Information control system, control method, and program

Abstract

To provide an information control system, a control method, and a program capable of more easily or more appropriately determining a condition related to measurement capable of satisfying needs of a user.SOLUTION: In an information control system 1 that acquires measurement data on the ground or on the sea using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or a flying object, a spatial information data utilization system 3000 includes a request receiving unit that receives request information related to measurement data from a user, and a measurement plan proposing unit that proposes and outputs, to the user, proposal information of a measurement plan including at least one of a predicted time related to an acquisition time of the measurement data, a predicted cost related to an acquisition cost of the measurement data, a required resource required for acquiring the measurement data, a data content of the measurement data, equipment information related to equipment used for acquiring the measurement data, machine information related to a machine used for acquiring the measurement data, and condition information related to an acquisition condition of the measurement data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information control system, a control method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent document 1 discloses a reservation management device that aims to provide technology that allows easy use of an aircraft that can carry out the necessary missions when needed, and that includes a reservation management unit that manages reservation information for unmanned aircraft, a receiving unit that receives reservation requests for unmanned aircraft from users, and a judgment unit that refers to the reservation information and determines whether to accept the reservation request. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Re-tabled publication No. 2020-217554 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In recent years, progress has been made in the practical application of systems that generate wide-area orthoimages using measurement data such as satellite images and aerial images acquired from the sky using satellites and aircraft. Furthermore, when disasters or other emergencies occur, the use of such systems can make it possible to grasp the situation at the disaster site more quickly. Furthermore, even in peacetime, when there are no emergencies such as disasters, these systems can be used for a variety of purposes, such as forest measurement, agricultural land measurement, and infrastructure inspection.

[0005] The data content required by users varies for each of the various applications mentioned above, and even for the same application, the required data content varies depending on the user and the situation, so measurement data measured under uniform conditions cannot satisfy such a wide range of user needs.In addition, there are many items that must be decided, such as the content of the measurement data, the measuring device to be used, and other measurement conditions, so it is not easy for users to appropriately determine these measurement conditions.

[0006] Patent Document 1 considers obtaining reservation request information from a user, including information such as the desired destination of the aircraft, and determining whether or not to accept the reservation, but does not consider at all a system or method for appropriately setting various condition items related to the acquisition of measurement data, as described above.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of at least one of the above problems, and one object of the present invention is to provide a system or method, etc., that can more easily or more appropriately determine measurement-related conditions such as measurement methods, measurement devices, measurement sensors, or other measurement conditions that can meet the needs of users. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] According to the present invention, an information control system is provided that acquires ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or an aircraft, and that includes a request receiving unit that receives request information regarding the measurement data from a user, and a measurement plan proposal unit that outputs, based on the request information, proposed information for a measurement plan that includes at least one of the following: a predicted time regarding the acquisition time of the measurement data, a predicted cost regarding the acquisition cost of the measurement data, the required resources required to acquire the measurement data, the data content of the measurement data, equipment information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, aircraft information regarding the aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information regarding the acquisition conditions of the measurement data. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the present invention, conditions relating to measurement, such as a measurement method, a measurement device, or other measurement conditions, that can satisfy the needs of a user can be determined more easily or more appropriately. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information control system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing how a ground surface area is measured by a measurement satellite 5000 and an aircraft 1000. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a data acquisition system 2000. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of an aircraft 1000. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a measurement satellite 5000. [Figure 6] FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a satellite management system 4000. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of satellite-related information provided by a satellite information providing unit 4100. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of an operation management system 2400. [Figure 9] FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a spatial information data utilization system 3000. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of response information acquired by a response-to-request information acquisition unit 3130. [Figure 11] 10 is a diagram showing an example of request information acquired by a user request information acquisition unit 3200. FIG. [Figure 12] 10 is a diagram showing an example of proposal information included in a measurement plan proposed and output by a measurement plan proposing unit 3500. FIG. [Figure 13] FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a user terminal 7000. [Figure 14] FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a spatial information data utilization system 3000, etc. [Figure 15] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the information control system 1. [Figure 16] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of a measurement plan candidate generation process performed by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. [Figure 17] 10 is a diagram showing an example of a flight path etc. in a candidate measurement plan using an aircraft 1000. FIG. [Figure 18] 10 is a diagram showing an example of a planned measurement area etc. in a candidate measurement plan using a measurement satellite 5000. FIG. [Figure 19] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a planned measurement area in a candidate measurement plan using an aircraft 1000 and a measurement satellite 5000. FIG. [Figure 20] 10 is a diagram showing an example of a measurement schedule in a candidate measurement plan using an aircraft 1000 and a measurement satellite 5000. FIG. [Figure 21] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the process flow of predicting measurement time and the like for a measurement plan candidate in the predicting unit 3400. [Figure 22] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the measurement plan proposal processing flow by the measurement plan proposal unit 3500. [Figure 23] FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of measurement plan change processing by the measurement plan change unit 3600. [Figure 24] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a measurement plan proposed and output by a measurement plan proposing unit 3500. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] The present invention will be described below with reference to the following embodiments. [Item 1] An information control system that acquires ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or an aircraft, a request receiving unit that receives request information regarding the measurement data from a user; an information control system comprising: a measurement plan proposal unit that outputs, based on the request information, proposed information for a measurement plan including at least one of a predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, resources required to acquire the measurement data, data content of the measurement data, equipment information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, aircraft information regarding the aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data. [Item 2] In the information control system according to item 1, An information control system in which the request information received from the user includes at least one of information regarding the area or location for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired, information regarding the date and time for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired, and information regarding the type of data for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired. [Item 3] In the information control system according to item 1 or 2, An information control system in which the request information received from the user includes at least one of information regarding the user's user attributes, information regarding the intended use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is requested to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, information regarding the acquisition aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data. [Item 4] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 3, The information control system, wherein the information relating to the data content includes at least one of a data type of the measurement data, a ground resolution of the measurement data, and a resolution of an image. [Item 5] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 4, An information control system, wherein the information about the acquisition equipment includes information about the sensor type of the measurement sensor that acquires the measurement data and information about the sensor performance of the measurement sensor. [Item 6] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 5, An information control system, wherein the information regarding the acquired aircraft includes information regarding the type of acquired aircraft, which includes at least one of an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and other such flying objects. [Item 7] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 6, An information control system, wherein the information regarding the acquisition conditions includes at least one of the flight path, flight altitude, flight speed, and flight attitude angle of the aircraft when the measurement data is acquired using the aircraft. [Item 8] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 7, The request information received from the user includes information regarding priority items to be prioritized when acquiring the measurement data, including at least one of time priority, image quality priority, and cost priority, or information regarding the priority ranking of the priority items. [Item 9] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 8, An information control system comprising a measurement plan candidate generation unit that generates one or more measurement plan candidates for acquiring the measurement data based on the request information acquired from the user. [Item 10] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 9, The measurement plan candidate generation unit generates the measurement plan candidate that satisfies the correspondence conditions based on correspondence information in which the request conditions included in the request information are pre-associated with the correspondence conditions for satisfying the request conditions. [Item 11] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 10, An information control system in which the desired conditions included in the correspondence information include at least one of information regarding the user attributes of the user, information regarding the intended use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is desired to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the acquisition aircraft that acquires the measurement data. [Item 12] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 11, An information control system, wherein the correspondence conditions included in the correspondence information include at least one of information regarding the use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is desired to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, information regarding the acquisition aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data. [Item 13] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 12, An information control system comprising a prediction unit that predicts at least one of the predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, the predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, and the data content of the measurement data in one or more of the measurement plan candidates generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit. [Item 14] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 13, Required resources including at least one of a measurement sensor used to acquire the measurement data in the candidate measurement plan, an aircraft equipped with the measurement sensor, a facility used to acquire the measurement data, and personnel involved in acquiring the measurement data; Or the work time required to acquire or process the measurement data, the logistics effort forecast for coordinating, transporting, or retrieving said required resources; Possibility of integrating multiple measurement tasks, The information control system is configured to predict the predicted cost or the predicted time based on at least one of the above. [Item 15] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 14, The measurement proposal unit determines one or more measurement plans to propose to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans based on the prediction information predicted by the prediction unit and the request information obtained from the user. [Item 16] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 15, When the request information received from the user includes information regarding a priority item to be prioritized when acquiring the measurement data, including at least one of a time priority, an image quality priority, and a cost priority, or information regarding a priority ranking of the priority items, The measurement proposal unit determines one or more measurement plans to propose to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans based on information related to the priority items or the priority level. [Item 17] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 16, An information control system, wherein the predicted time includes at least one of a schedule for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted acquisition date, a predicted acquisition time, a required time for acquisition, a predicted date for providing the measurement data, a predicted provision time, and a required time for providing the measurement data. [Item 18] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 17, An information control system, wherein the predicted costs include at least one of the costs required to acquire the measurement data and the costs to be charged to the user. [Item 19] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 18, An information control system in which the required resources include at least one of information about the measurement sensor used to acquire the measurement data, information about the aircraft on which the measurement sensor is mounted, information about the facilities used to acquire the measurement data, and information about personnel involved in acquiring the measurement data. [Item 20] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 19, The data content includes at least one of the type of the measurement data, the ground resolution of the measurement data, and the resolution of an image. [Item 21] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 20, The data content includes sample images of the measurement data predicted to be acquired in one or more measurement plans proposed to the user. [Item 22] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 21, An information control system, wherein the equipment information includes information about the sensor type of the measurement sensor that acquires the measurement data and information about the sensor performance of the measurement sensor. [Item 23] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 22, The aircraft information includes information about the aircraft type, which includes at least one of an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and other flying objects. [Item 24] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 23, the acquisition conditions include flight conditions including at least one of a flight path, a flight altitude, a flight speed, and a flight attitude angle of the aircraft when the measurement data is acquired using the aircraft; Or, when the measurement sensor is a camera, measurement conditions including the shutter speed and frame rate of the camera, An information control system including at least one of the above. [Item 25] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 24, an information control system comprising: a proposal response receiving unit that receives response input information from the user in response to the proposal information output by the measurement plan proposing unit; [Item 26] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 25, An information control system comprising a modified measurement plan proposing unit that outputs a modified measurement plan obtained by modifying the measurement plan when the proposed response accepting unit accepts a request to change the measurement plan as the response input information. [Item 27] In the information control system according to any one of items 1 to 26, An information control system comprising a measurement command unit that outputs a measurement command for executing the measurement plan included in the proposal information when the proposal response receiving unit receives the response input information approving the proposal information. [Item 28] A control method for a system that acquires ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or an aircraft, comprising: The computer a request receiving step of receiving request information regarding the measurement data from a user; a measurement plan proposing step of outputting, based on the request information, proposed information for a measurement plan including at least any of a predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, resources required to acquire the measurement data, data content of the measurement data, equipment information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, aircraft information regarding the aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data. [Item 29] A program used in a system for acquiring ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on a satellite or aircraft, On the computer, a request reception command for receiving request information regarding the measurement data from a user; Based on the said requirement information, output measurement plan proposal information including at least any one of the predicted time regarding the acquisition time of the measurement data, the predicted cost regarding the acquisition cost of the measurement data, the required resources for acquiring the measurement data, the data content of the measurement data, the equipment information regarding the equipment used for acquiring the measurement data, the aircraft information regarding the aircraft used for acquiring the measurement data, and the condition information regarding the acquisition conditions of the measurement data, and a measurement plan proposal instruction; A program for causing execution.

[0012] <A. First Embodiment> Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. Also, the embodiments shown below are merely examples, and other known elements and alternative means can be adopted according to the use, purpose, scale, etc.

[0013] [A-1. Configuration] (A-1-1. Overview) FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information control system 1 (hereinafter also referred to as "system 1") according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information control system 1 includes an aircraft 1000, a data acquisition system 2000, a spatial information data utilization system 3000, a satellite management system 4000, a measurement satellite 5000, an external system 6000, and a user terminal 7000.

[0014] The flying object 1000 is an aircraft or other flying object. The flying object 1000 has a function of performing aircraft control, including flight control and measurement control, in response to control commands transmitted from the data acquisition system 2000. The flying object 1000 includes, for example, a measurement unit that performs sensing using measurement sensors (optical cameras, IR cameras, sensors including radar sensors such as SAR sensors, LiDAR, other laser sensors, etc.), a flight unit with flight functions, an aircraft state determination unit that determines the aircraft state, such as the aircraft's position and attitude, a data recording unit that records measurement data, etc., and a communication unit that communicates with the data acquisition system 2000 via a communication infrastructure management system 2100, which will be described later.

