Multi-Aircraft Image Capture With Ranked Formation Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems using multiple aircraft for coordinated tasks, such as gas detection, lack the capability for advanced image capturing functionalities.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing method that involves ranking aircraft into master and slave devices, allowing coordinated flight control based on predetermined rankings, flight states, and relative positions to capture images effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If aircraft are controlled to maintain relative positional relationships, then coordinated flight control is improved, but the complexity of control management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management device as an intermediary that centralizes the control of multiple aircraft. This management device receives image data from all aircraft, determines optimal capture positions and angles, and controls each aircraft's movement accordingly. This intermediary approach maintains stable relative positional relationships while managing control complexity through centralized coordination rather than complex peer-to-peer control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the relative positions and movement of aircraft based on real-time imaging requirements. The management device continuously determines optimal capture positions and angles, allowing the formation to be dynamic rather than rigid, which simplifies control by adapting to changing conditions rather than maintaining fixed complex geometric relationships.
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AI summary
To provide an aircraft of which flight efficiency can be improved. An image capturing method according to this embodiment is a method for capturing an image of an object to be photographed by using a plurality of aircrafts including an image capturing part. The image capturing method includes a ranking step of setting up a predetermined ranking for each of the aircrafts, a control step of performing control on the basis of the ranking, and an image capturing step of moving the aircraft and using the image capturing part to capture an image of the object. According to this configuration, a plurality of aircrafts can be used to capture images of a plurality of objects to be photographed simultaneously from different angles.