Interactive Airline Editing for UAV Ground Stations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ground station systems for UAVs cannot edit the air line view, making it inconvenient for users to adjust flight paths, which affects the aircraft's flight operations.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to interactively adjust height information and display positions of waypoints on the air line view, enabling real-time updates to be sent to the aircraft, including absolute and ground-relative height information, and flight height range information, and allows switching between different air line views and viewpoints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the ground station displays a static air line view, then the display is simple and stable, but the user cannot adjust the flight path which reduces operational flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static air line view into a dynamic, editable interface. Users can perform drag operations on waypoints to adjust their positions, and the system dynamically updates the air line display and recalculates flight parameters in real-time, allowing flexible flight path modification without system reconfiguration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds an editable interaction dimension to the traditional display-only air line view. By enabling user operations such as dragging waypoints and adjusting height information, the system transitions from a two-dimensional static display to an interactive multi-dimensional control interface that accepts user input and processes adjustments
2Reliability
If the air line view is non-editable, then the system maintains stability and reliability, but the aircraft cannot receive updated flight information in time which affects flight operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements real-time feedback mechanisms where user adjustments to waypoints and height information are immediately processed by the ground station, which then sends updated air line data to the aircraft without delay. The system continuously monitors and transmits modified flight parameters, ensuring the aircraft receives current flight information for accurate navigation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary calculations and validations of adjusted waypoint positions and height information before transmitting updates to the aircraft. The ground station pre-processes the modified air line data, ensuring accuracy and consistency of flight parameters before sending them to the aircraft, preventing erroneous information transmission
3Ease of operation
If the ground station allows interactive editing of waypoints, then user convenience improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the air line system to automatically recalculate flight parameters, update waypoint coordinates, and regenerate navigation data when users modify waypoints. The system self-adjusts the air line configuration without requiring manual reconfiguration or complex intervention, handling calculations and updates autonomously based on user inputs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent integrates multiple functions into the ground station's air line display system: it serves as both a display interface and an editing tool, performs real-time coordinate calculations and height adjustments, validates flight parameters, and transmits updated data to the aircraft. This multi-functional integration reduces the need for separate systems while maintaining comprehensive control capabilities
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides an air line displaying method and a ground station. The method includes: displaying a first air line view, the first air line view including height information of at least one waypoint in an air line; when detecting a first operation performed by a user on a waypoint of the at least one waypoint, adjusting height information of the waypoint; and sending adjusted height information of the waypoint to an aircraft. By adjusting the air line view through human-computer interaction, the air line view displayed by the ground station can be edited. This makes it convenient for the user to adjust the air line and further enables the aircraft to receive a new air line in time, thereby facilitating flight of the aircraft.