Flight Path Control for Type-Specific Air Collision Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flight control systems for air vehicles lack efficient collision avoidance mechanisms that differentiate between various types of air vehicles, leading to unnecessary or inadequate collision avoidance maneuvers.
Innovation Solution
A flight control apparatus and system that detect other air vehicles within a predetermined range, specify their type based on movement attributes and management status, and control flight paths to avoid collisions accordingly, using detection, specifying, determining, and flight control units to manage collisions based on type-specific criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If collision avoidance is performed for all detected air vehicles, then collision prevention reliability is improved, but unnecessary maneuvers increase reducing flight efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different collision avoidance strategies based on the type of detected air vehicle. Managed air vehicles receive coordinated avoidance maneuvers, while unmanaged air vehicles trigger immediate avoidance. This localized differentiation of response quality resolves the contradiction by optimizing reliability for high-risk targets while maintaining efficiency for low-risk targets.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of collision avoidance intensity based on the management status of detected air vehicles. For managed air vehicles, the avoidance intensity is moderate and coordinated, while for unmanaged air vehicles, the intensity is high and immediate. This parameter adaptation resolves the technical contradiction between reliability and flight efficiency.
2Productivity
If type-specific collision avoidance is implemented, then flight efficiency is improved by reducing unnecessary maneuvers, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments air vehicles into two categories: managed and unmanaged. This segmentation simplifies the decision-making process by providing clear criteria for determining collision avoidance intensity, thereby improving flight efficiency without requiring complex analysis of each individual air vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The flight control apparatus integrates multiple functions including detection, type specification, determination of collision risk, and execution of appropriate avoidance maneuvers within a single system. This multi-functionality manages complexity by consolidating what could be separate systems into one integrated solution.
3Device complexity
If collision avoidance is performed without distinguishing air vehicle types, then system simplicity is maintained, but collision prevention effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts collision avoidance behavior based on real-time detection of air vehicle types. Rather than using a static uniform approach, the system changes its response characteristics according to the detected air vehicle category, thereby improving effectiveness while maintaining reasonable system simplicity through adaptive rather than overly complex structures.
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AI summary
A flight control apparatus includes a detection unit that detects within a predetermined range of an air vehicle another air vehicle. A specifying unit specifies a type of the detected other air vehicle. A determining unit determines a possibility that the air vehicle and the other air vehicle will collide, based on an attribute relating to movement of the other air vehicle. When it is determined that a possibility of collision exists, a flight control unit controls the flight of the air vehicle according to the specified type of the other air vehicle to avoid collision with the other air vehicle.