UAV Remote Controller Integration for Onboard Route Surveying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles in agricultural plant protection require multiple equipment pieces, leading to high hardware costs, reduced operation efficiency, and lower reliability due to complex data exchange processes and potential errors during data transfer.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that integrates a locating module within the remote controller to acquire, process, and send flight route data directly to the unmanned aerial vehicle, eliminating the need for separate surveying and mapping equipment, thereby simplifying operations and reducing hardware requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate equipment pieces (handheld surveying and mapping acquirer, route edition terminal, and remote controller) are used to control unmanned aerial vehicle flight, then the system can achieve autonomous flight control, but hardware cost increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the handheld surveying and mapping acquirer, route edition terminal, and remote controller into a single integrated remote controller. This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate equipment pieces while maintaining autonomous flight control capability, thereby reducing hardware cost and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated remote controller performs multiple functions that were previously distributed across separate devices: it conducts locating operations to acquire geographic information, processes route data, and controls unmanned aerial vehicle flight. This multi-functionality reduces the number of equipment pieces needed.
2Reliability
If multiple separate equipment pieces are used for data exchange in the control system, then comprehensive flight control functions are achieved, but operation time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple equipment pieces into a single integrated remote controller, the patent eliminates the need for repeated data exchange between separate devices. The integrated system performs locating operations, route processing, and flight control internally, significantly reducing operation time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data exchange occurs among multiple different types of equipment, then comprehensive control capabilities are achieved, but data transfer errors increase and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple different types of equipment into a single integrated remote controller with unified internal data communication. This eliminates data transfer between different equipment types and their associated protocols, thereby reducing data transfer errors and improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated remote controller provides universal control capabilities through internal modules that perform locating, route processing, and flight control functions. This unified architecture ensures consistent data communication protocols throughout the system, reducing transfer errors.
4Reliability
If multiple separate equipment pieces are carried for each unmanned aerial vehicle operation, then comprehensive surveying and control functions are achieved, but hardware cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines surveying equipment, route processing terminal, and remote controller into a single integrated device. This merging reduces the quantity of hardware equipment from three separate pieces to one, thereby reducing hardware cost while maintaining comprehensive surveying and control functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated remote controller provides multiple functions including locating operations for geographic information acquisition, route data processing, and unmanned aerial vehicle flight control. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for multiple specialized equipment pieces.
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AI summary
A flight control method and device for an unmanned aerial vehicle and a remote controller are provided. The method includes that: multiple pieces of locating data obtained by a locating operation are acquired in a remote controller (201); multiple target positions are determined according to the multiple pieces of locating data (202); a flight route is calculated according to the multiple target positions (203); and the flight route is sent to the unmanned aerial vehicle for flight according to the flight route (204). According to the method, carrying of multiple sets of equipment is avoided, and hardware cost is reduced. Since remote control equipment is integrated with a surveying and mapping function, carrying of multiple kinds of equipment is avoided, that is, data exchange among multiple kinds of equipment is avoided, convenience for operation is further improved, operation efficiency of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved, moreover, a probability of a data sending error during data exchange is reduced, and operation reliability of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved.