450 results about "Drone flies" patented technology

A drone traffic management system comprising a computer comprising memory means for storing origin coordinates indicating an origin location of a drone, destination coordinates indicating a destination of the drone, and traffic management factors located between the origin location of the drone and the destination of the drone; and processing means for controlling the flight of a drone. This is accomplished by calculating a flight path for the drone to fly automatically from the origin location to the destination location without manual intervention, sending the flight path to the drone, receiving location data of the drone as it travels from the origin location to the destination, re-calculating the flight path of the drone as a function of the traffic management factors and the location data of the drone, and sending the re-calculated flight path to the drone.

An airborne drone delivery network and method of operating same that provides an effective system to deliver items to a set number of delivery locations using drones in which the drone flight path is minimized and wherein the drones may be easily retrieved and reused for delivery of additional items.

Disclosed are an emergency vehicle supporting device and system using a drone that resolve forward traffic congestion on a road on which an emergency vehicle is driving via the drone and supports securing of a driving path for the emergency vehicle. According to the present invention, an emergency vehicle supporting device mounted on the emergency vehicle generates drone control information and transmits the generated drone control information to the drone. Further, the drone flies according to the drone control information and a location change of the emergency vehicle and broadcasts an avoidance warning to surrounding vehicles around the flying drone, so that the surrounding vehicles may help the emergency vehicle secure a driving path and thus the emergency vehicle may arrive at a destination within a desired time.

The invention discloses a nozzle configuration mode of a multi-rotor wing agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle and a spraying system thereof. The nozzle configuration mode is to mount a spraying head in a rotary wing rotating area of a propeller; and the rotor wing rotating area includes a circle formed by 360-degree horizontal rotation of rotor wings during flying of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a cylinder vertically downwards radiated with the circle as the upper bottom. The spraying head is mounted in the rotor wing rotating area of the propeller; when the unmanned aerial vehicle performs the spraying operation, the propeller generates a lot of lower air currents in high-speed rotation; and medical liquor sprayed by the spraying head can effectively drop at the root parts of crops under the effect of the lower air currents, so that the pest and disease damage of the crops is effectively controlled.

The present invention discloses a control method for controlling the flight region of an unmanned plane. The method comprises an access method and an operation method for the flight no-fly zone of an unmanned plane. The no-fly zone has the following properties: number, type, height, speed-limiting factor, maximum constant speed line speed, and characteristic parameter. Based on the method, the no-fly zone can be drawn on a ground station and then transmitted to the flight controller of the unmanned plane. The no-fly zone may be a practical obstacle, and can also be a manually defined region. Meanwhile, a speed-limiting region running method is provided for preventing the unmanned plane to enter the no-fly zone. As a result, the unmanned plane is ensured not to enter the no-fly zone.

The embodiment of the invention provides a drone control method, device base station and drone and relates to the technical field of radio communication. The method includes receving access information of a drone, wherein the access information carries type identification of the drone; according to the acces information, acquiring target supervision strategy information which is used for indicating flight norms of the drone; according to the target supervision strategy information, sending a control command to the drone, wherein the drone flight is controlled based on the control command. Thebase station acquires the target supervision strategy information of the drone according to the access information when receiving the access information of the drone and controls the drone flight according to the target supervision strategy infomration, so that it is ensured that the flight of the drone meets supervision requirements. Since the communication process is insusceptible and the communication quality is realible since radio communication with the drone is based on cellular network, the drone control accuracy is improved. Effective supervision on the drone can be realized based on the method provided by the invention.

The invention discloses a control system and control method for an unmanned plane. The control system comprises a flight controller, a microwave sensor, and a microwave altimeter. The flight controller is used for controlling a flight state of a plane body. The microwave sensor that is installed at the plane body and is connected with the flight controller is used for detecting an obstacle around the plane body and transmitting the position information of the obstacle to the flight controller. And the microwave altimeter that is installed at the unmanned plane body and is connected with the flight controller is used for detecting the height of the unmanned plane body and transmitting the height information to the flight controller. According to the invention, with the system and method, the flight safety of the unmanned plane is improved and damages caused by collision of the plane body and the obstacle can be prevented. Besides, the flight height of the unmanned plane can be adjusted timely with spraying of pesticide, so that the pesticide spraying becomes uniform and effective.