[0015] The flying object 1000 is equipped with measurement sensors such as optical cameras, infrared cameras, and radar sensors such as SAR sensors, and laser sensors such as LiDAR, and uses the measurement sensors to acquire information on the region or sea area that is the measurement target area from the sky as measurement data. The flying object 1000 also wirelessly transmits the measurement data to the data acquisition system 2000 during flight. Note that the flying object 1000 may have functions not only to acquire information on the measurement target area, but also to acquire weather data and environmental data, monitor and track suspicious ships, and perform other tasks.

[0016] Here, the term "aircraft 1000" refers to any aircraft, including aircraft capable of autonomous attitude control, regardless of the power source (electric power, prime mover, etc.), the control method (wireless or wired, fully autonomous flight or partially manual flight, etc.), and whether the aircraft is manned or unmanned. The term "aircraft 1000" also includes aircraft referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), multicopters, remote piloted aircraft systems (RPASs), or unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The term "aircraft 1000" may be a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with fixed wings and capable of taxiing takeoff and landing using the fixed wings, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (including multicopters) capable of vertical takeoff and landing by generating upward thrust from a thrust generating unit composed of multiple propellers, or a fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft capable of taxiing takeoff and landing using fixed wings and vertical takeoff and landing by using lift generated by the thrust generating unit. Furthermore, the flying object 1000 includes not only the above-mentioned aircraft but also other flying devices that fly in the sky, such as balloons.

[0017] The measurement satellite 5000 can be any type of artificial satellite, including a geostationary satellite located in a high-altitude geostationary orbit and a low-earth orbit satellite moving in a low-earth orbit. The measurement satellite 5000 includes a measurement unit that performs sensing using measurement sensors (optical cameras, IR cameras, sensors including radar sensors such as SAR sensors, LiDAR, and other laser sensors), an aircraft status determination unit that determines the aircraft's status, such as its position and attitude, a measurement target area estimation unit that estimates the surface area measurable by the measurement sensors, a data recording unit that records measurement data, and a communication unit that communicates with the satellite management system 4000 (described below). The measurement satellite 5000 has the function of transmitting measurement data obtained by measuring a specified surface area or ocean area using the measurement sensors to the satellite management system 4000. The measurement satellite 5000 may also have the function of receiving data acquisition commands from the data acquisition system 2000 via the satellite management system 4000 and controlling measurements and transmission of measurement data. The measurement satellite 5000 is not intended to be a satellite dedicated to measurement, but may also be used for other purposes, such as communication relay.

[0018] The data acquisition system 2000 communicates with the spatial information data utilization system 3000, the flying object 1000, and the external system 6000, exchanging various types of information. The data acquisition system 2000 has a remote control function that remotely controls the operation of the flying object 1000 by receiving a measurement plan signal from the spatial information data utilization system 3000 and transmitting a control command to the flying object 1000 to perform measurements according to the measurement plan. The data acquisition system 2000 receives measurement data acquired by the flying object 1000 according to the control command and transmits the measurement data to the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The data acquisition system 2000 also receives geographical information from the external system 6000 and generates the control command for the flying object 1000 described above using the geographical information.

[0019] The measurement data acquired by the data acquisition system 2000 from the flying object 1000 is not limited to image information acquired by a measurement sensor such as a camera or SAR, but may also be point cloud data acquired by other sensors. The data acquisition system 2000 may be configured as a mobile vehicle, ship, flying object, or the like, or may be configured as an immovable building (fixed). The data acquisition system 2000 may be provided with a user interface for users such as a data acquisition manager.

[0020] The satellite management system 4000 communicates with the spatial information data utilization system 3000 and the measurement satellite 5000 to exchange various information. The satellite management system 4000 has the function of providing the spatial information data utilization system 3000 with satellite-related information, such as the orbital information of the measurement satellite 5000, and measurement data measured by the measurement satellite 5000. The satellite management system 4000 receives measurement data from the measurement satellite 5000 and records it in a data recording unit. When a data acquisition command is received from the spatial information data utilization system 3000, the satellite management system 4000 selects desired measurement data from the measurement data recorded in the data recording unit in accordance with the data acquisition command and transmits the selected measurement data to the spatial information data utilization system 3000. Furthermore, if the data acquisition command is for measurement data to be acquired in the future, the satellite management system 4000 can also transmit a control command to the measurement satellite 5000 in accordance with the data acquisition command and acquire the measurement data acquired by the measurement satellite 5000 in accordance with the control command. The satellite management system 4000 can also transmit satellite-related information to the spatial information data utilization system 3000.

[0021] The spatial information data utilization system 3000 is connected to the data acquisition system 2000 and the satellite management system 4000 via wired or wireless communication, and receives ground or marine measurement data acquired by the aircraft 1000 or the measurement satellite 5000 from the data acquisition system 2000 or the satellite management system. The spatial information data utilization system 3000 processes the received measurement data to make it easier for the user to understand the condition of the measurement target area, and provides the processed data to a user terminal or the like.

[0022] The spatial information data utilization system 3000 has a function of generating proposal information for a measurement plan for performing measurements using an aircraft 1000 or a measurement satellite 5000 in response to a measurement request received from a user terminal 7000 described later.

[0023] The external system 6000 includes a geographic information providing system that provides geographic information on the surface areas and ocean areas measured by the aircraft 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000, a takeoff and landing point information providing system that provides information on takeoff and landing points, and a navigation support system that provides information on aircraft navigation, such as the aircraft's own position, speed, direction of movement, and model, periodically transmitted from the aircraft 1000 and other aircraft flying in the airspace. The geographic information providing system is a system that provides terrestrial GIS geographic information and marine geographic information related to the ocean to the data acquisition system 2000 and the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The terrestrial GIS geographic information includes, for example, base maps, polygon geographic information, elevation information, transportation network information such as roads and railway tracks, facility information, land use information (e.g., farmland, housing, commercial facilities, factories), administrative district information (e.g., prefectures, cities, towns, and villages), and population information. Marine geographic information includes, for example, information on marine areas including territorial waters, contiguous zones, exclusive economic zones (EEZs), and high seas, as well as areas of activity for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, areas of activity for the Japan Coast Guard, fishing areas for fishing boats, navigation areas such as regular routes for civilian ships, leisure areas for swimming and diving, and route area information for regular shipping routes.

[0024] The user terminal 7000 has a function to receive integrated information such as wide-area images, wide-area orthoimages, three-dimensional spatial data, map images, and common situation maps generated by the spatial information data utilization system 3000 based on measurement data, and display and output the information on the display unit. It also has a function to accept user input information such as a measurement request from a user using the user terminal, transmit the user input information to the spatial information data utilization system 3000, and receive proposed information for a measurement plan generated in response to the measurement request from the spatial information data utilization system 3000, and display and output the information on the display unit.

[0025] 1, the satellite management system 4000 is depicted as a separate system from the data acquisition system 2000, but the functions of the satellite management system 4000 may be implemented in the data acquisition system 2000. Furthermore, the multiple systems and devices depicted in FIG. 1 are connected to each other via the Internet or other communication lines (whether wired or wireless) and can communicate with each other.

[0026] (A-1-2. Acquisition of measurement data using aircraft 1000 and measurement satellite 5000) Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing how a ground surface area is measured by a measurement satellite 5000 and an aircraft 1000. Fig. 2 particularly shows an example in which measurement data of the ground surface area or ocean area to be measured is acquired by the aircraft 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000. As shown in Fig. 2, the aircraft 1000 can measure the state of the ground surface area while flying at an altitude of about 100 m to 6000 m in the sky. For example, a multicopter VTOL aircraft or fixed-wing aircraft (aircraft 1000a in the figure) that flies at a relatively low altitude of 100 m to several hundred meters, or a VTOL aircraft or fixed-wing aircraft (aircraft 1000b in the figure) that can fly at a relatively high altitude of several hundred meters to 6000 m can be used. Furthermore, the measurement range of the aircraft 1000a flying at a low altitude is narrower than that of the aircraft 1000b flying at a high altitude, and the ground sampling distance (GSD) of the measurement data by the aircraft 1000a flying at a low altitude is higher than that of the measurement data by the aircraft 1000b flying at a high altitude. Although it depends on the flight altitude, as an example, the aircraft 1000a flying at a low altitude can acquire measurement data with a GSD of about 5 cm, and the aircraft 1000b flying at a high altitude can acquire measurement data with a GSD of about 20 cm.

[0027] Furthermore, the measurement satellite 5000 is in a satellite orbit at an even higher altitude than the flying object 1000, and for example, by using a low-orbit satellite flying in an orbit of 200 km to 1000 km, it is possible to measure a wider earth surface area than the flying object 1000. Furthermore, the GSD of the measurement data from the measurement satellite 5000 (hereinafter also referred to as "satellite measurement data") is lower than that of the measurement data from the flying object 1000 (hereinafter also referred to as "aerial measurement data"), and for example, the GSD of the satellite measurement data from the measurement satellite 5000 is about 3 m.

[0028] (A-1-3. Data Acquisition System 2000) 3 is a system configuration diagram of the data acquisition system 2000. The data acquisition system 2000 includes a communication infrastructure management system 2100, an aircraft flight operation system 2200, an acquired data management system 2300, a flight management system 2400, and an airspace monitoring system 2500.

[0029] The communication infrastructure management system 2100 has the function of managing the transmission and reception of various data and communication means between each system within the data acquisition system 2000 (aircraft operation operation system 2200, acquired data management system 2300, operation management system 2400, airspace monitoring system 2500) and the aircraft 1000, measurement satellite 5000, spatial information data utilization system 3000, and external system 6000 outside the data acquisition system 2000.

[0030] For example, the communication infrastructure management system 2100 can transmit control commands generated by the aircraft flight operation system 2200 and the flight operation management system 2400 to the aircraft 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000. The communication infrastructure management system 2100 can also receive information such as aircraft status information and measurement data from the aircraft 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000, provide the aircraft status information to the aircraft flight operation system 2200, and provide the measurement data to the aircraft flight operation system 2200 and the acquired data management system 2300. The communication infrastructure management system 2100 can also receive geographic information and the like (which may also include takeoff and landing point information, satellite-related information, etc.) from the external system 6000, and provide the received information to the flight management system 2400, etc. The communication infrastructure management system 2100 can also transmit control commands generated by the flight operation management system 2400 and measurement data recorded in the acquired data management system 2300 to the spatial information data utilization system 3000.

[0031] The aircraft flight operation system 2200 acquires a measurement data acquisition plan for the aircraft 1000 from the flight management system 2400, and acquires information regarding the aircraft's status from the aircraft 1000. The aircraft flight operation system 2200 generates control commands including a flight mission based on the acquired measurement data acquisition plan and information regarding the aircraft's status, and transmits the control commands to the aircraft 1000 via the communication infrastructure management system 2100, thereby controlling various operations such as flight and measurement of the aircraft 1000, which is the target of flight. The flight mission is a movement plan including, for example, the movement route of the aircraft 1000, its flight position at each time, and its movement speed, and the movement route is generated in an airspace at an altitude of approximately 100 m to 6000 m above the ground, where the aircraft 1000 can fly.

[0032] The acquired data management system 2300 has a data management function of acquiring and recording various information including measurement data (optical image data, IR image data, SAR image data, point cloud data acquired by laser sensors such as LiDAR, other spatial data, etc.) of the target area sensed by the aircraft 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000 via the communication infrastructure management system 2100. The acquired data management system 2300 also has a function of transmitting the measurement data recorded via the communication infrastructure management system 2100 to the external spatial information data utilization system 3000.

[0033] The flight management system 2400 is a system that generates a measurement plan for the flying object 1000 and issues measurement instructions, and also generates a plan for acquiring measurement data for the measurement satellite 5000 and issues instructions for acquiring the data. The flight management system 2400, for example, formulates a plan for acquiring measurement data for the flying object 1000 and transmits the plan to the aircraft flight operating system 2200. The flight management system 2400 may also have a function to generate a satellite measurement data acquisition plan and transmit a satellite measurement data acquisition command to the measurement satellite 5000 or an external system. The detailed functions of the flight management system 2400 will be described later.

