Drone Aerial Billboard With WLAN Hotspot and Position Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack the ability to utilize drone aircraft as publically accessible WLAN access points, and there is no effective method to create combined aerial billboards using groups of drones.
Innovation Solution
A system and method enabling drone aircraft to function as publically accessible WLAN access points, equipped with media projection subsystems, allowing for selective deployment of media to targeted locations, and forming combined images or aerial billboards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If drone aircraft are used as publically accessible WLAN access points, then coverage area and accessibility are improved, but system complexity and regulatory challenges increase
Solution Approach 1:
The drone aircraft is equipped with multiple subsystems that enable it to perform diverse functions: media projection for advertising displays, WLAN access point for internet connectivity, and GPS tracking for location monitoring. This multi-functionality allows a single platform to address multiple needs simultaneously, improving coverage and accessibility while managing system complexity through integrated design
2Productivity
If groups of drones are coordinated to form combined aerial billboards, then advertising effectiveness and visual impact are improved, but positioning precision and synchronization requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple drone aircraft are coordinated to form a combined aerial billboard system where each drone projects a portion of the overall advertisement. The drones maintain precise relative positions through GPS tracking and formation control algorithms, merging their individual projections into a cohesive large-scale visual display that enhances advertising effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates GPS tracking and verification subsystems that continuously monitor the position and status of each drone in the formation. This feedback mechanism allows real-time adjustment of drone positions and projection timing to maintain precise alignment and synchronization, ensuring the combined billboard displays the intended advertisement accurately
3Adaptability or versatility
If media projection subsystems are selectively deployed to targeted locations, then advertising targeting and relevance are improved, but deployment complexity and verification requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-determines optimal deployment locations and timing for media projection based on target audience analysis and geographic information. Before actual deployment, the system plans the flight paths, projection timing, and content delivery to ensure media is displayed at the most effective locations and times, improving advertising targeting while reducing on-the-fly decision complexity
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AI summary
An aircraft media projection system is provided with a deployment subsystem having an interface to supply an enablement signal with an identification code, in response to an aircraft maintaining a selected midair position in the atmosphere above the ground. A location subsystem determines the midair geographic location of the aircraft, and a communications subsystem, typically a cellular link, has an interface to receive verification information including the enablement signal, identification code, and geographic location, and an interface to transmit the verification information to a server. In one aspect, the system may include a WiFi hotspot that is available for use by the public at large. A targeting software application permits the selection of the midair position from a plurality of potential midair positions. Each potential midair stationary position may have a corresponding weighted value. In another aspect, the system may include a media projection subsystem to selectively project media.