The invention relates to a cotton topping machine based on a drone carrier. The cotton topping machine is characterized by comprising a drone body, a flying height control system, a topping power device and a steel wire fixing device, wherein the flying height control system is arranged inside the drone body, the topping power device is arranged under the drone body and fixed on a fixing plate, and the steel wire fixing device is arranged under the topping power device and connected with a connecting shaft. According to the cotton topping machine, through the flying height control system, the change of the flight height of the drone can be controlled precisely, a control effect that the flight height varies with the change of the top height of cotton is achieved, and the instability, which is caused by the ground surface, the cotton growth trend and other reasons, of the top height of a cotton plant when traditional mechanical topping is conducted is reduced; since a topping cutter adopts steel wires, the load is greatly reduced; the cotton topping machine is suitable for different topography and cotton growth trends, manpower is saved, and a high degree of automation is realized.

Flying lane management systems and methods for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) include, in an air traffic control system configured to manage UAV flight in a geographic region, communicating to one or more UAVs over one or more wireless networks, wherein a plurality of flying lanes are defined and standardized in the geographic region each based on a specific purpose; determining an associated flying lane of the plurality of flying lanes for each of the one or more UAVs; communicating the associated flying lane to the one or more UAVs over the one or more wireless networks; receiving feedback from the one or more UAVs via the one or more wireless networks during flight in the associated flying lane; and providing a new instruction to the one or more UAVs based on the feedback.

The displacements of the drone are defined by piloting commands applied to a set of propulsion units of the drone, the drone flying along a trajectory that is at least in part predetermined, to take moving images of a target. The drone adjusts the camera sight angle during its displacements, and as the case may be, those of the target, so that at each instant, the image taken by the camera contain the position of the target. The system comprises means for determining a static trajectory of the drone for the shooting, means for determining a dynamics of displacement of the drone along the static trajectory, and means for generating flying instructions for the drone based on the two determinations and on information about the target position over time.

The present disclosure reveals a drone deployment system for use from an airborne aircraft such that the drone deployment system is capable of moving through the aircraft, picking up a drone with a grappling means attached to an extendable arm, moving to an opening in the aircraft, extending and deploying the drone. The drone deployment system is further capable of retrieving a drone by having the extendable arm extended out the opening in the aircraft, having the drone fly into the grappling means which then engages, holding the drone, and the extendable arm is then retractable so that the opening can be closed and the drone placed in storage.

This invention describes a special type of drone called “Flying User Interface” device comprised of a robotic projector-camera system, an onboard digital computer connected with Internet, sensors, and a hardware interface to stick to any surface such as wall, ceilings, etc. Computer further consists of other subsystems, devices, and sensors such as accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, flashlight, etc. Drone flies from one places to another, detects a surface, and sticks to it. After successful sticking mechanism, device stops all its rotators and projects or augments images, information, and user interfaces on the near by surfaces. User interface may contain applications, information about object being augmented and information from Internet. User can interact with user-interface using command and gestures such as hand, body, feet, voice, etc.

The invention provides a flight control management system and method for a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, and relates to the technical field of autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles. The problems that in the prior art, when an unmanned aerial vehicle is used for surveying and mapping, operation is difficult, and efficiency is low are solved. Most of unmanned aerial vehicle flight control software in the prior art needs to be manually operated by a pilot to take off and land, and can only automatically fly in a flight area according to a flight route. In other actual flight tasks, most of the unmanned aerial vehicle flight control software needs to be manually operated by the pilot to control the unmanned aerial vehicle in the whole process, including taking off, executing the tasks and landing, and controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to complete the aerial photography task. Compared with the prior art, the flight control management system has the advantages of beingeasy to operate, convenient to carry, efficient, stable and high in autonomy, the unmanned aerial vehicle does not need to be manually controlled in the whole process, most flight accidents are effectively avoided, the technical requirements for industrial flight personnel are lowered, the accurate flight time and flight route are calculated in advance through autonomous flight control, the flightrange redundancy is reduced, the surveying and mapping efficiency is improved, and the project cost is saved.

