A method for controlling operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes receiving one or more commands selected by a user via a remote controller of the UAV, and in response to a received landing command: identifying the vehicle from a plurality of vehicles for landing, navigating the UAV to travel in a substantially same direction as the vehicle, and controlling the UAV to land on the vehicle when the UAV approaches the vehicle. The one or more commands includes at least the landing command to land the UAV on a vehicle while the vehicle is in operation.

There is provided a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the drone system includes a demarcating member that demarcates an operation area and detects an intruder into the operation area, the operation area being an area where at least one of the drone and the movable body performs an operation, the movable body includes a movement control section that stops movement of the movable body based on the detection of the intruder by the demarcating member, and the drone includes a landing position determining section that determines a landing position based on a stop position of the movable body.

A canister is coupled to a delivery vehicle using a rail bracket. The canister comprises a securing channel having a first securing channel volume and a second securing channel volume. A width of the first securing channel volume is less than a width of the second securing channel volume. The rail bracket comprises a rotational shaft having a finger at one end. The rail bracket is inserted into the securing channel, and the rotational shaft is rotated. When rotated, the finger inhibits removal of the rail bracket from the securing channel, thereby providing a mechanism by which the canister can be releasably coupled to the rail bracket. The rail bracket may be provided on a delivery vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to transport the canister and contents within it.

A vehicle is configured to couple with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and includes a landing connection component configured to form a connection between the UAV and the vehicle and to prevent detachment of the UAV from the vehicle, a cover configured to at least partially enclose the UAV when the UAV is connected to the landing connection component, and one or more processors configured to generate one or more commands to (1) vary a position of the cover depending on a status of the UAV and (2) control an operation of the UAV.

Systems and methods are provided for docking an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a vehicle. The UAV may be able to distinguish a companion vehicle from other vehicles in the area and vice versa. The UAV may take off and/or land on the vehicle. The UAV may be used to capture images and stream the images live to a display within the vehicle. The vehicle may control the UAV. The UAV may be in communication with the companion vehicle while in flight.

A method includes obtaining, by a vehicle, data from a movable object, generating information for display at the vehicle based at least in part on the data, and causing movement of the vehicle based at least in part on the displayed information. The data is collected by one or more sensors of the movable object. The vehicle is configured to provide one or more services to the movable object.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for mobile landing of an unmanned vehicle. The method includes: detecting a landing target pattern by a three-dimensional sensing module and transmitting the landing target pattern to a calculation module, the landing target being a moving object; calculating, by the calculation module, a relative correction parameter of a guiding coordinate position of a return side relative to a coordinate position of the unmanned vehicle according to the landing target pattern and the guiding coordinate position of the return side; correcting, by the calculation module, the guiding coordinate position of the return side according to the relative correction parameter to obtain a corrected guiding coordinate position; then calculating, by the calculation module, a deviation value between the corrected guiding coordinate position and the coordinate position of the unmanned vehicle, and transmitting the deviation value to the vehicle side control module, and controlling, by the vehicle side control module, the unmanned vehicle to arrive at the return side according to the deviation value. The present invention thereby achieves a precise dynamic target landing.

A landing system suitable for receiving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprises an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV). A landing surface is disposed on the AGV, and the landing system comprises a loading channel suitable for passing an object delivered by the UAV through a first loading channel opening in the landing surface. The object passes within the loading channel through to a second loading channel opening at a bottom aspect of the AGV. In this way, a UAV can land on the landing surface, and the AGV positions the object in line with a target delivery location, where the object is delivered. Aspects of the landing system comprise an electromagnet or vacuum chamber for securing the UAV to the landing surface, thereby enhancing stability of the UAV during movement of the landing system.

This automatic takeoff/landing system for a vertical takeoff/landing aircraft comprises: a relative wind information acquisition unit that acquires the direction of relative wind at a moving object; and a control unit that executes takeoff/landing control to cause the vertical takeoff/landing aircraft to takeoff/land at a landing target point provided on the moving object. The control unit, during takeoff/landing of the vertical takeoff/landing aircraft, executes the takeoff/landing control on the basis of the direction of the relative wind acquired by the relative wind information acquisition unit, in a state in which the aircraft heading of the vertical takeoff/landing aircraft is caused to face the direction of the relative wind.

An aircraft control system includes a target instruction value calculation unit configured to acquire a target instruction value to set an aircraft in a target state, a reference velocity calculation unit configured to input, to a reference model in which a reference velocity corresponding to a reference value of an aircraft velocity is set uniquely as an output value according to an input value, a value based on the target instruction value as the input value. A relative velocity calculation unit is configured to calculate a relative velocity of the aircraft to a target position. An estimated disturbance quantity calculation unit is configured to calculate an estimated disturbance quantity acting on the aircraft, based on a difference between the relative and reference velocities, and a correction target instruction value calculation unit is configured to correct the target instruction value, based on the estimated disturbance quantity calculated at a previous time.