Drone Flight Routing Through Blind Spots in Complex Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to improve the comfort of residents in complex housing environments when drones fly around, as existing systems do not effectively manage flight routes to avoid obstructing the residents' field of view, particularly when drones transport objects like garbage bags.
Innovation Solution
A control device and system that includes a communication unit and a control unit, which transmit and receive information to and from a flying object, determining a flight route that ensures a transported object enters a blind spot from inside the complex housing, based on sensor data and building information, thereby reducing the likelihood of obstructing the residents' view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the drone flies around the complex housing to transport objects, then the productivity of object transport is improved, but the residents' comfort deteriorates due to obstruction of their field of view
Solution Approach 1:
The flight space around the complex housing is segmented into multiple regions based on line-of-sight relationships. The control device divides the airspace into zones where drones can operate without obstructing residents' views by analyzing building layouts and determining blind spot regions for each residence.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary between the drone operation system and the complex housing environment. It receives information about the drone's transport tasks and the building layout, then calculates and provides optimized flight routes that pass through blind spots, mediating between productivity requirements and comfort preservation.
2Loss of time
If the drone uses a direct flight route for transporting objects, then the time for object transport is reduced, but the probability of obstructing residents' view increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device performs preliminary analysis of the complex housing layout and pre-calculates blind spot regions before drone operations begin. By determining in advance which areas are invisible from residences, the system can quickly route drones through these pre-identified zones without real-time calculations, minimizing transport time while ensuring comfort.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the drone flies through blind spots to avoid obstructing views, then resident comfort is improved, but the flight route complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device changes the parameter representation of flight routes from simple geometric paths to routes defined by blind spot region coordinates. By representing routes as sequences of blind spot zones rather than complex constrained paths, the system simplifies route determination while maintaining the benefit of avoiding view obstruction.
Data Source
AI summary
A control device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit that transmits and receives information via the communication unit. When a flying object flies around a complex housing, the control unit transmits, to the flying object, information on a flight route in which a transported object of the flying object enters a blind spot from inside of the complex housing based on information on the complex housing.