[0034] The airspace monitoring system 2500 is a system that monitors the airspace in which the target aircraft 1000 is flying. The airspace monitoring system 2500 acquires information about aircraft navigation, such as the position, speed, direction of movement, and model of the aircraft 1000 and other aircraft flying in the sky, from an external navigation support system. The navigation support system can be configured, for example, by Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) or an information provision system that provides aircraft navigation information acquired via the aforementioned ADS-B to other systems. That is, the airspace monitoring system 2500 acquires navigation information about other aircraft, etc., currently flying, and transmits the information to the flight management system 2400. Based on the information from the airspace monitoring system 2500, the flight management system 2400 generates a measurement data acquisition plan so that the aircraft 1000 does not interfere with other aircraft.

[0035] (A-1-4. Configuration of Aircraft 1000) 4 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the flying object 1000. The flying object 1000 includes a measurement unit 1100, an aircraft state determination unit 1200, a flying unit 1300, a recording unit 1400, and a communication unit 1500.

[0036] The measurement unit 1100 is a functional unit that acquires information on a measurement target area such as the earth's surface or the sea surface using a measurement sensor 1110. The measurement unit 1100 includes the measurement sensor 1110 and a measurement control unit 1120.

[0037] The measurement sensor 1110 is configured with, for example, sensors including an optical camera, an infrared camera, a radar sensor such as an SAR sensor, a laser sensor including a LiDAR, etc. The measurement sensor 1110 acquires optical images, infrared images, point cloud data, etc. of the ground surface of the measurement target area from the sky above the measurement target area as aerial measurement data.

[0038] The measurement control unit 1120 can control the measurement operation of the measurement sensor 1110, such as the timing of data acquisition and the zoom amount of the measurement sensor 1110. The measurement control unit 1120 can control the measurement sensor 1110 so that an image is captured according to measurement conditions such as the timing of data acquisition and the zoom amount that are set in advance, but when receiving a measurement control command from the data acquisition system 2000, it controls the measurement operation of the measurement sensor 1110, such as the timing of data acquisition and the zoom amount, according to the measurement control command. For example, when the measurement sensor 1110 is an optical camera, the measurement control unit 1120 can control the timing of image acquisition, shutter speed, resolution, etc.

[0039] Next, the aircraft state determination unit 1200 includes a self-position determination unit 1210 and an attitude determination unit 1220. The self-position determination unit 1210 determines the position of the aircraft 1000 in three-dimensional space, such as its position, speed, and acceleration, as well as the state related to changes in position over time. The attitude determination unit 1220 determines the aircraft's attitude, such as its attitude, angular velocity, and angular acceleration, as well as the state related to changes in attitude over time. The aircraft state determination unit 1200 also has the function of acquiring temporary abnormal states (temperature abnormalities, vibration abnormalities, etc.) of equipment mounted on the aircraft, equipment failure states, and the state of remaining energy such as batteries and fuel.

[0040] The method for measuring the position and speed of the aircraft is not particularly limited, but for example, the current position and speed of the aircraft may be measured using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), a Global Positioning System (GPS), or a Real Time Kinematic - Global Navigation Satellite System (RTK-GNSS). The position information includes at least two-dimensional coordinate information (e.g., latitude and longitude) in a planar view, and preferably includes three-dimensional coordinate information including altitude information. Furthermore, acceleration can be calculated based on the amount of change in the measured speed over time.

[0041] The method for measuring the attitude (orientation) of the aircraft is to measure the current attitude of the aircraft using, for example, a geomagnetic sensor, a GNSS compass, etc. Attitude information includes at least the attitude angle (orientation) in a planar view around the Z axis, and preferably includes attitude information around three axes: the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis. In addition, angular velocity and angular acceleration can be calculated based on the amount of change over time in the measured attitude information.

[0042] Next, flight unit 1300 is a functional unit for flying the aircraft, and is a functional unit that performs flight control and takeoff and landing control in accordance with flight mission commands. Flight unit 1300 includes thrust generation unit 1310 and flight control unit 1320. Thrust generation unit 1310 is a functional unit composed of multiple propellers, rocket engines, and other devices capable of generating thrust.

[0043] The flight control unit 1320 is a functional unit that controls the output from the thrust generation unit 1310 to control the flight operations of the air vehicle 1000. The flight control unit 1320 has a processing unit, also called a flight controller. The processing unit may have one or more processors, such as a programmable processor (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), an MPU, or a DSP). The processing unit has access to the storage unit 1400, which will be described later. The storage unit 1400 stores logic, code, and / or program instructions that the processing unit can execute to perform one or more steps.

[0044] The processing unit is configured to control the flight state of the air vehicle 1000. For example, the processing unit adjusts the spatial position, velocity, acceleration, attitude angle, angular velocity, and angular acceleration of the air vehicle 1000, which has six degrees of freedom (translational motion x, y, and z, and rotational motion θx, θy, and θz). In other words, the flight control unit 1320 controls the flight operations of the air vehicle 1000, such as takeoff, liftoff, forward movement, turning, and landing, and controls the flight operations of the air vehicle 1000 from takeoff to flight and landing.

[0045] The flight control unit 1320 can control the flight of the aircraft 1000 based on a flight mission included in a control command acquired from the aircraft flight operating system 2200 via the communication unit 1500, which will be described later, for example. The flight control unit 1320 can also control the flight of the aircraft 1000 by controlling the output of the thrust generation unit 1310 based on flight geofence information corresponding to flight-permitted / prohibited airspace areas, various information such as the current position information, attitude information (orientation), speed information, acceleration information, angular velocity information, and angular acceleration information of the aircraft 1000 acquired by the aircraft state determination unit 1200, and any combination thereof. Note that if the aircraft 1000 is a fixed-wing aircraft or a VTOL aircraft having fixed wings, the flight control unit 1320 can control the operation of ailerons and flaps mounted on the fixed wings in addition to controlling the thrust generation unit 1310.

[0046] Next, the recording unit 1400 has a function of recording the measurement data measured by the measurement unit 1100, the aircraft's state, flight control logic, etc. The recording unit 1400 includes a measurement data recording unit 1410, an aircraft's state recording unit 1420, and a flight control logic recording unit 1430.

[0047] The measurement data recording unit 1410 is a functional unit that records measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 1110. The aircraft state recording unit 1420 is a functional unit that records data related to the aircraft state of the aircraft 1000 measured by the aircraft state determination unit 1200. In addition, the flight control logic recording unit 1430 is a functional unit that stores logic, code, and / or program instructions that the processing unit of the flight control unit 1320 executes when controlling the flight state of the aircraft 1000.

[0048] Next, the communication unit 1500 is a functional unit that transmits and receives control-related information regarding the aircraft status and control commands related to flight, as well as measurement data acquired by the measurement unit 1100 and other measurement-related information, between the aircraft 1000 and the aircraft operation system 2200.

[0049] The communication unit 1500 transmits the measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 1110 and the measurement data recorded in the measurement data recording unit 1410 to the data acquisition system 2000, particularly to the acquired data management system 2300. The communication unit 1500 also transmits various information related to the aircraft's own airframe status measured by the aircraft status determination unit 1200 from the flying object 1000 to the data acquisition system 2000, particularly to the aircraft operation system 2200. The communication unit 1500 also receives control commands including flight missions and measurement commands from the aircraft operation system 2200.

[0050] (A-1-5. Configuration of Measurement Satellite 5000) 5 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the measurement satellite 5000. The measurement satellite 5000 includes a measurement unit 5100, a state determination unit 5200, a recording unit 5300, and a communication unit 5400.

[0051] The measurement unit 5100 is a functional unit that acquires information on a measurement target area such as the earth's surface or the sea surface using a measurement sensor 5110. The measurement unit 5100 includes the measurement sensor 5110.

[0052] The measurement sensor 5110 is configured with, for example, sensors including an optical camera, an infrared camera, a radar sensor such as an SAR sensor, a laser sensor including LiDAR, etc. The measurement sensor 5110 acquires optical images, infrared images, point cloud data, etc. of the ground surface or sea surface of the measurement target area from the sky above the measurement target area as measurement data.

[0053] Next, the aircraft state determination unit 5200 includes a self-position determination unit 5210, an attitude determination unit 5220, and a self-orbit determination unit 5230. The self-position determination unit 5210 determines the position of the measurement satellite 5000 in three-dimensional space, such as its position, velocity, and acceleration, as well as the state of change in position over time. The attitude determination unit 5220 determines the aircraft's attitude, such as its attitude, angular velocity, and angular acceleration, as well as the state of change in attitude over time. The self-orbit determination unit 5230 determines the orbit to which the aircraft belongs based on orbit type information pre-recorded in the recording unit 5300 (described later) or information on the aircraft's position acquired by the self-position determination unit 5210. The aircraft state determination unit 5200 may also have a function to acquire temporary abnormal states (such as temperature abnormalities and vibration abnormalities) of equipment mounted on the aircraft, equipment failure states, and the state of remaining energy such as batteries and fuel.

[0054] Next, the recording unit 5300 has a function of recording the measurement data measured by the measurement unit 5100, the aircraft's state, trajectory type information, etc. The recording unit 5300 includes a measurement data recording unit 5310, an aircraft's state recording unit 5320, and an aircraft's trajectory recording unit 5330.

[0055] The measurement data recording unit 5310 is a functional unit that records measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 5110. The measurement data recording unit 5310 also has a function of constantly or periodically recording the measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 5110, regardless of whether a control command for acquiring measurement data has been received from the satellite management system 4000. The own status recording unit 5320 is a functional unit that records data related to the aircraft status (own position, attitude, etc.) of the measurement satellite 5000 measured by the own status determination unit 5200. The own orbit recording unit 5330 records orbit type information recorded in advance as initial information and information on the orbit type to which the aircraft currently belongs determined by the own orbit determination unit 5230.

[0056] Next, the communication unit 5400 is a functional unit that transmits and receives the measurement data acquired by the measurement unit 1100 and information related to commands to acquire the measurement data between the measurement satellite 5000 and the satellite management system 4000.

[0057] The communication unit 5400 transmits the satellite measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 5110 and the satellite measurement data recorded in the measurement data recording unit 5310 to the data acquisition system 2000, particularly to the acquired data management system 2300. The communication unit 5400 also transmits various information related to the aircraft's status measured by the aircraft's status determination unit 5200, particularly orbit information and position information, from the measurement satellite 5000 to the data acquisition system 2000, particularly to the flight management system 2400. The communication unit 5400 also has a function of receiving a satellite measurement data acquisition command from the flight management system 2400 and performing communication control to transmit the satellite measurement data recorded in the measurement data recording unit 5310 or the satellite measurement data measured by the measurement sensor 5110 to the data acquisition system 2000 in accordance with the acquisition command.

[0058] (A-1-6. Satellite Management System 4000) Next, the satellite management system 4000 will be described with reference to Figures 6 and 7. Figure 6 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the satellite management system 4000. The satellite management system 4000 includes a satellite information providing unit 4100, a measurement data management unit 4200, and a measurement control command unit 4300.

[0059] The satellite information providing unit 4100 is a system that provides information on the orbits to which the multiple measurement satellites 5000 belong and future movement schedule information, and includes an orbit information providing unit 4110 and a movement prediction information providing unit 4120 .

[0060] The orbit information providing unit 4110 is a functional unit that provides information on the orbit to which each of the multiple measurement satellites 5000 belongs. The movement prediction information providing unit 4120 is a functional unit that calculates a predicted position on the orbit of the measurement satellite 5000 at a future date and time based on orbit information to which the multiple measurement satellites 5000 belong, and provides information on the predicted position. Note that the movement prediction information providing unit 4120 may be configured to determine a measurable area on the Earth's surface that can be measured by the measurement satellite 5000 and a measurable date and time for measuring the measurable area based on orbit information to which the multiple measurement satellites 5000 belong, and provide the determination information to the data acquisition system 2000. The provided information will be described using FIG. 7.

[0061] Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of satellite-related information provided by the satellite information providing unit 4100. As shown in Fig. 7, for each of a plurality of measurement satellites 5000 (satellite A, satellite B, satellite C, ...), information on the satellite orbit, the satellite's current position, future time-series movement position, and future time-series measurable area (earth surface area) is provided from the orbit information providing unit 4110 and the movement prediction information providing unit 4120.

