Aerial System Standby Mode via Grab Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional aerial systems require manual control for flight operations, leading to increased user interaction and multitasking, as they lack autonomous capabilities to manage flight cessation, landing, and hovering independently.

Innovation Solution

An automated aerial system method that detects flight events and standby conditions using sensors, allowing it to autonomously enter standby mode, cease flight, land on a user's hand or specified site, and hover, independent of external control instructions, utilizing a lift mechanism powered by rotors and controlled by a processing system with sensor data integration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual control is used for flight operations, then the user can directly control the aerial system, but the user interaction and multitasking requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser interactionVSAvoidautonomous capabilities

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The aerial system is equipped with sensors and a processing system that enable it to autonomously detect flight events, determine standby conditions, and control its own flight operations including taking off, landing, and hovering without continuous user input. The system serves itself by independently managing flight cessation and resumption based on detected conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary detection of flight events and standby conditions using sensors before executing flight operations. By detecting conditions in advance and autonomously determining whether standby conditions exist, the system prepares for appropriate flight actions proactively, reducing the need for reactive user control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the aerial system requires continuous manual control, then flight operations can be precisely directed, but the user cannot focus on other tasks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser task efficiencyVSAvoidmanual control requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The aerial system autonomously manages its own flight operations by detecting flight events and standby conditions, and independently controlling flight cessation and resumption. This self-service capability allows the user to focus on other tasks while the system handles flight management automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses sensors to continuously detect flight events and monitor conditions, providing feedback to the processing system which then autonomously determines standby conditions and controls flight operations. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables automatic flight management without continuous user intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Extent of automation

If the aerial system has autonomous flight management capabilities, then user interaction is reduced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautonomous flight managementVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The processing system serves multiple functions: it receives sensor data, detects flight events, determines standby conditions, and controls flight operations. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional processing system, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining autonomous flight management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines the detection, decision-making, and control functions into an integrated system where sensors, processing system, and flight control work together as a unified autonomous flight management unit. This merging of functions reduces the number of separate components needed while achieving comprehensive automation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances user interaction by reducing the need for continuous manual control, enabling the user to focus on other tasks while the aerial system manages flight operations, such as photography or communication relay, through intuitive and autonomous flight management.

Implementation Method 1

detecting a standby condition indicative of a flight cessation event, wherein the standby condition is detected using sensors

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSensor detection:

Implementation Method 2

operating the aerial system in a flight mode; detecting a flight event; and operating the aerial system in a standby mode

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectAerodynamic lift: Aerofoil

Data Source

PatentUS10824149B2System and method for automated aerial system operation

Publication Date: 2020.11.03 HANGZHOU ZERO ZERO TECH CO LTD

AI summary

A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.