Management Server Prioritization for Multi-UAV Monitoring Alerts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Monitoring multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by a single operator increases the risk of human error due to operator burden.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that identifies the required monitoring timing for each UAV and notifies the operator via a terminal, using a management server to manage UAV statuses and prioritize notifications based on predefined monitoring priorities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If one operator monitors multiple UAVs during the same period, then the operator can manage all UAVs centrally, but the operator burden increases and human error occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveUAV monitoring capacityVSAvoidHuman error rate

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by having UAVs automatically report their own status information (battery level, location, mission progress) to the monitoring system. The monitoring system then automatically identifies which UAVs require attention based on pre-set criteria, eliminating the need for operators to manually check each UAV's status and reducing human error while maintaining centralized monitoring capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where UAV status is automatically monitored and compared against threshold values. When status parameters (such as battery level or mission progress) fall within predefined ranges requiring attention, the system generates automatic notifications to operators. This feedback mechanism ensures operators are alerted only when necessary, reducing burden while maintaining reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Loss of information

If continuous monitoring of all UAVs is performed, then complete situation awareness is achieved, but operator workload increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveSituation awarenessVSAvoidOperator workload

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by differentiating monitoring intensity based on individual UAV needs. Instead of uniform continuous monitoring of all UAVs, the system selectively focuses operator attention on specific UAVs that meet predefined criteria (e.g., low battery, mission completion threshold). This allows complete situation awareness to be maintained through automated tracking of all UAVs while operator workload is reduced by notifying only about relevant cases

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial monitoring actions by notifying operators only about specific UAVs that require attention rather than requiring operators to review all UAVs continuously. The automated system performs the excessive action of continuously tracking all UAV parameters, filtering and presenting only the necessary information to operators, thus maintaining complete awareness while reducing operational burden

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250308241A1Information processing device, information display method, and non-transitory computer readable memory

Publication Date: 2025.10.02 RAKUTEN GROUP INC

AI summary

The management server MS identifies the drone status of each of the plurality of drones Dn for which the operator OPm is in charge, identifies, based on the identified each drone status, the drone Dn for which the monitoring required timing has arrived, and notifies the operator OPm of the monitoring information for the identified drone Dn by causing the monitoring information to be displayed on the drone monitoring screen.