[0062] The measurement data management unit 4200 has the function of recording measurement data received from a plurality of measurement satellites 5000, receiving the measurement data from the measurement satellites 5000, and transmitting the corresponding measurement data in response to a data acquisition command from an external source including the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The measurement data management unit 4200 includes a data recording unit 4210 and a data transmission unit 4220.

[0063] The data recording unit 4210 has a function of constantly or periodically downloading and recording measurement data measured by the measurement satellite 5000 from the measurement satellite 5000, regardless of whether a data acquisition command is received from the spatial information data utilization system 3000 (or the data acquisition system 2000), and when a data acquisition command is received from the spatial information data utilization system 3000 (or the data acquisition system 2000), it extracts data that matches the specified conditions, such as the measurement target area, desired acquisition period, and data type, specified in the data acquisition command from the recorded data, and provides this to the spatial information data utilization system 3000 (or the data acquisition system 2000).In addition, if the desired acquisition period specified in the data acquisition command is after the current time, it will provide to the spatial information data utilization system 3000 (or the data acquisition system 2000) data that matches the specified conditions from the measurement data downloaded from the measurement satellite 5000 in the future.

[0064] The measurement control command unit 4300 has a control command generation unit 4310 and a control command transmission unit 4320, and has the function of transmitting a control command to the measurement satellite 5000 to acquire measurement data in accordance with a data acquisition command obtained from the spatial information data utilization system 3000.

[0065] The control command generation unit 4310 is a functional unit that generates a control command for the measurement satellite 5000 based on a data acquisition command acquired from the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The control command transmission unit 4320 has a function of transmitting the control command generated by the control command generation unit 4310 to the measurement satellite 5000.

[0066] (A-1-7. Flight Management System 2400) 8 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the flight management system 2400. The flight management system 2400 includes an information import unit 2410, a measurement operation prediction unit 2420, and a measurement data acquisition command unit 2430.

[0067] (A-1-7-1. Information import unit 2410) The information import unit 2410 is a functional unit that acquires information from outside the data acquisition system 2000, and includes an aircraft navigation information acquisition unit 2411, a geographic information acquisition unit 2412, and a takeoff and landing point information acquisition unit 2413.

[0068] The aircraft navigation information acquisition unit 2411 has the function of acquiring information regarding aircraft navigation, such as its own position, speed, direction of movement, and model of aircraft, which is periodically transmitted from the aircraft 1000 or other aircraft flying in the airspace, from the navigation support system of the external system 6000.

[0069] The geographic information acquisition unit 2412 has a function of acquiring terrestrial GIS geographic information and marine geographic information relating to the ocean from the geographic information providing system of the external system 6000 .

[0070] The takeoff and landing point information acquisition unit 2413 acquires information on the locations of multiple takeoff and landing points on the ground and the aircraft types of the flying body 1000 that can take off and land at each takeoff and landing point from the takeoff and landing point information providing system of the external system 6000. Takeoff and landing points are, for example, airports with runways that can accommodate fixed-wing aircraft, takeoff and landing sites that can accommodate vertical takeoffs and landings, or temporary takeoff and landing sites.

[0071] (A-1-7-2. Measurement Work Prediction Unit 2420) The measurement work prediction unit 2420 is a functional unit that acquires measurement plan information, including prediction calculation conditions for predicting and calculating man-hours and the like related to measurement work, from the prediction unit 3400 of the spatial information data utilization system 3000, and performs various prediction calculations based on the prediction calculation conditions. The measurement work prediction unit 2420 includes a prediction calculation condition acquisition unit 2421, a takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422, a flight mission calculation unit 2423, a resource determination unit 2424, and a logistics man-hour calculation unit 2425.

[0072] The prediction calculation condition acquisition unit 2421 is a functional unit that acquires information on a measurement plan including prediction calculation conditions for predicting and calculating man-hours and the like from the prediction unit 3400 of the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The prediction calculation conditions acquired by the prediction calculation condition acquisition unit 2421 include, for example, the measurement area or position, data acquisition date and time, data type, and at least a portion of other information shown in Fig. 11 acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200. In addition, the prediction calculation conditions include at least a portion of the information on the corresponding conditions determined by the corresponding information shown in Fig. 10.

[0073] The takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422 is a functional unit that determines candidate takeoff and landing points based on information regarding the measurement area or location included in the prediction calculation conditions and information regarding the locations of multiple takeoff and landing points acquired by the takeoff and landing point information acquisition unit 2413. Note that if the prediction calculation conditions include information on the aircraft type of the aircraft, the takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422 can select takeoff and landing points that can take off and land for the aircraft type included in the prediction calculation conditions, based on information on the aircraft type of the aircraft 1000 that can take off and land at each takeoff and landing point acquired by the takeoff and landing point information acquisition unit 2413.

[0074] For example, the takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422 predicts the flight distance of the flying body 1000 based on the positions of multiple takeoff and landing points, the distances to the measurement area, and the flight mission calculated by the flight mission calculation unit 2423 described below, calculates the amount of energy required based on the flight distance, and selects a takeoff and landing point located so that the flight can be completed in one flight based on the amount of energy required. Note that the takeoff and landing point used as the takeoff and landing point used as the landing point may be different.

[0075] The flight mission calculation unit 2423 is a functional unit that calculates predicted information of a flight mission based on information about the measurement area or location included in the prediction calculation conditions and information about the candidate takeoff and landing points determined by the takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422. Note that if the prediction calculation conditions include information about the aircraft type of the flying object, a more accurate prediction and calculation of the flight mission can be performed according to the aircraft type.

[0076] The resource determination unit 2424 determines required physical resources, including the measurement sensors used to acquire the measurement data, the aircraft equipped with the measurement sensors, the takeoff and landing points and other facilities used to acquire the measurement data, and the amount of energy of the power source (battery, etc.) equipped in the aircraft, based on information on the acquisition equipment and acquisition aircraft included in the prediction calculation conditions and information on the candidate takeoff and landing points determined by the takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422. The resource determination unit 2424 also determines required human resources, including personnel predicted to be involved in acquiring the measurement data, based on information on the measurement area or location included in the prediction calculation conditions and information on the acquisition aircraft.

[0077] The logistics man-hour calculation unit 2425 predicts and determines the logistics man-hours related to the adjustment, transportation, or recovery of required resources based on information regarding measurement sensors, aircraft, and personnel resources determined by the resource determination unit 2424 and information regarding candidate takeoff and landing points determined by the takeoff and landing point determination unit 2422.

[0078] (A-1-7-4. Measurement data acquisition command unit 2430) The measurement data acquisition command unit 2430 includes an aerial measurement data acquisition plan generation unit 2431 and a plan validity determination unit 2432. The aerial measurement data acquisition plan generation unit 2431 receives a measurement command signal according to a measurement plan from the measurement command unit 3700 of the spatial information data utilization system 3000, and generates an aerial measurement data acquisition plan using the flying object 1000 based on geographical information and information related to takeoff and landing points acquired by the information import unit 2410. The plan validity determination unit 2432 determines the validity of the aerial measurement data acquisition plan based on navigation information of other aircraft acquired by the information import unit 2410. In addition, the measurement data acquisition command unit 2430 has a function of transmitting an aerial measurement data acquisition plan that has been determined to be valid to the aircraft flight operating system 2200.

[0079] (A-1-8. Spatial Information Data Utilization System 3000) 9 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a spatial information data utilization system 3000. The spatial information data utilization system 3000 includes a prior information import unit 3100, a user request information acquisition unit 3200, a measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300, a prediction unit 3400, a measurement plan proposal unit 3500, a measurement plan modification unit 3600, a measurement command unit 3700, and a measurement data processing unit 3800.

[0080] (A-1-8-1. Advance information import unit 3100) The advance information import unit 3100 has a function of acquiring information to be used in the integration processing executed in the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The advance information import unit 3100 includes a satellite orbit information acquisition unit 3110, a geographic information acquisition unit 3120, and a request response information acquisition unit 3130.

[0081] The satellite orbit information acquisition unit 3110 is a functional unit that acquires information about the current or future orbit of the satellite from the satellite information provision unit 4100, and as an example, can acquire information about the satellite orbit, the current satellite position, future time-series movement position, and future time-series measurable area as shown in Figure 7.

[0082] The geographic information acquisition unit 3120 has a function of acquiring terrestrial GIS geographic information and marine geographic information relating to the ocean from the geographic information providing system of the external system 6000.

[0083] The request correspondence information acquisition unit 3130 is a functional unit that acquires correspondence information in advance for determining correspondence conditions corresponding to the measurement request conditions when the measurement request conditions and the like are acquired from the user by the user request information acquisition unit 3200, which will be described later. The correspondence information will be described with reference to FIG.

[0084] Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of response information acquired by the response-to-request information acquisition unit 3130. As shown in Fig. 10, the response information records request information and response information in association with each other.

[0085] The requested information includes user attributes, usage attributes, target features, data content (image quality, etc.), acquisition equipment, and acquisition aircraft. Corresponding conditions include usage attributes, target features, data content (image quality, etc.), acquisition equipment, acquisition aircraft, and acquisition conditions (flight path of the aircraft, etc.).

[0086] Correspondence relationships contained in the correspondence information include, for example, correspondence relationships between user attributes and usage attributes, correspondence relationships between user attributes and target features, correspondence relationships between usage attributes and target features, correspondence relationships between usage attributes and data content (image quality, etc.), correspondence relationships between target features and data content, correspondence relationships between data content and acquisition equipment (measurement sensors, etc.), correspondence relationships between data content and acquisition aircraft (artificial satellites, fixed-wing aircraft, multicopters, etc.), correspondence relationships between data content and acquisition conditions (flight path of aircraft, etc.), correspondence relationships between acquisition equipment and acquisition aircraft, correspondence relationships between acquisition equipment and acquisition conditions, and correspondence relationships between acquisition aircraft and acquisition conditions.

[0087] As an example of the correspondence between the user attribute and the usage attribute, when the user attribute is "forest management company", the usage attribute can be "forest measurement". As an example of the correspondence between the user attribute and the target feature, when the user attribute is "forest management company", the target feature can be "forest". As an example of the correspondence between the use purpose attribute and the target feature, when the use purpose attribute is "forest measurement", the target feature can be "forest". As an example of the correspondence between the use attribute and the data content (image quality, etc.), when the use attribute is "forest measurement", the data content (image quality, etc.) can be "ground resolution (0.5 m)". As an example of the correspondence between target features and data content, when the target feature is a "forest," the data content (image quality, etc.) can be "ground resolution (0.5 m)." As an example of the correspondence between data content and acquisition equipment (such as a measurement sensor), if the data content is "point cloud data," the acquisition equipment can be "LiDAR." As an example of the correspondence between data content and acquiring aircraft (artificial satellite, fixed-wing aircraft, multicopter, etc.), if the data content is "point cloud data", the acquiring equipment can be "aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, multicopter, etc." As another example, if the data content is "ground resolution (0.5 m)", the acquiring equipment can be "aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, multicopter, etc." As an example of the correspondence between data content and acquisition conditions (such as the flight path of an aircraft), if the data content is "ground resolution (0.5 m)", the acquisition condition can be "altitude 3000 m or less". As an example of the correspondence between the acquisition equipment and the acquisition aircraft, when the acquisition equipment is "LiDAR", the acquisition equipment can be "a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, or other aircraft." As an example of the correspondence between the acquisition equipment and the acquisition conditions, when the acquisition equipment is "LiDAR", the acquisition condition can be "altitude XX m or less". As an example of the correspondence between the acquisition aircraft and the acquisition conditions, when the acquisition equipment is a "multicopter", the acquisition condition can be "altitude XX m or less".

[0088] 10 does not need to include all of these correspondence relationships, but only needs to include at least one correspondence relationship between desired information and corresponding conditions. By acquiring or recording such correspondence information in advance, even if the user inputs only a small amount of desired information, it is possible to appropriately set the conditions for the measurement plan proposed to the user, and the user can more easily determine a measurement plan without having to input detailed condition information related to the acquisition of measurement data.

[0089] (A-1-8-2. User request information acquisition unit 3200) The user request information acquisition unit 3200 is a functional unit that acquires request information related to acquisition of measurement data from the user terminal 7000 or externally. The request information will be described with reference to FIG.

