102 results about "Ground control station" patented technology

The invention discloses a livestock identity recognition method and system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle, and relates to the technical field of livestock identity recognition, and the method comprises the steps: constructing an identity information database which comprises the electronic ear tag IDs of all target livestock individuals in a pasture, a visible light feature image, an infrared thermal imaging contour template and a historical motion behavior sequence in a cloud server; initialization of an unmanned aerial vehicle system carrying a visible light camera, an infrared thermal imager, an RFID reader and an edge calculation module is completed, and communication connection between the unmanned aerial vehicle system and a ground control station and between the unmanned aerial vehicle system and a cloud server is established; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to enter an inspection area, monitoring a ground target through a visible light camera, synchronously acquiring a visible light image, an infrared thermal image and a radio frequency response signal of a target individual when the livestock is detected to enter an effective identification range, and performing timestamp alignment on the three types of data; a first visual feature vector is extracted from the visible light image and a visual confidence score is generated.

The present application relates to the technical field of wind power generation. Disclosed are a wind turbine blade inspection method and apparatus based on collaborative orchestration of unmanned aerial vehicles, and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring the length of a wind turbine blade; determining an imaging area on the basis of the length of the wind turbine blade, and dividing the imaging area into a plurality of identical imaging sub-areas; acquiring the central normal of a rotational plane of the wind turbine blade, and providing a first unmanned aerial vehicle at a second target distance in the direction of the central normal; on the basis of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, providing a second unmanned aerial vehicle at the center of each of the plurality of imaging sub-areas; photographing the wind turbine blade on the basis of both the first unmanned aerial vehicle and a plurality of second unmanned aerial vehicles, so as to acquire a plurality of imaging pictures of the wind turbine blade; and transmitting the plurality of imaging pictures to a ground control station, and processing the plurality of imaging pictures, so as to form an inspection report. In the present application, area-based photography is performed by means of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, such that when a wind turbine is not shut down, photographic inspection can be performed on the entire wind turbine, thereby improving the work efficiency, and also reducing economic losses.

A pipeline length and tightness degree self-adaptive control system of a wall-climbing robot comprises a sensor and an automatic adjusting device. The sensors are arranged on a pipeline and a control circuit of the wall-climbing robot, the sensors comprise a tension sensor and a length sensor, and the tension sensor and the length sensor are used for monitoring the tightness degree and the length change of the pipeline and the control circuit in real time and transmitting sensor data to a ground control station or a control system of the robot in real time. The automatic adjusting device is a wire spool, and the wire spool is driven by a motor to rotate, drives the pipeline and controls the line to be wound and unwound.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle application, and discloses a multi-degree-of-freedom dynamic light field system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle, a cooperative control method of the multi-degree-of-freedom dynamic light field system and a dynamic light field device. The ground control station is used for editing programs and sending instructions; the unmanned aerial vehicle group is composed of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles carrying the dynamic light field devices; the communication unit is used for establishing a data link between the ground control station and the unmanned aerial vehicle group; and the main controller on each unmanned aerial vehicle sends cooperative control signals to the flight control system, the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Through the synergistic effect of the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism, the rotation of the rotating drum in the vertical direction can be controlled, and meanwhile, the rotation of each ball head assembly in the horizontal direction can also be controlled, so that irradiation of each laser module in different azimuth angles within a certain angle range can be realized, and the display effect of the unmanned aerial vehicle group light curtain is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of geophysical exploration, in particular to a semi-aviation transient electromagnetic detection system based on cooperation of a robot dog and an unmanned aerial vehicle, and the system consists of a robot dog platform, an unmanned aerial vehicle platform and a ground control station. The robot dog platform comprises a high-power transient electromagnetic transmitter, a line source laying module, a voice warning module and a mobile positioning module, and can automatically lay a line source and inject pulse current to the ground; the unmanned aerial vehicle platform comprises a visual field auxiliary module, a flight driving module and a receiving coil, and the coil can be dragged according to a preset route to collect electromagnetic data; the ground control station is used for job scheduling and data processing. Wiring-transmitting-receiving integrated collaborative operation is realized through the robot dog and the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the robot is suitable for detection of a complex mountain environment.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle GPS autonomous inspection method, system and device and a medium, and the method comprises the following steps: obtaining inspection task data of an inspection area, the inspection task data comprising a historical defect database and a preset route; according to defect position distribution recorded in a historical defect database, dividing the inspection area into a plurality of positioning precision grade areas; the unmanned aerial vehicle collects an inspection image in the flight process and performs defect identification on the inspection image to obtain a defect identification result; when the defect identification result shows that an abnormal state is detected, acquiring a position coordinate corresponding to the abnormal state, and uploading defect positioning data to a ground control station; and updating the historical defect database according to the newly added defect positioning data. According to the method, the limitation of a global unified positioning mode in the traditional technology is broken through, a carrier phase difference positioning mode is automatically started in a defect high-incidence area and the periphery of a high-risk defect, and it is ensured that the defect of a key position can be accurately calibrated and tracked.

