Drone Flight Area Safety Output Using Shared Environmental Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies do not allow users to easily check the safety of a drone's flight area, as three-dimensional wind condition maps are primarily designed for creating flight plans and not intended for user presentation.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that includes an output control unit to provide safety information based on flying object information, allowing users to assess the safety of a drone's flight area by integrating data from surrounding drones and environmental factors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a three-dimensional wind condition map is created for flight plan purposes, then flight planning accuracy is improved, but user accessibility and ease of safety checking deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflight plan accuracyVSAvoiduser accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the complex three-dimensional wind condition map into simplified safety information layers that can be selectively displayed. The map data is divided into multiple information layers including safety information, wind condition information, and other flight parameters, allowing users to access only the necessary information for safety checking without being overwhelmed by the complete complex dataset.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and presents only the essential safety-relevant information from the comprehensive three-dimensional wind condition map. By taking out and highlighting critical safety parameters while omitting less relevant details, the system maintains measurement precision for flight planning while improving user accessibility for safety checking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If comprehensive flying object information is collected from multiple first flying objects, then safety information accuracy is improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety information accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges data from multiple first flying objects (drones) into a unified safety information framework. By combining environmental data, flight path information, and safety parameters from multiple sources into an integrated system, the patent improves safety information accuracy while managing system complexity through standardized data processing protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal information processing system that handles diverse data from multiple flying objects through standardized procedures. The same processing framework is applied regardless of the source or type of flying object, enabling the system to manage complexity while maintaining reliability through consistent multi-functional processing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250321587A1Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Publication Date: 2025.10.16 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that allow a user to easily check the safety of the flight area of a flying object. An information processing apparatus includes: an output control unit that controls an output of safety information that is information based on first flying object information including information relating to a surrounding environment of one or more first flying objects detected by the one or more first flying objects, the safety information being information relating to safety of a flight area in which a second flying object flies. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a server that manages an operation of a drone.