[0090] 11 is a diagram showing an example of request information acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200. As shown in Fig. 11, attributes of the request information can include a measurement request area related to the area or position for which measurement data acquisition is requested, a data acquisition date and time related to the date and time for which measurement data acquisition is requested, and a data type for which acquisition is requested as measurement data. Here, the data acquisition date and time can include an end date and time and a start date and time for the period for which measurement data acquisition is desired.

[0091] When accepting input for the area to be measured, already measured data can be displayed on a map, and the user can then specify the area on the map. As an example, a 3D model created using satellite SAR and fixed-wing measurements can be displayed, and the user can specify the area to be photographed in detail using a multicopter. This allows the user to review the already measured data and appropriately determine areas that should be photographed in more detail or over a wider area. When specifying additional detailed photography, it is also possible to specify a mission for photographing the target slope normal (steep slopes), specifying an altitude, or capturing a 360° low-altitude image from the ground (panoramic image).

[0092] In addition, the attributes of the request information may include user attributes related to the user's attributes, the intended use of the measurement data, the target feature for which measurement data is requested to be acquired, image quality information such as resolution and ground resolution related to the data content of the measurement data, the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, the acquisition aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and the conditions for acquiring the measurement data.

[0093] Here, the information on the data content includes at least one of the data type of the measurement data, the ground resolution of the measurement data, and the resolution of the image. The ground resolution can be defined in units such as meters, and the resolution can be defined in units such as dpi or pip. For example, 0.1 m, 0.2 m, etc. can be input as the ground resolution.

[0094] The information on the data acquisition equipment may include information on the type of the measurement sensor that acquires the measurement data (optical camera, panoramic camera, IR camera, sensor including radar sensor such as SAR sensor, LiDAR, other laser sensor, etc.), or may include information on the sensor performance of the measurement sensor. In this case, the sensor performance of the measurement sensor may include shutter speed, frame rate, and maximum shooting altitude.

[0095] Furthermore, the information on the data acquisition aircraft may include information on the type of acquisition aircraft, which may include at least one of an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and other flying vehicles. Note that the various aircraft described above are not limited to being manned or unmanned. Furthermore, the information input as the acquisition aircraft is not limited to these, and may also include more detailed aircraft types, such as a low-orbit satellite, a geostationary satellite, a fixed-wing VTOL, and an unmanned multicopter.

[0096] The information on the acquisition conditions may include at least one of the flight conditions of the aircraft, such as the flight path, flight altitude, flight speed, and flight attitude angle, when acquiring measurement data using the aircraft, as well as information on the measurement conditions of the measurement sensor. The measurement conditions may include, for example, taking an image in the direction normal to the slope of the measurement target.

[0097] Furthermore, the attributes of the request information may include priority items to be prioritized when acquiring measurement data, including at least one of time priority, image quality priority, and cost priority. In addition to these priority items, the request information may also include information regarding the priority ranking of the priority items.

[0098] The attributes of the request information may also include whether a live video request is required. In other words, this is information specifying whether or not to request the distribution of live video of measurement data in real time during measurement. The information regarding whether or not a live video request is required may also include input conditions for starting live video, such as when a specific object is detected or an area for which live video is desired. Furthermore, if the measurement conditions when live video starts are different from normal, it may be possible to set and input special request information (aircraft, resolution, flight mission, etc.) during live video distribution.

[0099] Furthermore, the user request information acquisition unit 3200 can receive not only request information related to the acquisition of new measurement data, but also request information for adding or updating measurement data. In this case, a request can be made for acquisition of measurement data by the flying object 1000 in order to update data for all or part of an area for which measurement data has already been acquired by the measurement satellite 5000.

[0100] 11 shows a list of information that can be acquired as the requested information, and is not intended for the user to specify requested information that includes all of this information. Also, the information acquired from the user as the requested information only needs to include some of the information shown in FIG. 11, and other information can be automatically determined by the measurement plan candidate generating unit 3300, which will be described later.

[0101] (A-1-8-3. Measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300) The measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 is a functional unit that generates one or more measurement plan candidates for acquiring measurement data based on the request information acquired from the user by the user request information acquisition unit 3200.

[0102] As an example, the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 can determine the corresponding conditions corresponding to the request information acquired from the user based on the corresponding information acquired by the request-related information acquisition unit 3130, and generate candidate measurement plans that satisfy these corresponding conditions. As an example of determining the corresponding conditions corresponding to the request information based on the corresponding information shown in FIG. 10 , if the user attribute acquired as the request information is "forest management company," the use purpose attribute of the corresponding condition can be, for example, "forest measurement." Here, the information "forest measurement" determined as the use purpose attribute of the corresponding condition can be further used as request information, and in this case, the target feature of the corresponding condition can be determined to be "forest." Furthermore, when the target feature is "forest," the data content (image quality) of the corresponding condition can be determined to be, for example, "ground resolution (0.5 m)." Furthermore, when "ground resolution (0.5 m)" is used, the aircraft that acquired the corresponding condition can be determined to be "fixed-wing aircraft." In this way, not only information acquired directly from the user but also information determined as the corresponding condition based on the corresponding information can be used as request information. Therefore, even if the information acquired from the user is limited, the system can determine various conditions for creating a measurement plan to be proposed to the user.

[0103] As described above, the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 can generate a measurement plan using the measurement satellite 5000, a measurement plan using the aircraft 1000, or a measurement plan using both the measurement satellite 5000 and the aircraft 1000 based on the desired information and corresponding conditions.

[0104] Here, when generating a measurement plan using the aircraft 1000 or a measurement plan using both the measurement satellite 5000 and the aircraft 1000, it is desirable to consider the performance and characteristics of each type of aircraft when selecting the aircraft 1000. For example, fixed-wing aircraft can fly at relatively high altitudes and have a wide range of photography, but the ground resolution of the measurement data is low. On the other hand, multicopters fly at relatively low altitudes and have a narrow range of photography, but the ground resolution of the measurement data is high.

[0105] When generating a measurement plan using both the measurement satellite 5000 and the flying object 1000, the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 determines the feasibility of a measurement plan using both the measurement satellite 5000 and the flying object 1000, taking into consideration the area measurable by the measurement satellite 5000 and the range of the flying object 1000. For example, a measurement satellite 5000 that can measure at least a portion of the desired measurement area by the requested data acquisition date and time is selected, and a plan is generated in which the area measurable by this measurement satellite 5000 is measured by the measurement satellite 5000, and the remaining area that cannot be measured by the measurement satellite 5000 is measured by the flying object 1000. If the measurement plan is not feasible, some of the conditions of the measurement plan are changed and readjusted. A detailed method for generating a measurement plan by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 will be described later.

[0106] (A-1-8-4. Prediction unit 3400) The prediction unit 3400 has a function of predicting at least one of the predicted time related to the measurement data acquisition time, the predicted cost related to the measurement data acquisition cost, and the data content of the measurement data for one or more measurement plans generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. The prediction unit 3400 includes a time prediction unit 3410, a cost prediction unit 3420, and a data content prediction unit 3430.

[0107] In addition, in order to obtain the information necessary to predict the estimated time, estimated cost, and data content for one or more measurement plans generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300, the prediction unit 3400 issues a request command to the measurement work prediction unit 2420 of the aforementioned operation management system 2400 to determine the takeoff and landing points (facilities), flight mission, required resources, logistics labor hours, etc. required to execute the measurement plan, and obtains this determination information from the measurement work prediction unit 2420.

[0108] The time prediction unit 3410 is a functional unit that predicts and calculates a predicted time including at least one of the acquisition schedule, predicted acquisition date, predicted acquisition completion time, required acquisition time, predicted date for providing the measurement data, predicted provision time, and required provision time for one or more measurement plans generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. As an example, the time prediction unit 3410 can calculate the predicted time according to at least one of the required physical or human resources determined by the above-mentioned resource determination unit 2424, predicted information on the work time required for acquiring or processing the measurement data, predicted information on the logistics man-hours related to the adjustment, transportation, or recovery of the required resources determined by the above-mentioned logistics man-hour calculation unit 2425, and the determination result of whether or not multiple measurement tasks can be integrated. Here, based on the above information, the time prediction unit 3410 can predict the total required time from flight preparation to post-flight processing, including not only the flight time of the aircraft 1000 but also the time required for pre-flight preparations and travel to the site, and the time required to recover the aircraft after the flight and complete data transmission, as the acquisition required time.

[0109] Here, the determination of whether or not multiple measurement tasks can be integrated can be made, for example, based on the reservation information of other measurement plans recorded in the measurement plan reservation recording unit 3740 described below and the information of the measurement plan generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300, to determine whether or not multiple measurement tasks can be performed in parallel using the same machine.

[0110] The cost prediction unit 3420 is a functional unit that predicts and calculates predicted costs, including costs required to acquire measurement data or costs to be billed to users, for one or more measurement plans generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. As an example, the cost prediction unit 3420 can calculate predicted costs according to at least one of the required physical or human resources determined by the resource determination unit 2424 described above, predicted information on the work time required to acquire or process measurement data, predicted information on logistics man-hours related to the adjustment, transportation, or recovery of the required resources determined by the logistics man-hour calculation unit 2425 described above, and the determination result of whether or not multiple measurement tasks can be integrated.

[0111] The data content prediction unit 3430 is a functional unit that predicts the data content of the measurement data that is expected to be acquired for one or more measurement plans generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. For example, the data content prediction unit 3430 can predict the type of measurement data, the ground resolution of the measurement data, the resolution of the image, or a sample image as the data content.

[0112] For example, the data content prediction unit 3430 predicts the image content of the measurement data (for example, a captured image) that is expected to be acquired based on the measurement area or location, intended use, and target feature acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200, or information on the intended use and target feature determined by the correspondence information shown in Fig. 10. At this time, sample images of the captured image corresponding to three types of aircraft that may be selected as the acquisition aircraft type: an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft that flies at high altitude, and a multicopter that flies at low altitude.

[0113] If images previously acquired using the three types of aircraft mentioned above are recorded, those images can be used as sample images, but if only images taken by a multicopter are recorded, images with reduced resolution from the multicopter images can be generated as sample images of simulated satellite images and fixed-wing aircraft images. Conversely, if only images taken by a satellite are recorded, high-resolution images of other areas can be generated as sample images of multicopter images and fixed-wing aircraft images.

[0114] In addition, if no past captured images corresponding to the measurement area or position acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200 are recorded, captured images with multiple resolution patterns in other areas can also be used as sample images.

[0115] In addition to using previously captured images as sample images, the data content prediction unit 3430 can also generate a three-dimensional model based on measurement data from an artificial satellite or an aircraft 1000 as a sample image of the captured image.

[0116] (A-1-8-5. Measurement Plan Proposal Section 3500) The measurement plan proposal unit 3500 is a functional unit that determines one or more measurement plans to be proposed to the user from one or more measurement plan candidates generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300, and outputs the proposed plans to the user. The measurement plan proposal unit 3500 has a measurement plan determination unit 3510 and a measurement plan proposal output unit 3520.

[0117] The measurement plan determination unit 3510 determines one or more measurement plans to be proposed to the user from one or more measurement plan candidates generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300. Furthermore, as an example, the measurement plan determination unit 3510 can determine one or more measurement plans to be proposed to the user from one or more measurement plan candidates generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 based on the prediction determination information generated by the prediction unit 3400 and the request information acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200.

[0118] As an example of a method for determining a proposed measurement plan based on the predicted assessment information and the desired information as described above, the measurement plan determination unit 3510 can compare the predicted information on image resolution contained in the data content generated as the predicted assessment information with the desired image resolution acquired as the desired information, and select a measurement plan that can provide data content with a resolution that matches the resolution of the desired information.

[0119] As another example of a method for determining a measurement plan to be proposed based on prediction judgment information and request information, if a measurement plan according to the request information cannot be realized based on the takeoff and landing points and data acquisition date and time obtained as request information and the required energy amount predicted based on that request information (prediction judgment information), it is determined that it is impossible to propose a measurement plan according to the request information, and a measurement plan is generated by changing part of the request information.

[0120] As another example, when the request information received from the user via the user request information acquisition unit 3200 includes information regarding priority items to be prioritized when acquiring measurement data, including at least one of time priority, image quality priority, and cost priority, or the priority ranking of priority items, the measurement plan determination unit 3510 can determine one or more measurement plans to propose to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans based on the information regarding the priority items or the priority ranking.

