UAV Flight Path Preconfiguration for Lower Battery Drain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current UAV systems require users to set flight course tasks after connecting to the UAV, leading to increased battery consumption and potential task failure due to reduced flight duration.
Innovation Solution
A method where a terminal determines and stores flight path information before connecting to a UAV, allowing the UAV to receive pre-set path records and fly according to them after connection, reducing power consumption and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user sets the flight course task after the terminal is connected to the UAV, then the flight path can be configured, but the battery consumption of the UAV increases and the flight duration decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal determines location information of waypoints and generates flight path information before connecting to the UAV. The flight path is stored in a path database on the terminal, so that when the UAV connects, the pre-generated flight path can be directly sent without requiring the UAV to perform computation or stay connected during path planning, thus reducing UAV battery consumption
2Ease of operation
If the user sets the flight course task after the terminal is connected to the UAV, then the flight path can be configured, but the flight duration of the UAV is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The flight path is generated and stored in advance on the terminal before UAV connection. This preliminary preparation eliminates the time needed for path planning during the flight operation, maximizing the available flight duration for actual task execution
3Use of energy by moving object
If the terminal determines flight path information before connecting to the UAV, then battery consumption is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal acts as an intermediary that performs the complex path planning computations. The terminal maintains a path database and handles all flight path generation before connection, while the UAV simply receives and executes the pre-configured path, thus distributing complexity to the terminal rather than the UAV
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control method and a terminal. The method includes: determining, by a terminal before the terminal is connected to any UAV, location information of at least one waypoint according to a first setting operation of a user, and determining a flight path according to the location information of the at least one waypoint; storing, by the terminal, the flight path into a path record of a path database; and invoking, by the terminal after the terminal establishes a connection to a UAV, a first path record associated with the UAV from the path database, and sending the first path record to the UAV, to control the UAV to fly according to information in the first path record. The embodiments of the present invention can improve efficiency of a UAV in obtaining a flight path, and reduce power consumption of the UAV when no flight course task is executed.