The invention discloses a centralized photovoltaic power station battery assembly defect inspection system based on a multi-rotor drone, which belongs to the technical field of centralized photovoltaic power station maintenance equipment. A four-rotor drone with RTK equipment is used to carry a high-definition camera for shooting. According to the photos, a high-definition map of the entire powerstation is stitched, an inspection route is drawn on the map and sent to the drone, the drone flies in accordance with the route and takes photos of the assembly, the shooting result is uploaded to abackstage, problems found by a detector in the shooting result can accurately correspond to the map, the whole detection process has a high automatic degree, the use burden of a user is low, all results are digitalized, traceable, and easy to view, the detector does not detect each assembly manually, the detection efficiency is greatly improved, the safety of the detector is ensured at the same time, the power station health condition can be intuitively presented for an owner, and cleaning or maintenance operations can be arranged in time.

Flight cessation detection unit detects that drone has ceased flying at an unexpected site. Situation information acquisition unit acquires, as situation information indicating a situation related to retrieval of the drone, information on weather in an area in which the drone has flown. Retrieval procedure determination unit determines a retrieval procedure for the drone based on a situation indicated by the acquired situation information. Retrieval procedure determination unit, upon detecting a time period having specific weather based on the acquired information on weather, determines a retrieval procedure in which the time period is designated as a retrieval time.

Provided is a method for controlling flight of a drone and an apparatus supporting the same. More specifically, the drone according to the present invention determines whether or not a specific condition is satisfied to deploy a parachute during the flight, and in a case where the specific condition is satisfied, the drone may stop an operation of one or more propellers to deploy the parachute. Next, the drone deploys the parachute, the parachute is deployed toward an area beside the drone, and the flight of the drone may be controlled by adjusting a rotation speed of each of the one or more propellers.

A drone, a method for controlling the flight of a drone, and a program for controlling the flight of a drone capable of preventing the drone from flying into a place where it is difficult for an operator to visually observe the drone and flying the drone within an area in which the operator can visually observe the drone are provided. A control unit of the drone determines whether an illuminance detected by an illuminance sensor satisfies a required illuminance for the drone to fly, and if the detected illuminance does not satisfy the required illuminance, inhibits the drone from flying in the flight direction.

Provided is a technique for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight according to a battery level. A drone control device controls a drone according to a battery level, including: a flight distance calculation unit, calculating a flight distance according to an airframe position at any time point and a landing place of the drone; a battery status acquisition unit, acquiring the battery level of the drone; an estimated battery consumption calculation unit, calculating an estimated battery consumption when the drone flies over the flight distance calculated by the flight distance calculation unit; and a return decision unit, deciding, on the basis of the battery level of the drone and the estimated battery consumption, whether the drone is capable of flying over the flight distance and return.

The invention discloses a flight control method for a turning path of a plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle. The flight control method comprises the following steps: S1, flight parameter information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and boundary information of an operation area are acquired; s2, path distance information is set according to the flight parameter information of the unmanned aerialvehicle, the operation area is filled in an n-shaped mode to generate an air route according to the path distance information and boundary information of the operation area, round-trip paths adjacentto the air route are connected through arcs, the arcs are tangent to the round-trip paths, and the arcs are tangent to the boundary of the operation area; and S3, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies according to the air route, and the speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the air route is not changed until the flight task is completed. The operation area is filled in the operation areain the n-shaped mode to generate the air route, and in the air route, every two adjacent round-trip routes are connected through the corresponding arc, so that when the unmanned aerial vehicle flies along the air route, turning can be completed at a stable speed without a deceleration acceleration process, and the spraying efficiency can be improved.

The invention discloses an air defense training target system, which includes: a ground control subsystem: used to plan the target system tasks for tasks including training, exercises, and weapon verification, and execute related tasks according to the plan; wherein, in the task During execution, the ground control subsystem performs real-time measurement and control of the controlled target drone and can change tasks in real time; a single ground control subsystem realizes measurement and control of multiple target drones, and multiple ground control subsystems are networked to realize Target drone cluster measurement and control; target drone flight platform subsystem; airborne mission equipment subsystem; ground support equipment subsystem; damage effect assessment and battlefield situation awareness subsystem: used to reflect real-time mission execution effect information. The invention adopts high technology, realizes high reliability, high versatility, and high applicability, is a serialized air defense training system with simple operation and maintenance, low requirements for control personnel, and strong scalability.