[0121] As an example of a method for determining a measurement plan based on the above-mentioned priority items, for example, when the measurement plan determination unit 3510 receives time priority as request information, it can select a measurement plan that prioritizes time conditions, such as the shortest predicted acquisition time, the earliest predicted acquisition time, or the earliest scheduled time for providing the measurement data.

[0122] The measurement plan proposal output unit 3520 is a functional unit that transmits one or more measurement plans determined as the measurement plans to be proposed by the measurement plan determination unit 3510 to a user terminal 7000 (described later) and outputs a proposal output command to display and output them from the display unit 7200. Proposal information included in the measurement plan output from the measurement plan proposal output unit 3520 will be described using Fig. 12 .

[0123] Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of proposed information included in a measurement plan proposed and output by the measurement plan proposing unit 3500. As shown in Fig. 12, the proposed information includes, as information attributes, data content, equipment information, machine information, acquisition conditions, priority, required resources, predicted time, predicted cost, and other information.

[0124] The data content of the proposal information includes data type, image quality, and sample images. Data type includes optical image, point cloud data, IR image, etc. Image quality includes ground resolution and image resolution.

[0125] The equipment information includes the sensor type and performance of the measurement sensor. The sensor type includes camera, LiDAR, IR sensor, etc., and the sensor performance includes camera performance and lens type.

[0126] Aircraft information includes air vehicles and artificial satellites. Artificial satellites include geostationary satellites in high-altitude geostationary orbits and low-earth orbit satellites. Air vehicles include fixed-wing aircraft, multicopters, and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

[0127] The acquisition conditions include flight conditions and measurement conditions. The flight conditions include the flight path, flight altitude, flight speed, flight attitude angle, etc., while the measurement conditions include the camera shutter speed and frame rate if the measurement sensor is a camera.

[0128] The priority includes priority items and priority levels. Priority items include time priority, image quality priority, and cost priority, and priority levels include rank information expressed in multiple ranks such as ranks A, B, and C.

[0129] Required resources include physical resources and human resources. Physical resources include measurement sensors used to acquire measurement data, aircraft, and facilities (such as equipment at takeoff and landing points). Human resources include the type and number of personnel.

[0130] The predicted time includes the measurement data acquisition schedule, predicted acquisition date, predicted acquisition time, required acquisition time, predicted date for providing the measurement data, predicted provision time, required provision time, etc.

[0131] The estimated costs include the costs required to acquire the measurement data, the costs to be billed to the user, and the like.

[0132] 12 shows a list of information that can be output as the proposed information, and is not intended to include all of the information. Furthermore, the information proposed to the user as the proposed information may include some of the information shown in FIG.

[0133] (A-1-8-6. Measurement plan change unit 3600) The measurement plan modification unit 3600 includes a modification request acquisition unit 3610, a modified measurement plan candidate generation unit 3620, and a modified measurement plan determination output unit 3630, and has the function of modifying and re-proposing the proposed measurement plan in accordance with the modification request acquired from the user terminal 7000.

[0134] The change request acquisition unit 3610 is a functional unit that acquires change request information of the user via the user information acquisition unit 7100 of the user terminal 7000. In other words, it is a functional unit that accepts response input information from the user in response to the proposal information output by the measurement plan proposal unit 3500.

[0135] The changed measurement plan candidate generating unit 3620 is a functional unit that generates changed measurement plan candidates by changing the measurement plan based on the change request information acquired by the change request acquiring unit 3610.

[0136] The modified measurement plan determination output unit 3630 is a functional unit that determines a modified measurement plan to be proposed from the modified measurement plan candidates generated by the modified measurement plan candidate generation unit 3620, and outputs the proposed plan to the user.

[0137] (A-1-8-7. Measurement command unit 3700) The measurement command unit 3700 is a functional unit that, when approval is received from the user for the proposed and output measurement plan, finalizes the measurement plan and outputs a measurement command for executing the measurement plan to the data acquisition system 2000 and the satellite management system 4000. The measurement command unit 3700 includes a user approval receiving unit 3710, a measurement plan finalization unit 3720, a measurement command output unit 3730, and a measurement plan reservation recording unit 3740.

[0138] The user approval receiving unit 3710 is a functional unit that acquires, via the user information acquiring unit 7100, user approval input information for the proposed measurement plan proposed and output to the user terminal 7000 or the modified measurement plan that has been modified.

[0139] The measurement plan confirmation unit 3720 is a functional unit that, when the user approval input information is acquired by the user approval receiving unit 3710, performs confirmation determination to determine the measurement plan, which is approved proposal information, as final information.

[0140] The measurement command output unit 3730 is a functional unit that outputs a measurement command to the data acquisition system 2000 and the satellite management system 4000 to execute the measurement plan that has been determined to be final.

[0141] The measurement plan reservation recording unit 3740 is a functional unit that records various information related to the measurement plan that has been determined to be finalized as reservation information.

[0142] (A-1-8-8. Measurement data processing unit 3800) The measurement data processing unit 3800 is a functional unit that acquires actually acquired measurement data and outputs processed data based on the measurement command output by the measurement command unit 3700. The measurement data processing unit 3800 includes a measurement data acquisition unit 3810, a measurement data processing unit 3820, and a processed data output unit 3830.

[0143] The measurement data acquisition unit 3810 is a functional unit that acquires actually acquired measurement data from the data acquisition system 2000 and the satellite management system 4000 based on the measurement command output by the measurement command unit 3700 .

[0144] The measurement data processing unit 3820 processes the acquired measurement data to create data that makes it easier for the user to understand the state of the measurement area. For example, if the measurement data is images measured with an optical camera, an infrared camera, or an SAR sensor, it generates a wide-area image stitched together from multiple images, a wide-area orthoimage stitched together from multiple images after orthogonal transformation, three-dimensional spatial data obtained by SfM (Structure from Motion) processing from multiple images, a map image integrating the wide-area image, wide-area orthoimage, or three-dimensional spatial data with geographic information, or a common situation map integrating the map image with current on-site status information such as the state of the disaster.

[0145] In addition, if the measurement data is point cloud data acquired by a laser sensor, the measurement data processing unit 3820 processes the point cloud data to generate three-dimensional spatial data expressed in a Digital Surface Model (DSM) or Digital Elevation Model (DEM), or a map image that integrates the three-dimensional spatial data with geographic information, or a common situation diagram that integrates the map image with current on-site status information such as the disaster status.

[0146] The processing data output unit 3830 is a functional unit that outputs the above processing data (such as the common situation diagram) to the user terminal 7000 or the like.

[0147] (A-1-9. User terminal 7000) 13 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the user terminal 7000. The user terminal 7000 includes a user information acquisition unit 7100 and a display unit 7200. The user terminal 7000 has a function of receiving measurement plan proposal information, change information, processing data (common situation diagram, etc.) output by the spatial information data utilization system 3000, and displaying the same on the display unit 7200.

[0148] (A-1-9-1. User information acquisition unit 7100) The user information acquisition unit 7100 includes a measurement request information acquisition unit 7110, a change request information acquisition unit 7120, and a measurement plan approval input unit 7130, and has the function of accepting various input information from the user.

[0149] The measurement request information acquisition unit 7110 is a functional unit that receives request information regarding measurement data from the user.

[0150] The change request information acquisition unit 7120 is a functional unit that acquires change request information from the user. That is, it is a functional unit that accepts response input information including a change request for the measurement plan proposal information output to the display unit 7200 by the measurement plan proposal unit 3500.

[0151] The measurement plan approval input unit 7130 is a functional unit that receives, from the user, approval input information of the user for the measurement plan proposal information that has been proposed and output to the display unit 7200 or the change proposal information of the changed measurement plan.

[0152] (A-1-9-2.Display section 7200) The display unit 7200 is a functional unit that displays to the user various information such as measurement plan proposal information, change information, and processed data (common situation diagram, etc.) output by the spatial information data utilization system 3000. The display unit 7200 includes a proposed measurement plan display unit 7210, a changed measurement plan display unit 7220, and a processed data display unit 7230.

[0153] The proposed measurement plan display unit 7210 is a functional unit that displays proposed information about the measurement plan output by the measurement plan proposal unit 3500. Furthermore, the changed measurement plan display unit 7220 is a functional unit that displays proposed change information about the measurement plan output by the measurement plan change unit 3600. Furthermore, the processing data output unit 3830 is a functional unit that displays processing data output by the measurement data processing unit 3800.

[0154] When outputting processed data of measurement data measured in accordance with the above-mentioned measurement plan, the processed data output unit 3830 may also display identification information of the aircraft (artificial satellite, fixed-wing aircraft, multicopter, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or other flying vehicle) used to acquire the measurement data in association with the processed data.

[0155] If measurement by the measurement satellite 5000 is completed first for a portion of the measurement request area, the processed data output unit 3830 can first display and output to the user the processed data of the measurement data by the measurement satellite 5000, and later display and output to the user the processed data of the measurement data by the flying body 1000. At this time, the area to be displayed in the future and the scheduled time of display may also be displayed, and the progress of the actual measurement work against the schedule of the measurement plan may also be displayed and output.

[0156] The processing data output unit 3830 may also display and output a notification that the measurement or data processing work for the new or updated measurement request input via the measurement request information acquisition unit 7110 has been completed.

[0157] In addition, if there is historical information on measurement data from past measurements, the system can accept specifications from the user of the acquisition aircraft (measurement satellite, flying object, combination of measurement satellite and flying object) and acquisition equipment (optical camera, IR camera, sensor including radar sensor such as SAR sensor, LiDAR, other laser sensor, etc.), and display and output historical information on the measurement data corresponding to the specified acquisition aircraft and acquisition equipment in the form of a timeline, etc.

[0158] (A-1-10. Hardware configuration) 14 is a hardware configuration diagram of a spatial information data utilization system 3000, etc. Here, the data acquisition system 2000, spatial information data utilization system 3000, satellite management system 4000, external system 6000, and user terminal 7000 constituting the information control system 1 of the present invention are information processing devices such as a server device or a PC. As shown in the figure, the data acquisition system 2000, spatial information data utilization system 3000, satellite management system 4000, external system 6000, and user terminal 7000 each include an input device 100, an output device 200, a processing device 300, a main memory device 400, an auxiliary memory device 500, a communication device 600, and a bus 700 that electrically connects these devices.

[0159] The input device 100 is a device that allows a user to input information and instructions to the information control system 1. Specifically, the input device 100 is, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, or an audio input device such as a microphone.

[0160] The output device 200 is a device that outputs information generated by the information control system 1. Specifically, the output device 200 is a display unit 2221 (including eyewear, AR, VR display devices, etc.), a printer, or a speaker.

[0161] The processing device 300 is, for example, a device that performs arithmetic processing. Specifically, the processing device 300 is, for example, a CPU, a microprocessor, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or other semiconductor devices capable of performing arithmetic processing.

[0162] The main storage device 400 is a memory device such as a RAM that temporarily stores various read information and a ROM that stores programs executed by the processing device 300, application programs, and various other information. The auxiliary storage device 500 is a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), or flash memory that can store digital information. The communication device 600 is a device that performs information communication with external devices wirelessly or via a cable.

[0163] Note that some of the functions of the spatial information data utilization system 3000 described above can be implemented in the data acquisition system 2000.

[0164] (A-1-11. Control flow of information control system 1) Next, a description will be given of the overall control flow of the information control system 1. Fig. 15 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the information control system 1.

[0165] First, various information such as satellite-related information, geographical information, and request response information is acquired by the advance information import unit 3100 (step 101). The satellite-related information acquired in this step is, for example, the information shown in Fig. 7, and the request response information is, for example, the information shown in Fig. 10.

[0166] Next, the user request information acquisition unit 3200 acquires the request information received via the user terminal 7000 (step 102). The request information acquired in this step is, for example, the information shown in FIG.

[0167] Next, one or more measurement plan candidates for acquiring measurement data are generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300 (step 103). Details of the processing in this step will be described later.

[0168] Next, the prediction unit 3400 predicts the predicted time, predicted cost, data content, etc. for each of the generated measurement plan candidates (step 104). The processing of this step will be described in detail later.

