Drone Optical Area Assessment for Landing Zone Usability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for determining whether a target area is usable for autonomous flying object operations, such as installing new ports, require significant personnel costs and resources, especially when assessing the suitability of areas for specific purposes like landing zones.
Innovation Solution
A control device and method that utilizes a processor and memory to acquire requests for determining area usability, where a flying object is controlled to sense the target area optically, and based on the acquired data, determines if the area is suitable for the intended purpose, reducing the need for manual assessments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual personnel assessment is used to determine area usability, then determination accuracy can be maintained through human judgment, but personnel costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual personnel assessment with an automated system comprising image capturing devices, processors, and analysis algorithms. The processor automatically analyzes captured images to determine area usability based on predefined criteria, substituting human mechanical judgment with automated computational analysis, thereby eliminating personnel costs while maintaining determination accuracy through systematic evaluation
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of the target area through image capturing devices and stores these as data. The processor then analyzes these digital copies to determine usability, replacing the need for physical personnel visits with virtual inspection through data analysis, thus reducing personnel costs while preserving accurate assessment capabilities
2Reliability
If manual personnel visits are conducted for area assessment, then comprehensive evaluation can be performed through human observation, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables continuous automated image capturing and analysis operations. Multiple image capturing devices can simultaneously and continuously capture images of the target area, and the processor continuously analyzes these images without interruption, providing comprehensive evaluation results much faster than sequential manual inspection, thus reducing time consumption while maintaining evaluation comprehensiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation process is segmented into distinct automated operations: image capturing by multiple devices, data transmission, processor analysis, and result generation. This segmentation allows parallel processing of different aspects of the evaluation simultaneously, enabling comprehensive assessment without the sequential time constraints of manual personnel visits
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
This approach significantly reduces personnel costs and improves determination accuracy by enabling remote, data-driven assessments of area suitability for autonomous flying operations, allowing for efficient identification of usable zones without physical visits.
Implementation Method 1
sensing data that is data obtained by optical sensing of the target area by the first flying object
Data Source
AI summary
A control device 200 includes at least one memory configured to store a program code, and at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code. The program code includes an acquisition code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire a request for requesting determination as to whether or not a target area is usable for a predetermined purpose, and a control code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform control to cause a first flying object to fly to the target area. The acquisition code is configured to cause the at least one processor to further acquire sensing data that is data obtained by optical sensing of the target area by the first flying object. The program code further comprises a determination code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine, based on the acquired sensing data, whether or not the target area is usable for the predetermined purpose.