Drone landing apparatus
A drone landing apparatus may include: a trunk door configured to open or close a trunk of a vehicle; a drone housing contained in the trunk, and configured to provide a space in which a drone is housed; a rotator mounted on the trunk door, and configured to rotate the drone housing according to an opening angle of the trunk door; and a moving platform appearing from the drone housing or disappearing into the drone housing, and having the drone seated thereon.
1. A drone landing apparatus comprising:
a trunk door configured to open or close a trunk of a vehicle;
a drone housing contained in the trunk, and configured to provide a space in which a drone is housed;
a rotator mounted on the trunk door, and configured to rotate the drone housing according to an opening angle of the trunk door; and
a moving platform configured to carry the drone inside or outside the drone housing, and to have the drone seated thereon.
2. The drone landing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving platform comprises:
a drone support slidably mounted in the drone housing, and configured to have the drone placed thereon;
a door installed at an end of the drone support to close the drone housing; and
a driving mechanism mounted in the drone housing, and configured to slide the drone support.
3. The drone landing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the moving platform further comprises a charger mounted in the drone support and configured to charge the drone.
4. The drone landing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the charger is configured to charge the drone through a magnetic induction method or resonant induction method.
5. The drone landing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rotator comprises:
a motor fixed to the trunk door;
a power transmitter rotatably mounted on the motor; and
a housing support fixed to the drone housing, and configured to rotate the drone housing according to a rotation of the power transmitter.
6. The drone landing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rotator is configured to rotate the drone housing such that the drone housing is horizontal to a ground surface.
7. The drone landing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the drone housing has a horizontal sensor mounted thereon and configured to sense whether the drone housing is horizontal to the ground surface, and
the drone landing apparatus further comprises a controller configured to control operations of the rotator and the moving platform based on information measured by the horizontal sensor.