[0169] Next, the measurement plan proposing unit 3500 determines a measurement plan to be proposed to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans and proposes it to the user (step 105). The processing of this step will be described in detail later.

[0170] Next, the measurement command unit 3700 modifies the measurement plan proposed to the user and proposes it again to the user (step 106). The processing of this step will be described in detail later.

[0171] Next, the measurement plan is determined by the measurement plan determination unit 3720 (step 107).

[0172] Next, the measurement command output unit 3730 outputs a measurement command for executing the determined measurement plan, and acquires measurement data (step 108).

[0173] Next, the measurement data processing unit 3800 processes the acquired measurement data (step 109).

[0174] (A-1-12. Generation of measurement plan candidates) 16 to 20, a method for generating measurement plan candidates by the measurement plan candidate generating unit 3300 will be described. Fig. 16 shows the processing flow for generating measurement plan candidates, Figs. 17 to 19 show the measurement areas of the measurement plan candidates, and Fig. 20 shows the schedule of the measurement plan candidates.

[0175] (A-1-12-1. Measurement plan candidate generation process flow) FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the measurement plan candidate generation process performed by the measurement plan candidate generation unit 3300.

[0176] First, measurement plan candidates are generated according to the request information acquired by the user request information acquisition unit 3200 (step 201). In this step, measurement plan candidates that match the request information are generated based on, for example, the measurement request area, data acquisition date and time, data type information, and part of the other request information shown in Fig. 11.

[0177] Next, based on the response information as shown in FIG. 10 acquired by the response-to-request information acquisition unit 3130, a response condition corresponding to the request information is determined (step 202).

[0178] Next, the detailed conditions of the measurement plan candidate are determined according to the determined corresponding conditions, and a measurement plan candidate that meets the detailed conditions is generated (step 203).

[0179] As described above, in the process of generating measurement plan candidates by the measurement plan candidate generating unit 3300, measurement plan candidates can be generated according to request information received from the user and corresponding conditions determined based on corresponding information.

[0180] (A-1-12-2. Measurement plan candidates using the aircraft 1000) FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a flight path, etc., in a candidate measurement plan using an aircraft 1000. The example shown in FIG. 17 shows an example of a candidate measurement plan that is generated when a desired measurement area (within the dotted line frame) is specified as desired information, and it is specified or determined that the acquisition aircraft is a fixed-wing aircraft as desired information or corresponding condition. Therefore, the candidate measurement plan shown in this figure displays the flight path (arrow) of the fixed-wing aircraft that was generated to measure the desired measurement area. Note that the flight path is generated as a round trip route that passes through the desired measurement area in order to measure the entire desired measurement area without any gaps.

[0181] When generating a measurement plan using the flying object 1000 shown in Fig. 17, it is desirable to consider the performance and characteristics of each type of aircraft when selecting the aircraft 1000. For example, fixed-wing aircraft can fly at relatively high altitudes and have a wide range of photography, but the ground resolution of the measurement data is low. On the other hand, multicopters fly at relatively low altitudes, so they have a narrow range of photography, but the ground resolution of the measurement data is high.

[0182] (A-1-12-3. Measurement plan candidate using measurement satellite 5000) FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a planned measurement area, etc., in a measurement plan candidate using a measurement satellite 5000. The example shown in FIG. 18 shows an example of a measurement plan candidate that is generated when a desired measurement area (within a dotted line frame) is specified as desired information, and it is specified or determined that the acquisition aircraft is a measurement satellite 5000 as desired information or a corresponding condition. Therefore, the measurement plan candidate shown in this figure displays the orbits and measurable areas (areas S-1 and S-2) of measurement satellites (satellite A and satellite B) that can measure the desired measurement area. Note that, in order to measure the entire desired measurement area, it is necessary to combine the measurable area of ​​satellite A and the measurable area of ​​satellite B, so a measurement plan using two measurement satellites 5000 is shown.

[0183] When generating this measurement plan, first, a measurement satellite 5000 is selected that can measure at least a part of the desired measurement area by the desired data acquisition date and time, and if there are multiple measurement satellites 5000 that can measure the desired measurement area, a measurement satellite that can measure at an earlier time is selected. A measurement plan is generated to perform measurements using this measurement satellite 5000.

[0184] (A-1-12-4. Measurement plan candidates using aircraft 1000 and measurement satellite 5000) Fig. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a planned measurement area etc. in a candidate measurement plan using an aircraft 1000 and a measurement satellite 5000. The example shown in Fig. 19 shows a measurement plan in which a desired measurement area (within a dotted-line frame including the entire area of ​​the drawing) and a data acquisition date and time are specified and input as request information, and since it is not possible to measure the entire desired measurement area within the period of the specified data acquisition date and time using the measurable areas (areas S-1 and S-2) that can be measured by available measurement satellites (satellites A and B), the remaining areas (areas A-1, A-2, and A-3) are measured using fixed-wing aircraft.

[0185] Therefore, area S-1 is measured by satellite A, area S-2 is measured by satellite B, and the remaining areas A-1, A-2, and A-3 are indicated by fixed-wing aircraft flight paths (arrows).

[0186] (A-1-12-5. Measurement schedule for candidate measurement plans) Fig. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a measurement schedule for a candidate measurement plan using the flying body 1000 and the measurement satellite 5000. In particular, the measurement schedule for the candidate measurement plan shown in Fig. 19 is shown. As shown in Fig. 20, the planned measurement dates and times are shown for areas S-1 and S-2 where measurement will be performed using the measurement satellite 5000, and areas A-1, A-2, and A-3 where measurement will be performed using a fixed-wing aircraft.

[0187] As shown in Fig. 20, if the measurement request area is divided into multiple areas and measurement data is acquired for each area, the date and time when the measurement data acquisition will be performed is shown. In addition to the acquisition of measurement data, the schedule information may also include the date and time when data processing after measurement will be performed. This schedule information is proposed and output to the user as information on the measurement plan.

[0188] 20 is a measurement schedule for performing three flights using one aircraft 1000 for each of areas A-1, A-2, and A-3, and therefore the measurement timing for each area is set so that the dates and times do not overlap, taking into consideration travel time, etc. Note that even when one aircraft 1000 is used, it is also possible to schedule measurements for all or two of areas A-1, A-2, and A-3 in one flight.

[0189] It is also possible to measure each area (A-1, A-2, A-3) using multiple aircraft 1000. In this case, measurements can be performed simultaneously or asynchronously in each area. In this case, the total time required to measure areas A-1, A-2, and A-3 can be shortened.

[0190] 20, the measurement of areas S-1 and S-2 using the measurement satellite 5000 is scheduled to be completed first, and the measurement of areas A-1, A-2, and A-3 is scheduled to be completed later. In this way, when measurements are performed according to a measurement schedule in which the measurement by the measurement satellite 5000 is completed first, the processed data of the measurement data by the measurement satellite 5000 can be displayed and output to the user first, and the processed data of the measurement data by the flying body 1000 can be displayed and output to the user later.

[0191] (A-1-13. Prediction of measurement time etc. for candidate measurement plans) FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the prediction unit 3400 for predicting measurement times and the like related to measurement plan candidates.

[0192] First, the takeoff and landing points, flight missions, resources, and logistics man-hours calculated by the measurement work prediction unit 2420 are acquired (step 301).

[0193] Next, the time prediction unit 3410 of the prediction unit 3400 predicts the measurement required time and other required measurement time for the measurement plan candidate (step 302). The predicted time calculated in this step includes at least one of the measurement data acquisition schedule, predicted acquisition date, predicted acquisition time, required acquisition time, predicted measurement data provision date, predicted provision time, and required provision time. In addition, in this step, information on resources and logistics man-hours calculated by the measurement work prediction unit 2420, the work time required for acquiring or processing the measurement data, and whether multiple measurement works can be integrated are used to calculate the predicted time. For example, when calculating the required time for providing processed measurement data to a user, the required time for providing is calculated according to the workstation (equipment resource) that processes the data and the type of data processing (simple orthomosaic image generation, true orthomosaic image generation, etc.). Using a workstation with a fast processing speed shortens the required time for provision, and also shortens the required time for providing according to simple orthomosaic image generation, which has a lighter processing load.

[0194] Next, a measurement image for the candidate measurement plan is predicted (step 303). In this step, the data content (data type, resolution, ground resolution, etc.) to be acquired as the measurement image is determined according to the content of the candidate measurement plan, and a sample image reflecting the data content can be generated.

[0195] Next, the procurement costs of the aircraft and equipment are predicted (step 304). In this step, the procurement costs of the aircraft (such as the aircraft 1000) and equipment (such as measurement sensors) are predicted based on the resource information calculated by the measurement work prediction unit 2420 or the aircraft and equipment information included in the request information and response conditions.

[0196] Next, an operating cost is predicted based on the operating time for executing a measurement flight in which the flying object 1000 flies to acquire measurement data (step 305). In this step, the operating time for the measurement flight is predicted based on the flight mission information calculated by the measurement work prediction unit 2420 or the flight mission information included in the request information or response conditions, and the operating cost associated with the operating time is predicted.

[0197] Next, the facility usage costs of facilities such as airports required to acquire measurement data are predicted (step 306). In this step, facilities such as airports are identified based on the information on takeoff and landing points calculated by the measurement work prediction unit 2420, and the facility usage costs can be predicted.

[0198] Next, the cost of processing the measurement data is predicted (step 307). In this step, the data processing cost can be calculated according to the workstation (equipment resource) that performs the data processing and the type of data processing (simple orthomosaic image generation, true orthomosaic image generation, etc.). Using a high-performance workstation with a fast processing speed will result in a higher hourly data processing cost, and performing simple orthomosaic image generation, which has a smaller processing load, will result in a lower data processing cost.

[0199] Next, the results of the cost calculations in steps 303 to 307 are summed up to predict the total cost (step 308).

[0200] (A-1-14. Measurement plan proposal processing flow) FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the measurement plan proposal processing flow by the measurement plan proposal unit 3500.

[0201] First, the next processing step to be transitioned to is determined depending on whether or not priority information is included in the request information (step 401). In this step, if it is determined that priority information is not included in the request information, the processing transitions to processing step 402. On the other hand, if it is determined that priority information is included in the request information, the processing transitions to processing step 403.

[0202] If it is determined in step 401 that priority information is not included in the request information, all of the generated measurement plan candidates are selected as measurement plans to be proposed (step 402).

[0203] Next, in step 401, if it is determined that the request information includes priority information, the next processing step to transition to is determined depending on whether the priority information is cost-prioritized or not (step 403). In this step, if it is determined that the priority information is cost-prioritized, the processing transitions to processing step 404, and on the other hand, if it is determined that the priority information is not cost-prioritized, the processing transitions to processing step 405.

[0204] Next, in processing step 403, if it is determined that the priority information is cost priority, the measurement plan candidate with the lowest predicted cost is selected as the proposed measurement plan (step 404).

[0205] Next, if it is determined in processing step 403 that the priority information is not cost-prioritized, the next processing step to transition to is determined depending on whether the priority information is time-prioritized or not (step 405). If it is determined in this step that the priority information is time-prioritized, the processing transitions to processing step 406, and if it is determined that the priority information is not time-prioritized, the processing transitions to processing step 407.

[0206] Next, in processing step 405, if it is determined that the priority information is time priority, the measurement plan candidate with the shortest predicted time is selected as the proposed measurement plan (step 406).

[0207] Next, if it is determined in processing step 405 that the priority information is not time priority, a candidate measurement plan that can acquire measurement data with good image quality is selected as the proposed measurement plan (step 407).

[0208] Next, the measurement plans selected in steps 402, 404, 406, and 407 are displayed (step 408). In this step, a display command to display and output the selected measurement plan is sent from the changed measurement plan determination output unit 3630 to the user terminal 7000, and information about the selected measurement plan is displayed and output on the display unit 7200 of the user terminal 7000.

[0209] (A-1-15. Measurement plan change processing flow) FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the flow of measurement plan change processing by the measurement plan change unit 3600.

[0210] First, the next processing step to transition to is determined depending on whether or not a user input of a change request for the plan contents of the proposed measurement plan has been acquired by the change request acquisition unit 3610 (step 501). If a user input of a change request has been acquired in this step, the process transitions to processing step 502, and on the other hand, if a user input of a change request has not been acquired, the process of this flowchart ends.