The application provides a data processing method for wireless transmission of an airborne photoelectric system, comprising: a sending end data processing method, which transmits the real-time generated investigation images and information of the airborne photoelectric system to a ground control station by using an investigation image and information packeting method to divide the investigation images and information into small data packets; the investigation image and information packeting method comprises: processing the same frame investigation image of the airborne photoelectric system into identification information, and obtaining the state information of the airborne photoelectric system corresponding to the investigation image; dividing each frame investigation image of the airborne photoelectric system into x small data packets; and a ground control station data processing method, which reorders, packetizes and analyzes the received small data packets; the application transmits the investigation images and information with indefinite length structure into small data packets according to rules in real time, the ground control station receives the wireless transmission small data packets in real time, and dynamically orders the small data packets generated by the same frame image and information to splice and restore into complete investigation images and information.

The invention discloses a time synchronization and distance measurement method for a time packet network unmanned aerial vehicle measurement and control system, and the method comprises the following steps: completing the distance measurement between a ground control station and each unmanned aerial vehicle in a first time frame, and obtaining a distance value D1; step 2, in a second time frame, completing time synchronization between the ground control station and each unmanned aerial vehicle according to the distance value D1; 3, in a third time frame, the airborne equipment of the main unmanned aerial vehicle sends the local sending moment t7 of the synchronized standard moment in a framing manner; and recording an inter-UAV distance measurement frame receiving moment t8 from airborne equipment of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and calculating a transmission delay according to t8 and t7 so as to obtain a distance value between the unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the method, the technical complexity of the ranging function can be greatly reduced, time slot division occupied by the ranging function is reduced compared with a non-coherent ranging method for a time-division networking system, and the networking efficiency of the time-division system is improved.

The invention discloses a glass breaking and fire extinguishing unmanned aerial vehicle system and an operation method, the glass breaking and fire extinguishing unmanned aerial vehicle system comprises a rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and an observing and aiming launching system, and the observing and aiming launching system comprises an automatic holder, a photoelectric pod, a fire control system, a launch canister and a ground control station system. During working, the unmanned aerial vehicle transmits a fire scene image in real time by means of the photoelectric pod, and a target launching position is identified and determined by a ground operator; after the unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at the target area, distance measurement and trajectory calculation are carried out on the target through the photoelectric pod; the automatic holder adjusts the aiming posture according to the resolving result; after the ground control station completes rocket launching time sequence setting, the fire control system controls the launching device to sequentially launch the glass breaking rocket and the fire extinguishing rocket, the glass breaking rocket and the fire extinguishing rocket accurately hit the core area of the fire scene, and fire suppression is achieved. The unmanned rotorcraft is used as a carrying platform, an observing, aiming and launching system is integrated, and the unmanned rotorcraft has multiple functions of target distance measurement, trajectory calculation, impact point superposition and rocket detection and launching and is suitable for complex fire scene environments such as high-rise buildings.

