by a wire, and the drone can be moved by being pulled by another drone, ship, car, etc. at the hook part via a wire, whether on land or at sea (if on land, a vinyl sheet or similar will be laid down to make it slippery). In addition, with the large drone placed in a waterway, the hook portions at both ends are connected with a wire and the wire is wound up with a wire winding machine, allowing the large drone to move. Furthermore, by linking the two wire winding machines together, i.e., one winding machine winds and the other unwinds, the large drone can be precisely positioned above the waterway. Effect of the Invention
[0006] Even if the large drone breaks down and falls, passengers will be safe, and it will be easier to move around when the large drone breaks down, so passengers can switch to a large drone that is not broken down without having to wait long. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0007] [Figure 1] 1 shows an overview of the present invention. [Diagram 2] An overview of the safety management system is shown below. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0008] The large drones that carry passengers will be designed to fly at an altitude of 1m above the ground and 3m above the water. The underside of the passenger compartment will be boat-shaped, with the bottom of the roughly boat-shaped craft made from a soft material. In addition, the seats and beds will be soft, reducing damage to the body in the event of a fall to almost zero. Hooks will be installed at the front and rear of the large drone so that it can be pulled by a wire, and the drone can be moved by being pulled by other drones, ships, automobiles, etc. via the wire at the hook part, whether on land or at sea (a vinyl sheet will be laid down on land). In addition, with the large drone placed in a waterway, the hooks on both ends are connected with a wire and the wire is wound up with a wire winding machine, allowing the large drone to move. Furthermore, by linking the two wire winding machines together - one winding machine winds and the other unwinds - the coordinated operation makes it possible to precisely position the large drone above the waterway.
[0009] In Figure 1, as a safety measure in the event of a breakdown, the large drone is designed to fly at an altitude of 1m on the ground and 3m above water, the underside of the passenger compartment is boat-shaped, and the bottom of the roughly boat-shaped cabin is made of a soft material. In addition, the seats and beds are made of soft material, which reduces bodily damage in the event of a fall to almost zero. As a collision avoidance system, if there is another ship within 200m ahead, the drone will land on water, stop the propeller, and wait until the ship leaves the 200m area ahead. If the ship continues to remain without moving, the drone will detour and fly while creating a situation where there are no ships within 200m ahead. Hooks will be set up at the front and back of the large drone so that it can be pulled by a wire, and the drone can be moved by being pulled by another drone, ship, car, etc. at the hook part via a wire, whether on sea or land (if on land, a vinyl sheet or similar will be laid down to make it slippery). In Figure 2, the large drone is placed in a waterway, and the hook portions at both ends are connected with wires. The wire is wound up using a wire winding machine, allowing the large drone to move. By linking the two wire winding machines together, i.e., one winding machine winds and the other unwinds, the large drone can be precisely positioned above the waterway. [Industrial Applicability]
[0010] Even if the large drone breaks down and falls, passengers will be safe, and it will be easier to move around when the large drone breaks down, so passengers can switch to a large drone that is not broken down without having to wait long.
Claims
[Claim 1] This is a drone system that flies a large drone that carries passengers at 1m above the ground and 3m above the water, with the underside of the passenger compartment shaped like a boat and the bottom of the boat made of a soft material, as well as soft seats and beds, to reduce bodily damage to almost zero if the drone falls. Hooks are provided on both ends of the large drone to which wires can be attached, and wires are connected to the hooks on both ends, allowing the large drone to be precisely positioned on the water by winding and unwinding the wires on both ends.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
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JP7012403B1
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