Drone Operation Apparatus for Permission Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is no effective way to objectively determine whether a drone operator has the necessary legal permission to operate the drone, despite having obtained the required permissions.

Innovation Solution

An operation apparatus that acquires permission information, generates certification information based on this information, and transmits it via a communication line to be recognizable by others, ensuring that the operator's permission is objectively verified and acknowledged.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If permission information is stored locally without transmission, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability of permission verification deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidpermission verification reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces certification information as an intermediary that bridges the operator's permission status and external verification. The operation apparatus generates certification information based on permission information from the permission apparatus, and this certification can be transmitted to third parties for verification, solving the contradiction between simple local storage and reliable verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by having the operation apparatus transmit certification information to external entities for verification. This creates a closed-loop verification system where permission status is not just stored but actively communicated and confirmed by external parties, enhancing reliability while maintaining manageable system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If certification information is transmitted to all parties, then measurement precision of permission status is improved, but loss of information increases due to communication overhead

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepermission status verification accuracyVSAvoidcommunication data overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential certification information needed for verification and transmits it separately from the full permission information. The certification information contains key verification data that can be independently validated, allowing precise permission status confirmation without transmitting redundant information, thus reducing communication overhead while maintaining verification accuracy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20230421560A1Operation apparatus, operation method, and program

Publication Date: 2023.12.28 NEC CORP

AI summary

An operation apparatus includes a permission information acquisition unit, a certification information generation unit, and a transmission unit. The permission information acquisition unit acquires permission information indicating that an operator is permitted to operate the predetermined moving object. The certification information generation unit generates certification information based on the received permission information and information for specifying the operator. The transmission unit transmits the certification information so as to be recognizable by another person via a predetermined communication line.