The present invention is a system and method for a UAV flight highway and management thereof, comprising: a ground control station, a server (for example a cloud server), a geographic locator communication device, a communication transmitter, and one or more UAVs. The present invention is operable to identify ground level topography and air space objects (e.g., buildings) within a region, as well as other restrictions to UAV flights (e.g., restricted flight zones), and generates within such region a UAV flight highway, that may be multi-lane and multi-layer, based upon specific latitudinal and longitudinal points. The present invention is operable to control the flight of one or more UAVs along such flight highway, along multiple-lanes thereof, wherein the UAVs may travel at different speeds in different lanes and different layers along the UAV flight highway.

This invention provides a payload software reconfiguration method for LEO satellites, applicable to ground control stations, payload management equipment within LEO satellites, and target payload units. The method divides the payload software reconfiguration of the target payload unit into two stages: In the first stage, within the data transmission arc, the ground control station fully utilizes the uplink bandwidth of the space-to-ground data transmission link to rapidly upload the software reconfiguration file to the payload management equipment for storage. In the second stage, the payload management equipment transmits the software reconfiguration file to the target payload unit via the internal interconnection bus, thus achieving software reconfiguration of the target payload unit. Furthermore, the accuracy of the software reconfiguration file transmission can be quickly determined through the first feedback information sent by the payload management equipment and the second reception feedback information sent by the target payload unit, allowing for timely re-transmission of the software reconfiguration file. Therefore, this method effectively improves the efficiency and accuracy of payload software reconfiguration for LEO satellites.

The utility model relates to the technical field of underwater robot control, in particular to an underwater robot multi-screen ground control station, which comprises a multi-screen control station, the multi-screen control station comprises a protection box, a carbon fiber panel, an air inlet grille, a display panel, a grip, a closed lock catch and a main display screen, the carbon fiber panel is fixedly connected with the protection box, and the air inlet grille is fixedly connected with the main display screen. The air inlet grille is fixedly connected with the carbon fiber panel, the display panel is rotatably connected with the protection box, the grip is detachably connected with the protection box, the closed lock catch is fixedly connected with the protection box, and the main display screen is fixedly connected with the display panel. Therefore, the problem that the working time and the carrying mode of an existing ROV using a battery as a power supply and an ROV control station are limited can be effectively solved.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric power facility detection and nondestructive detection, in particular to a voiceprint feature-based telegraph pole defect detection system and method. The system comprises a sound wave excitation module, a multi-source data acquisition module, a voiceprint feature processing module, a registration fusion module, a positioning output module and an early warning module, and can carry an unmanned aerial vehicle to cooperatively work with a ground control station. The detection method comprises the following steps: exciting a telegraph pole through multi-gear sound waves, synchronously acquiring sound field, distance and live-action image data, extracting voiceprint features, matching the voiceprint features with a dynamic feature library, determining defect positions, sizes and confidence coefficients through beam forming and image registration, and generating early warning signals containing priorities when a safety threshold value is exceeded. According to the system and method, non-contact, high-precision and high-efficiency detection of telegraph pole defects is realized, the operation and maintenance safety risk is reduced, and the stable operation guarantee requirement of a power grid is met.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric power operation and maintenance, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle self-positioning bird nest target locking method based on machine vision recognition, and aims to solve the problems of high manual dependence, low recognition precision, inaccurate positioning and high safety risk in traditional bird damage prevention and control. The method comprises the following six steps: S1, planning a route; s2, the unmanned aerial vehicle autonomously flies according to a route and synchronously collects multi-view images; s3, image preprocessing and distortion correction are carried out, a Faster R-CNN model is adopted to identify a suspected nest, and secondary verification is carried out in combination with morphology and thermal imaging features; s4, similar triangles, multi-view geometry and a PnP algorithm are fused to solve three-dimensional coordinates of the bird nest; s5, automatically locking the target, and returning information to the ground control station; and S6, recording data and updating the model, and generating a bird damage risk thermodynamic diagram. The bird nest recognition, positioning and locking full-process automation is realized, the recognition precision and the flight safety are improved, an intelligent operation and maintenance closed loop is constructed, and the method is suitable for bird damage prevention and control of power transmission lines of various voltage grades.