[0211] Next, in step 501, if a user input of a change request is acquired, the changed measurement plan candidate generating unit 3620 generates candidates for a measurement plan changed in accordance with the change request (step 502).

[0212] Next, the prediction unit 3400 generates prediction information including predicted time, predicted cost, and predicted data content (step 503).

[0213] Next, the changed measurement plan determination output unit 3630 determines a measurement plan to be re-proposed to the user from the changed measurement plan candidates, and displays and outputs this measurement plan (step 504).

[0214] (A-1-16. Measurement plan change processing flow) Fig. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a measurement plan proposed and output by the measurement plan proposing unit 3500. The display example shown in Fig. 24 is an example of a display on the proposed measurement plan display unit 7210 of the user terminal 7000, for example.

[0215] As shown in Figure 24, at the top of the display screen, there is a selection button to switch the display to measurement plans 2, 3, and 4 in addition to measurement plan 1, and the user can select to display any of the multiple measurement plans. Furthermore, when measurement plan 1 is selected, the contents of measurement plan 1 are displayed as detailed measurement conditions, including the measurement schedule, flight path of the aircraft 1000, an image of the measurement data (sample image), and other information related to the data content, such as ground resolution, display resolution, aircraft type, camera performance, estimated costs, and priority items.

[0216] The display screen also has buttons for inputting corrections to the schedule, flight path, and measurement conditions, and the user can operate these buttons to input changes to each item. When inputting corrections to the flight path, the user can, for example, freely change the flight altitude, the route width of the round-trip flight path, the round-trip direction of the round-trip path, or the takeoff and landing points.

[0217] Furthermore, an operation button for issuing a measurement plan execution command is provided at the bottom right of the screen, and by operating this button, the contents of the displayed measurement plan can be approved and a measurement execution command can be output.

[0218] The above-described embodiments are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and it goes without saying that the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

[0219] [A-2. Effects of this embodiment] The above-described embodiment makes it possible to more easily or more appropriately determine measurement-related conditions, such as a measurement method, a measurement device, a measurement sensor, or other measurement conditions, that can meet the user's needs. As an example, the system automatically proposes a measurement plan including detailed conditions based on desired information regarding measurement data received from the user, thereby making it possible to more easily or more appropriately determine measurement-related conditions. Furthermore, by using correspondence information in which the correspondence between desired information from the user and corresponding conditions is pre-recorded, various conditions for measuring the measurement data desired by the user can be more easily or more appropriately determined, even when there is little desired information from the user. [Explanation of symbols]

[0220] 1...Information control system (system) 100...input device 200...output device 300...Processing device 400...Main storage device 500...Auxiliary storage device 600...Communication device 700...bus 1000...Flying object 1100...Measuring unit 1110...Measuring sensor 1120...Measurement control unit 1200... Self-aircraft state determination unit 1210... Self-position determination unit 1220…Posture determination section 1300...Flight section 1310...Thrust generation section 1320...Flight control unit 1400...Recording section 1410...Measurement data recording section 1420...Own aircraft status recording unit 1430...Flight control logic recording unit 1500…Communications Department 2000...Data Acquisition System 2100...Communication Infrastructure Management System 2200...Aircraft Operation System 2300...Acquisition data management system 2400...Flight Management System 2410: Information import unit 2411: Aircraft navigation information acquisition unit 2412...Geographical information acquisition unit 2413...Takeoff and landing point information acquisition unit 2420... Measurement work prediction unit 2421... Prediction calculation condition acquisition unit 2422: Takeoff and landing point determination unit 2423: Flight mission calculation unit 2424...Resource determination unit 2425...Logistics man-hour calculation unit 2430... Measurement data acquisition command unit 2431... Airborne measurement data acquisition plan generation unit 2432...Plan Validity Assessment Department 3000…Spatial information data utilization system 3100: Advance information import unit 3110: Satellite orbit information acquisition unit 3120: Geographical information acquisition unit 3130: Request response information acquisition unit 3200...User request information acquisition unit 3300...Measurement plan candidate generation unit 3400...Prediction unit 3410...Time prediction unit 3420: Update cost prediction unit 3430: Data content prediction unit 3500: Measurement plan proposal department 3510: Measurement plan determination department 3520…Measurement plan proposal output section 3600: Measurement plan change section 3610: Change request acquisition section 3620: Changed measurement plan candidate generation unit 3630: Changed measurement plan decision output unit 3700: Measurement command section 3710: User approval reception section 3720: Measurement plan determination unit 3730: Measurement command output unit 3740…Measurement plan reservation record section 3800: Measurement data processing unit 3810: Measurement data acquisition unit 3820: Measurement data processing unit 3830: Processed data output unit 4000...Satellite Management System 4100…Satellite information provision department 4110…Orbit information provision department 4120…Movement Prediction Information Department 4200: Measurement data management unit 4210: Data recording unit 4220...Data transmission unit 4300...Measurement control command unit 4310...Control command generation unit 4320...Control command transmitter 5000...Measuring satellites 5100...Measuring unit 5110...Measuring sensor 5200... Self-status determination unit 5210... Self-position determination unit 5220…Attitude determination unit 5230…Self-orbit determination unit 5300...Recording unit 5310...Measurement data recording unit 5320...Own aircraft status recording section 5330...Own aircraft trajectory recording section 5400…Communications Department 6000...External system 7000...User terminal 7100...User information acquisition unit 7110...Measurement request information acquisition unit 7120: Change request information acquisition unit 7130: Measurement plan approval input unit 7200...Display section 7210...Proposed measurement plan display section 7220: Changed measurement plan display section 7230: Processing data display section

Claims

1. An information control system that acquires ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or an aircraft, a request receiving unit that receives request information regarding the measurement data from a user; an information control system comprising: a measurement plan proposal unit that outputs, based on the request information, proposed information for a measurement plan including at least one of a predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, resources required to acquire the measurement data, data content of the measurement data, equipment information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, aircraft information regarding the aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data.

2. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system in which the request information received from the user includes at least one of information regarding the area or location for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired, information regarding the date and time for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired, and information regarding the type of data for which the user requests the measurement data to be acquired.

3. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system in which the request information received from the user includes at least one of information regarding the user's user attributes, information regarding the intended use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is requested to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, information regarding the acquisition aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data.

4. 4. The information control system according to claim 3, An information control system, wherein the information relating to the data content includes at least one of a data type of the measurement data, a ground resolution of the measurement data, and a resolution of an image.

5. 4. The information control system according to claim 3, An information control system, wherein the information about the acquisition equipment includes information about the sensor type of the measurement sensor that acquires the measurement data and information about the sensor performance of the measurement sensor.

6. 4. The information control system according to claim 3, An information control system, wherein the information regarding the acquired aircraft includes information regarding the type of the acquired aircraft, which includes at least one of an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and other such flying vehicles.

7. 4. The information control system according to claim 3, An information control system in which the information regarding the acquisition conditions includes flight conditions such as at least one of the flight path, flight altitude, flight speed, and flight attitude angle of the aircraft when acquiring the measurement data using the aircraft, or measurement conditions of the measurement sensor.

8. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, The information control system includes information regarding priority items to be prioritized when acquiring the measurement data, including at least one of time priority, image quality priority, and cost priority, or information regarding the priority ranking of the priority items.

9. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system comprising a measurement plan candidate generation unit that generates one or more measurement plan candidates for acquiring the measurement data based on the request information acquired from the user.

10. 10. The information control system according to claim 9, The measurement plan candidate generation unit generates the measurement plan candidate that satisfies the correspondence conditions based on correspondence information in which the request conditions included in the request information are pre-associated with the correspondence conditions for satisfying the request conditions.

11. The information control system according to claim 10, An information control system in which the desired conditions included in the correspondence information include at least one of information regarding the user attributes of the user, information regarding the intended use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is desired to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the acquisition aircraft that acquires the measurement data.

12. The information control system according to claim 10, An information control system, wherein the correspondence conditions included in the correspondence information include at least one of information regarding the use of the measurement data, information regarding the target feature for which the measurement data is desired to be acquired, information regarding the data content of the measurement data, information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, information regarding the acquisition aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data.

13. 10. The information control system according to claim 9, An information control system comprising a prediction unit that predicts at least one of the predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, the predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, and the data content of the measurement data for one or more of the measurement plan candidates generated by the measurement plan candidate generation unit.

14. The information control system according to claim 13, Required resources including at least one of a measurement sensor used to acquire the measurement data in the candidate measurement plan, an aircraft equipped with the measurement sensor, a facility used to acquire the measurement data, and personnel involved in acquiring the measurement data; Or the work time required to acquire or process the measurement data, the logistics effort forecast for coordinating, transporting, or retrieving said required resources; Possibility of integrating multiple measurement tasks, The information control system is configured to predict the predicted cost or the predicted time based on at least one of the above.

15. The information control system according to claim 13, The measurement plan proposal unit determines one or more measurement plans to propose to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans based on the prediction information predicted by the prediction unit and the request information obtained from the user.

16. 10. The information control system according to claim 9, When the request information received from the user includes information regarding a priority item to be prioritized when acquiring the measurement data, including at least one of a time priority, an image quality priority, and a cost priority, or information regarding a priority ranking of the priority items, The measurement plan proposing unit determines one or more measurement plans to be proposed to the user from one or more candidate measurement plans based on information related to the priority items or the priority level.

17. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system, wherein the predicted time includes at least one of a schedule for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted acquisition date, a predicted acquisition time, a required time for acquisition, a predicted date for providing the measurement data, a predicted provision time, and a required time for providing the measurement data.

18. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system, wherein the predicted costs include at least one of the costs required to acquire the measurement data and the costs to be charged to the user.

19. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system in which the required resources include at least one of information about the measurement sensor used to acquire the measurement data, information about the aircraft on which the measurement sensor is mounted, information about the facilities used to acquire the measurement data, and information about personnel involved in acquiring the measurement data.

20. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, The data content includes at least one of the type of the measurement data, the ground resolution of the measurement data, and the resolution of an image.

21. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, The data content includes sample images of the measurement data predicted to be acquired in one or more measurement plans proposed to the user.

22. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system, wherein the equipment information includes information about the sensor type of the measurement sensor that acquires the measurement data and information about the sensor performance of the measurement sensor.

23. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, An information control system in which the aircraft information includes information regarding aircraft type, including at least one of an artificial satellite, a fixed-wing aircraft, a multicopter, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and other flying objects.

24. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, the acquisition conditions include flight conditions including at least one of a flight path, a flight altitude, a flight speed, and a flight attitude angle of the aircraft when the measurement data is acquired using the aircraft; Or, when the measurement sensor is a camera, measurement conditions including the shutter speed and frame rate of the camera, An information control system including at least one of the above.

25. 2. The information control system according to claim 1, an information control system comprising: a proposal response receiving unit that receives response input information from the user in response to the proposal information output by the measurement plan proposing unit;

26. 26. The information control system according to claim 25, An information control system comprising a modified measurement plan proposal unit that outputs a modified measurement plan obtained by modifying the measurement plan when the proposal response reception unit receives a request to change the measurement plan as the response input information.

27. 26. The information control system according to claim 25, An information control system comprising a measurement command unit that outputs a measurement command for executing the measurement plan included in the proposal information when the proposal response receiving unit receives the response input information approving the proposal information.

28. A control method for a system that acquires ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on an artificial satellite or an aircraft, comprising: The computer a request receiving step of receiving request information regarding the measurement data from a user; a measurement plan proposing step of outputting, based on the request information, proposed information for a measurement plan including at least any of a predicted time for acquiring the measurement data, a predicted cost for acquiring the measurement data, resources required to acquire the measurement data, data content of the measurement data, equipment information regarding the equipment used to acquire the measurement data, aircraft information regarding the aircraft used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information regarding the conditions for acquiring the measurement data.

29. A program used in a system for acquiring ground or sea measurement data using a measurement sensor mounted on a satellite or aircraft, On the computer, a request reception command for receiving request information regarding the measurement data from a user; a measurement plan proposal command that outputs, based on the request information, measurement plan proposal information including at least one of a predicted time related to the measurement data acquisition time, a predicted cost related to the measurement data acquisition cost, resources required to acquire the measurement data, data content of the measurement data, equipment information related to equipment used to acquire the measurement data, machine information related to the machine used to acquire the measurement data, and condition information related to the measurement data acquisition conditions; A program that executes the following.

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