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Granted Patent B2
US 11,292,602 · App. 16/337,233 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Circuit, base station, method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yifu Tang (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,292,602
App. No.
16/337,233
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a circuit including a report unit that reports action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to a base station, and an action control unit that controls an action of a moving object on the basis of an action instruction. The action instruction is decided on the basis of the reported action-allowable time information and notified of by the base station. The action control unit further controls the action with reference to a map in which a danger level for each place is defined in an emergency situation.

Claims (57)

1. A circuit, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive a report request from a base station;

transmit, based on the received report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to the base station;

receive an action instruction from the base station based on the transmitted action-allowable time information;

receive, from the base station, a map in which a danger level for each place is defined; and

control an action of a first moving object in an emergency situation, based on the action instruction and the map in which the danger level for each place is defined.

2. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the danger level is defined in the map in a case the first moving object lands on each place.

3. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to dynamically update the map.

4. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the action-allowable time information includes at least one of peripheral environment information or information regarding a state of the first moving object which is a control target.

5. The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the action-allowable time information further includes battery information.

6. The circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the battery information includes at least one of information indicating a residual battery amount, information indicating a maximum battery capacity, or information indicating power consumption.

7. The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the action-allowable time information is expressed with an absolute value or a relative value and precision is higher as the action-allowable time is shorter.

8. The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the action-allowable time information further includes at least one of a size, a weight, a material, a shape, a flight altitude, a flight speed, flight acceleration, a flight direction, or a current action of the first moving object which is the control target.

9. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the first moving object is a relay node, the circuitry is further configured to:

receive a state report from a second moving object that is outside of coverage of the base station;

control the first moving object which is a control target to move into the coverage of the base station; and

transmit the state report to the base station.

10. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the action-allowable time is less than a specific threshold, the circuitry is further configured to at least one of:

request supply of power to one of a second moving object or a power supply station; or

control the first moving object to move to the power supply station.

11. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the action instruction is based on a mapping table in which a combination of a condition related to the action-allowable time information and the action in a case in which the condition is satisfied is defined.

12. The circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the mapping table is set in advance by one of the base station or a network.

13. The circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the action defined in the mapping table includes an action in a maintaining mode and an action in a landing mode.

14. The circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the maintaining mode includes an all-maintaining mode in which all current actions continue and a power-saving mode in which some of the current actions continue.

15. The circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the landing mode includes a preparative landing mode including a specific landing preparation and an emergency landing mode not including the specific landing preparation.

16. A base station, comprising:

circuitry unit configured to:

transmit a report request to a terminal device;

acquire, based on the transmitted report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time of the terminal device;

determine an action of the terminal device based on of the action-allowable time information;

notify the terminal device of an action instruction based on the determined action; and

notify the terminal device of a map in which a danger level for each place is defined, wherein the terminal device executes the action in an emergency situation based on the action instruction and the map.

17. A method performed by a processor, the method comprising:

receiving a report request from a base station;

transmitting, based on the received report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to the base station;

receiving an action instruction from the base station based on the transmitted action-allowable time information;

receiving, from the base station, a map in which a danger level for each place is defined; and

controlling an action of a moving object in an emergency situation, based on the action instruction and the map in which the danger level for each place is defined.

18. A method performed by a processor, the method comprising:

transmitting a report request to a terminal device;

acquiring, based on the transmitted report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time of the terminal device;

determining an action of the terminal device based on the action-allowable time information;

notifying the terminal device of an action instruction based on the determined action; and

notifying the terminal device of a map in which a danger level for each place is defined, wherein the terminal device executes the action in an emergency situation based on the action instruction and the map.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a report request from a base station;

transmitting, based on the received report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to the base station;

receiving an action instruction from the base station based on the transmitted action-allowable time information;

receiving, from the base station, a map in which a danger level for each place is defined; and

controlling an action of a moving object in an emergency situation, based on the action instruction and the map in which the danger level for each place is defined.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

transmitting a report request to a terminal device;

acquiring, based on the transmitted report request, action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time of the terminal device;

determining an action of the terminal device based on the action-allowable time information;

notifying the terminal device of an action instruction based on the determined action; and

notifying the terminal device of a map in which a danger level for each place is defined, wherein the terminal device executes the action in an emergency situation based on the action instruction and the map.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: TANG, YIFU; UCHIYAMA, HIROMASA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048717/0364 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-216051 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190300185A1 · Oct 3, 2019
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