The application discloses a kind of multi-dimensional joint spacecraft covert control systems and evaluation methods, belong to satellite covert control technical field, including ground control station and spacecraft control terminal;Ground station antenna is connected with demodulation receiving unit one, demodulation receiving unit one is connected with control service function unit one, control service function unit one is connected with inter-station link unit, service flow selection unit one and internal and external perception unit one respectively, service flow selection unit one is connected with modulation transmitting unit one, modulation transmitting unit includes radio frequency transmitting module one etc..The application improves the robustness of covert control under complex confrontation environment, while ensuring system performance, with strong adaptability, high reliability and other advantages, improve the covert performance of control system in complex environment.

Disclosed are an anti-drone evaluation system and method. The anti-drone evaluation system includes an anti-drone evaluation server configured to generate and manage an evaluation scenario of an anti-drone product, a ground control station configured to operate in conjunction with the anti-drone evaluation server and configured to establish and transmit a flight plan of an evaluation target vehicle, the evaluation target vehicle configured to copy an illegal drone and to fly under the control of the ground control station, a neutralization photographing target vehicle configured to photograph a neutralization scene upon evaluation of a neutralization function, and an anti-drone product connected to the anti-drone evaluation server and being an evaluation target.

The invention relates to an identity authentication method in the field of information security, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle network two-factor authentication method based on an identity and a flight path. The method comprises the stages of system initialization, unmanned aerial vehicle registration, authentication, key negotiation and the like, and safety bidirectional authentication of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground control station is realized by verifying two factors of an identity label and flight path characteristics of the unmanned aerial vehicle and combining technologies of dynamic false identity updating, digital signature and the like. The method is suitable for application scenes such as military reconnaissance, disaster rescue and agricultural plant protection. By solving the problems of weak security, insufficient anti-attack capability and the like of the existing scheme, the method disclosed by the invention realizes the following eight security requirements: message authentication, message validity, anonymity, untraceability, forward security, known key security, physical capture attack resistance, replay attack resistance and counterfeit attack resistance; and the confidentiality, integrity and availability of communication data are ensured.

This invention discloses an autonomous control method for UAV flight control equipment for long-distance inspection, specifically in the field of pipeline inspection. The core of this method achieves autonomous inspection through the collaborative operation of five modules: flight control, data acquisition, data analysis, comprehensive analysis, and early warning. The flight control module supports autonomous takeoff, landing, cruising, and hovering of the UAV, and features intelligent path planning, obstacle avoidance, and multi-UAV collaborative capabilities, adapting to long-distance inspection needs. The data acquisition module comprehensively and accurately collects pipeline image recognition, thermal imaging analysis, and gas concentration analysis data, providing support for analysis. The data analysis and comprehensive analysis module accurately identifies pipeline anomalies using a dedicated model, and the early warning module responds rapidly upon detecting anomalies, transmitting data, location, and time information to the ground control station. This invention significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of long-distance oil and gas pipeline inspection through the autonomous control capabilities of the flight control equipment, providing reliable assurance for the safe operation of pipelines.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle multi-authorization batch identity authentication method based on a block chain, and the method comprises the steps: an initialization stage: generating and disclosing system parameters through a ground control station composed of a plurality of key authorization centers; in the registration stage, an unmanned aerial vehicle initiates a registration request to a ground control station, a key authorization center jointly generates a public and private key pair, a public key is uploaded to a block chain for storage, and a private key is returned to the unmanned aerial vehicle through a secure channel; in the authentication stage, the central unmanned aerial vehicle aggregates authentication requests of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles in a trust domain of the central unmanned aerial vehicle, and obtains corresponding public keys from the block chain for batch verification, so that reliable communication between the unmanned aerial vehicles and the ground control station is realized; according to the invention, decentralized storage and management are carried out on the identity and key information of the unmanned aerial vehicle through the block chain, a distributed trusted authentication environment is constructed, encryption calculation and communication interaction are reduced through a batch authentication mechanism, and time delay and overhead are reduced; the multi-authorization cooperative control improves the security and expandability of the system, and is suitable for a large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle high-concurrency access scene.