There is provided method of analyzing a field of crops using a drone. The method initially includes remotely controlling the drone to fly the drone to adjacent the field of crops. The method further includes remotely controlling the drone to land the drone adjacent the crops. The method further includes remotely controlling the drone to drive the drone on the ground along the crops. The method further includes capturing ground-based images of the crops at an upward view angle using a multispectral camera on-board the drone.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a surrounding flight control method and device, a terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that a point of interest to be surrounded andsurrounding parameters are determined; an initial surrounding plane is determined according to the surrounding parameters and the point of interest; a next surrounding plane is determined, wherein thenext surrounding plane is a plane centered at the point of interest and at a predetermined angle to the initial surrounding plane; a drone is controlled to carry out surrounding flight from the initial surrounding plane to the next surrounding plane. By adopting the method, the drone can stereoscopically encircle a user-selected point of interest in a three-dimensional space, and a more complicated flight trajectory is provided for special inspection scenes such as bridge surrounding inspection and security inspection. At the same time, a new lens capture field is provided for intelligent aerial photography of the drone. The functional utility of the drone flying around the point of interest is effectively improved.

The invention discloses a drone control method and device, a drone and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: determining a target route from the current position of a drone to afirst waypoint according to the current position information of a drone and the position information of the first waypoint and a second waypoint in a preset route, wherein the direction in which the drone enters the first waypoint along the target route is consistent with the direction in which the drone flies from the first waypoint to the second waypoint along the preset route (S101); and controlling the drone to fly to the first waypoint according to the target route (S102). According to the method, the drone can smoothly enter the first waypoint of the preset route with small deviation, and the tracking effect of the drone on the preset route in the initial stage of the preset route is improved.

The invention discloses a flight speed and trajectory joint optimization method and system. The method comprises the steps: determining the optimal flight circle number, optimal flight radius and optimal flight speed of an unmanned plane in a mode 1, and enabling the unmanned plane to calculate the received information bit number and difference in the mode 1; judging whether the difference value is greater than precision; if so, enabling the bit number of the information calculated and received by the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 1 to be equal to the bit number of the information received by the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 1, and re-determining the optimal flight radius and the optimal flight speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 1; otherwise, determining the optimal flight duration of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 1, the optimal flight duration of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 3, and the optimal flight speed and the optimal flight durationof the unmanned aerial vehicle in the mode 2; and controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the optimal flight parameters. According to the bit number of the information to be transmitted of the source node and the distance between the source node and the destination node, the flight speed and the flight trajectory of the unmanned aerial vehicle relay node are jointly adjusted.

The present disclosure reveals a drone deployment system for use from an airborne aircraft such that the drone deployment system is capable of moving through the aircraft, picking up a drone with a grappling means attached to an extendable arm, moving to an opening in the aircraft, extending and deploying the drone. The drone deployment system is further capable of retrieving a drone by having the extendable arm extended out the opening in the aircraft, having the drone fly into the grappling means which then engages, holding the drone, and the extendable arm is then retractable so that the opening can be closed and the drone placed in storage.

Disclosed herein is a method and system for flying rotary wing drone. An add-on flight camera that is free to rotate around the vehicle's yaw axis is attached to the drone. The flight camera is automatically looking in the direction of its flight. The video from the flight camera is streamed to the operator's display. Thus the rotary wing drone can fly in any direction with respect to its structure, giving the operator a first person view along the flight path, thus keeping high level of situational awareness to the operator. The information required for controlling the camera orientation is derived from sensors, such as GPS, magnetometers, gyros and accelerometer. As a backup mode the information can be derived from propeller commands or tilt sensors.

Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) scale rendered analysis, orthomosaic, and 3D mapping and landing platform systems. More specifically, some embodiments relate to systems, methods, and means for the collection and processing of images captured during a UAV flight sequence. In some embodiments, the UAV landing platform retrieves flight information and initial map information over a unidirectional virtual private network from a multitenant cloud-based scheduling application. The UAV landing platform sends the initial map information to a UAV over a WiFi, Bluetooth, or radio frequency network and initiates a drone flight sequence once the drone flight sequence has been approved by a local user. The UAV landing platform receives property image data from a UAV after a UAV flight sequence has ended and transmits the received property image data back to the cloud application.