Patent classifications
G05D2109/254
METHOD FOR DELIVERING LIQUID BY EJECTING A CONTINUOUS JET AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD
The invention is intended for organizing the process of targeted delivery of small doses of liquid chemical treatment agents from unmanned aerial vehicles, for example, in precision agriculture or animal husbandry. Delivery of the required dose of liquid chemical treatment agents to the required application area by series of one or more targeted ejections of a continuous, and optimally laminar, jet from the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight, according to the method and/or delivery system according to the invention, is performed without significant deflection of the liquid and its losses outside the application area compared to known methods and spraying devices, and, therefore, more environmentally friendly and economical; and the application system has a minimal negative impact on the application areas and ensures the motion of unmanned aerial vehicles along optimal and safe routes.
Autonomous Aerial Navigation In Low-Light And No-Light Conditions
Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions includes using night mode obstacle avoidance intelligence, training, and mechanisms for vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation to enable autonomous flight operations of a UAV in low-light and no-light environments using infrared data.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK-AGNOSTIC SWARM OF ROBOTS
An AI based system and method for managing heterogeneous network-agnostic swarm of robots is disclosed. The method includes receiving a set of commands from a human machine interface associated with one or more electronic devices, determining one or more robotic capabilities associated with autonomous robot and capturing one or more positional parameters by using one or more sensors. The method includes broadcasting the one or more robotic capabilities and the one or more positional parameters to each of the one or more autonomous robots and determining one or more situational parameters associated with the one or more autonomous robots. Furthermore, the method includes detecting one or more targets and allocating the one or more tasks and the detected one or more targets among the one or more autonomous robots.
MECHANISM FOR AVOIDING ENTERING NO-ENTRY AREA
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device, apparatus and computer readable medium for avoiding entering no-entry areas. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a first device transmits a request to a second device for querying type information regarding a set of areas. The set of areas are adjacent to an area which the first device currently locates. The second device transmits the type information to the first device. The first device determines whether to transmit its real-time position information based on the type information. In this way, it can reduce workload and save power.
BINOCULAR VISION-BASED ENVIRONMENT SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
A binocular vision-based environment sensing method and apparatus, is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle is provided with five binocular cameras. The first binocular camera is disposed at the front portion of the fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The second binocular camera is inclined upward and disposed between the left side of the fuselage and the upper portion of the fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The third binocular camera is inclined upward and disposed between the right side of the fuselage and the upper portion of the fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The fourth binocular camera is disposed at the lower portion of the fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The fifth binocular camera disposed at the rear portion of the fuselage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method can simplify an omni-directional sensing system while reducing the sensing blind area.
CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An aircraft system includes an aircraft, which further includes at least one propeller to provide a flight power for the aircraft; a communication interface configured to communicate with a parachute; at least one storage medium, storing at least one set of instructions for controlling the aircraft system; and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory. when the aircraft system is in operation, the at least processor executes the at least one set of instruction to: obtain a propeller locking instruction of the aircraft, and perform a corresponding operation based on the propeller locking instruction. The corresponding operation include a first operation. The first operation, corresponds to a scenario where the aircraft is in a flight state, includes: in response to the propeller locking instruction, the aircraft controlling the at least one propeller to stop and locking the at least one propeller, and deploying the parachute by the aircraft.
FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FLIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND FLIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR MULTIPLE AERIAL VEHICLES
A flight management system for a plurality of aerial vehicles includes a management apparatus and an operation terminal. The management apparatus includes processing circuitry to manage operation authorizations to operate the plurality of aerial vehicles. The operation terminal includes an operation interface and processing circuitry. The operation interface is operable by an operator. The processing circuit is connected to the operation interface. Based on an authorization grant request signal obtained based on a flight state of each aerial vehicle of the plurality of aerial vehicles, the processing circuit of the management apparatus transmits an authorization grant command to grant the operation terminal an operation authorization, among the operation authorizations, that is to operate a particular aerial vehicle among the plurality of aerial vehicles. The processing circuit of the operation terminal remotely controls the particular aerial vehicle while being granted the operation authorization to operate the particular aerial vehicle.
MULTI-ROTOR UAV FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM
Disclosed herein is a method and system for flying rotary wing drone. An add-on flight camera that is free to rotate around the vehicle's yaw axis is attached to the drone. The flight camera is automatically looking in the direction of its flight. The video from the flight camera is streamed to the operator's display. Thus the rotary wing drone can fly in any direction with respect to its structure, giving the operator a first person view along the flight path, thus keeping high level of situational awareness to the operator. The information required for controlling the camera orientation is derived from sensors, such as GPS, magnetometers, gyros and accelerometer. As a backup mode the information can be derived from propeller commands or tilt sensors.
A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT
This invention relates to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, a method of controlling a VTOL aircraft, and a control system for controlling the VTOL aircraft. The aircraft comprises an airframe having a wing extending along a transverse axis and attached to a fuselage extending between a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and an empennage or canard. An array of electric rotors is fixedly mounted to the airframe. Front and rear internal combustion engines are pivotably mounted to the fuselage and are displaceable between lift positions in which the front and rear rotors are oriented to provide vertical lift to the aircraft for vertical flight and propulsion positions in which the front and rear rotors are oriented to provide forward thrust to the aircraft for horizontal flight. The front and rear rotors provide a majority, or all, of the vertical lift to the aircraft during vertical flight.
INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM
An information processing method, an information processing device, a computer-readable medium, and an imaging system capable of generating a flight route of a flight vehicle by simple operation are proposed.
An information processing method of the present disclosure includes: a display control step of causing a display unit to display a plurality of template objects schematically illustrating flight patterns; and a control signal generation step of generating a control signal for a flight vehicle on the basis of flight control information including information on a flight route corresponding to a plurality of selected template objects selected from among the plurality of template objects.