The invention relates to the technical field of ecological monitoring, in particular to a wild animal community state monitoring method and system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle, and the method comprises the steps: firstly controlling a visible light camera, a thermal imaging camera and a multispectral camera carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out hardware synchronous collection, and obtaining time-space aligned multi-modal data; preprocessing and lightweight AI preliminary identification are carried out at the unmanned aerial vehicle end; edge calculation and cross-modal fusion analysis are carried out on a ground control station to realize species identification, quantity statistics, behavior analysis and vegetation index calculation; multiple spatio-temporal data are integrated at the cloud end for deep modeling, distribution density fine calculation, behavior pattern semantic understanding and habitat suitability comprehensive evaluation are completed, and finally a comprehensive monitoring report and early warning are generated. The problems that a traditional monitoring method is single in data dimension, poor in analysis timeliness and lack of habitat association evaluation are solved, and efficient, all-weather and automatic comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of the wildlife community state are achieved.

The invention provides a complex terrain-oriented unmanned aerial vehicle cluster Beidou differential cooperative image control layout method, which comprises the following steps of: constructing a system consisting of an image control unmanned aerial vehicle cluster, a Beidou differential reference station and a ground control station, and uniformly calibrating space and time references; planning a photo control point and a route based on the DEM and a task demand; after the unmanned aerial vehicle flies to the target airspace, sensing the terrain by using a multi-source sensor, dynamically selecting a hovering or landing mode according to the gradient and the vegetation coverage, and executing positioning operation; beidou differential data are collected, and images are synchronously obtained; and processing data to calculate coordinates and elevation of image control points, and outputting surveying and mapping results. According to the invention, high-efficiency image control point layout under a complex terrain can be realized, the operation efficiency is improved, the labor cost and the safety risk are reduced, the high-precision measurement of the image control points is ensured, and the large-scale surveying and mapping requirements are met.

The invention discloses a tunnel emergency rescue structure detection method based on an unmanned aerial vehicle group. The method comprises the following steps that a detection unmanned aerial vehicle is controlled to enter a dangerous case tunnel and fly along a planned path; controlling the communication unmanned aerial vehicles to enter the dangerous case tunnel, and dynamically adjusting the position of each communication unmanned aerial vehicle to construct and maintain a dynamic mobile ad hoc network communication link; processing the acquired data through a micro data processor carried by the detection unmanned aerial vehicle to identify and mark abnormal area data as effective data; the detection unmanned aerial vehicle transmits effective data to a ground control station in real time through a mobile ad hoc network communication link; the ground control station analyzes the received data, constructs a tunnel structure model, evaluates a dangerous case and generates an emergency scheme; and recovering the unmanned aerial vehicle group, and synchronizing the total original data stored in the local detection unmanned aerial vehicle to a ground control station. The method has the advantages that the communication reliability and adaptability are improved; the detection precision and efficiency are improved; and the decision response speed is improved.

The application discloses an unmanned data transmission system based on a quantum security gateway and a working method thereof, and the system comprises a ground end and an unmanned end which are connected with each other wirelessly, the ground end comprises a key center and ground control stations, switches, ground quantum security gateways and first communication devices which are connected in sequence, and the key center is connected with the switches; the unmanned end comprises second communication devices, airborne quantum security gateways and unmanned terminals which are connected in sequence; and the first communication devices and the second communication devices are connected with each other wirelessly. The identity authentication and the online distribution mechanism of symmetric keys based on the quantum security gateway are adopted, so that the security hidden dangers such as the contact risk possibly existing in the offline new symmetric key injection process are avoided; meanwhile, the communication devices differentially forward according to data types, so that all data are prevented from being mixed and transmitted in the same logical or physical channel, the data flow is shunted and scheduled, and the channel congestion probability is reduced.

