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Granted Patent B2
US 11,024,186 · App. 15/343,192 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Inventors: Sang Man Moon (Daejeon, KR); In Kyu Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Patent No.
US 11,024,186
App. No.
15/343,192
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle that broadcasts a route and future location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle within preset coverage based on sensing data and current location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a calculator configured to calculate a predicted route and second location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to a preset period of time based on first location information and sensing data; and a transmitter configured to periodically broadcast a first notification signal that includes the first location information, the predicted route, and the second location information.

Claims (42)

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

a calculator configured to calculate a first predicted route and second location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to a preset period of time based on first location information and sensing data, said sensing data including acceleration data and speed data corresponding to a heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a transmitter configured to periodically broadcast a first notification signal that includes the first location information, the first predicted route, and the second location information; and

a receiver configured to receive a second notification signal that includes a second predicted route and third location information associated with another unmanned aerial vehicle from the another unmanned aerial vehicle;

wherein the calculator is further configured to calculate a collision probability between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the sensing data, the second location information, and the third location information; and

further comprising a controller configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the collision probability calculated at the calculator being greater than or equal to a threshold.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to periodically broadcast the first notification signal that further includes a message requesting a second predicted route of the another unmanned aerial vehicle.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the calculator is further configured to use, as the sensing data, first acceleration data and first angular speed data on a plane corresponding to the heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle and second acceleration data and second angular speed data of a vertical direction of the plane.

4. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

a sensor device configured to measure first sensing data, said first sensing data including acceleration data and speed data corresponding to a heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a calculator configured to calculate a predicted route and first predicted location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to a preset period of time based on first current location information and the first sensing data;

a transmitter configured to periodically broadcast a first danger signal in response to a difference value, between second current location information after the preset period of time and the first predicted location information, being greater than or equal to a threshold;

a receiver configured to receive a second danger signal associated with another unmanned aerial vehicle from the another unmanned aerial vehicle;

wherein the calculator is further configured to calculate a collision probability between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the sensing data, the second current location information, and third location information associated with the another unmanned aerial vehicle received from the another unmanned aerial vehicle; and

further comprising a controller configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the collision probability calculated at the calculator being greater than or equal to a threshold.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the sensor device is further configured to measure first acceleration data and first angular speed data on a plane corresponding to the heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle and second acceleration data and second angular speed data of a vertical direction of the plane.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to periodically broadcast the first danger signal in response to the first predicted location information being outside preset altitude coverage.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 4 , further

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a first notification signal for requesting a route and second predicted location information corresponding to the preset period of time to the another unmanned aerial vehicle.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 7 , further comprising:

a controller configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the second predicted location information included in a response signal, in response to the receiver receiving the response signal corresponding to the first notification signal.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program to periodically transmit a notification signal that includes a predicted route and location information of an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the program comprises:

a set of instructions configured to calculate the predicted route and second location information corresponding to a preset period of time based on first location information and sensing data, the sensing data including acceleration data and speed data corresponding to a heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a set of instructions configured to periodically broadcast a first notification signal that includes the first location information, the predicted route, and the second location information;

a set of instructions configured to calculate a collision probability between the unmanned aerial vehicle and another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the sensing data, the second location information, and third location information associated with the another unmanned aerial vehicle received from the another unmanned aerial vehicle; and

a set of instructions configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the collision probability calculated being greater than or equal to a threshold.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program run on an unmanned aerial vehicle to determine an emergency state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and to periodically transmit a danger signal from the unmanned aerial vehicle associated with the emergency state, wherein the program comprises:

a set of instructions configured to measure first sensing data, the first sensing data including acceleration data and speed data corresponding to a heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a set of instructions configured to calculate a predicted route and first predicted location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to a preset period of time based on first current location information and the first sensing data;

a set of instructions configured to calculate a difference value between second current location information after the preset period of time and the first predicted location information, and to periodically broadcast from the unmanned aerial vehicle a first danger signal in response to the difference value being greater than or equal to a threshold;

a set of instructions configured to calculate a collision probability between the unmanned aerial vehicle and another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the sensing data, the second location information, and third location information associated with the another unmanned aerial vehicle received from the another unmanned aerial vehicle; and

a set of instructions configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the collision probability calculated being greater than or equal to a threshold.

11. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

a sensor device configured to measure sensing data, said sensing data including acceleration data and speed data corresponding to a heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a receiver configured to receive a transmitted signal from a nearby aerial vehicle that includes first location information of the nearby aerial vehicle, and configured to receive a broadcasting signal that includes third location information from the nearby aerial vehicle;

a calculator configured to calculate a predicted route and second location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle during a predetermined time and to calculate a probability of collision with the nearby aerial vehicle based on the sensing data, the second location information and the third location information received from the nearby aerial vehicle; and

further comprising a controller configured to change the predicted route of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to the collision probability calculated at the calculator being greater than or equal to a threshold.

12. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising:

a transmitter configured to periodically broadcast a notification signal that includes the second location information and the predicted route.

13. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a notification signal that includes the second location information and the predicted route to the nearby aerial vehicle.

14. The unmanned aerial vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the sensor device is configured to measure sensing data corresponding to the heading direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2016
From: MOON, SANG MAN; KIM, IN KYU
To: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 040581/0306 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0157051 · Nov 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170132943A1 · May 11, 2017