This invention discloses a networked, air-ground collaborative, multi-station unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control seamless handover system and method. The system includes a UAV, a control station comprising a ground control station and an airborne control station, and a three-node networked communication device. The ground and airborne control stations establish connections with the UAV through this communication device. Based on the control station's geographical location information and uplink communication quality, the UAV calculates in real-time location distance thresholds, communication link quality thresholds, and duration factors to determine handover conditions. If the conditions are met, a handover notification is sent. The control station transmits control authority via the communication device's network port according to the notification. The UAV reports control authority information via wireless telemetry, and the control station updates its display synchronously, achieving seamless handover of UAV control and ensuring continuity and safety in cross-regional operations.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide for handover or roaming of unmanned vehicles and missions between ground control stations (GCSs) of the same or different ground control centers (GCCs). Some embodiments receive a control change indication indicative of reassignment of a vehicle associated with a first GCS that is associated with a first GCC. Some embodiments reassign the vehicle from a first GCS to a second GCS associated with the GCC to enable the second GCS to newly access data corresponding to the vehicle via the master control system to enable control of the vehicle. Some embodiments reassign the vehicle from a first GCC to a second GCC by copying data corresponding to the vehicle from the master control system of the first GCC to a second master control system of a second GCC to enable control of the vehicle via at least one GCS of the second GCC.

The application relates to the field of wind power generation technology and discloses a wind turbine blade inspection method and device based on cooperation of unmanned aerial vehicles and a storage medium, which comprises the following steps: acquiring the length of a wind turbine blade; determining an imaging area based on the length of the wind turbine blade and dividing the imaging area into multiple identical sub-imaging areas; acquiring the central normal line of the rotating plane of the wind turbine blade; setting a first unmanned aerial vehicle at a second target distance in the direction of the central normal line; setting a second unmanned aerial vehicle at the center of each of the multiple sub-imaging areas based on the first unmanned aerial vehicle; simultaneously photographing the wind turbine blade based on the first unmanned aerial vehicle and the multiple second unmanned aerial vehicles to acquire multiple imaging pictures of the wind turbine blade; and transmitting the multiple imaging pictures to a ground control station and processing the multiple imaging pictures to form an inspection report. The multiple unmanned aerial vehicles are used for regional photographing, the entire wind turbine can be photographed and detected without stopping the wind turbine, the work efficiency is improved, and economic losses are reduced.

The present disclosure addresses unresolved problems of task scheduling by adding redundancy in a collection task schedule generated by a ground control station. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a randomization based redundant collection task scheduling for mitigating occlusions in sensing by small satellite constellations. The randomization based redundant collection task scheduling algorithm receives as input a set of region of observations tessellated into sub-regions, and then collection opportunities for each sub-region is computed based on satellite tracks data. Further, a sub-set of collection opportunities is determined from all the possible collection tasks for each sub-region to further generate the collection task schedule for each of the region of observation. Number of collections opportunities is controlled by a decay function which holds number of redundant collections to a bound, thereby increasing chance of good collection without investing too much resource in redundancy to mitigate occlusions.

Method for remotely controlling the flight of an aircraft (A) following a first flight plan, the aircraft comprising a communication module (CM) connected to an aircraft flight control (FC) system, the communication module being adapted to allow communication between a ground control station (GCS) and the aircraft, the method comprising the following steps: determining, in the ground control station (GCS), an inability of the aircraft's pilot(s) with the communication module (CM), receiving a first coded signal (S1) with a predetermined code transmitted by the ground control station (GCS), then decoding the first signal with the predetermined code previously stored in the communication module, after decoding the first signal (S1), sending, with the communication module, a command (CMD) to the flight control system triggering the aircraft to follow a second flight plan (PV2). Figure for the abstract: Fig. 1

The application relates to a low-altitude high-density aircraft safety communication system and method, which is based on a ground control station and at least one aircraft; the system comprises a quantum key source which generates and manages a session key for communication encryption; an instruction encryption and decryption module which encrypts and decrypts flight control instructions transmitted between the ground control station and the aircraft by using a currently effective session key; and a monitoring data synchronization module which encapsulates current time information and verification information of a current session key into a broadcast monitoring data packet and sends the broadcast monitoring data packet when the ground control station sends encrypted flight control instructions to the aircraft. The application changes a traditional double-link separation safety mode, provides an additional time and key-based context verification dimension for encrypted instructions through a monitoring packet, changes system safety from relying on the strength of a single link to relying on the consistency of double-link cooperation, and significantly improves the endogenous safety and single-point breakthrough resistance of the system.