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Granted Patent B2
US 12,060,154 · App. 17/689,619 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Circuit, base station, method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yifu Tang (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
B64D25/00B64C13/20B64C39/02B64C39/024B64D27/24G05D1/0011G05D1/0022G05D1/0688G08G5/00
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Patent No.
US 12,060,154
App. No.
17/689,619
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a structure capable of further improving safety of a device that autonomously moves in an emergency situation. Provided is a circuit including: a report unit configured to report action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to a base station; and an action control unit configured to control an action of a moving object on the basis of an action instruction decided on the basis of the reported action-allowable time information and notified of by the base station and to control an action with reference to a map in which a danger level for each place is defined in an emergency situation.

Claims (42)

1. A circuit, comprising:

circuitry in a moving object, the circuitry configured to:

transmit action-allowable information to a base station;

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

receive, from the base station, a map that indicates a landing place at which the moving object is recoverable safely and easily;

collect information for landing from a plurality of nearby moving objects;

update the map based on the collected information for landing from the plurality of nearby moving objects; and

control an action of the moving object based on the action instruction and the updated map.

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

3. The circuit according to claim 2 , 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.

4. The circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the action-allowable information 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 moving object.

5. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the action-allowable information includes an action-allowable time, and

in a case in which the action-allowable time is less than a specific threshold, the circuitry is further configured to control the moving object to move to a power supply station.

6. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the action instruction is based on a mapping table in which a combination of a condition and the action in a case in which the condition is satisfied is defined; and

the condition is related to the action-allowable information.

7. The circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the mapping table is set in advance by one of the base station or a network.

8. The circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the action defined in the mapping table includes an action in a maintaining mode and an action in a landing mode.

9. The circuit according to claim 8 , 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.

10. The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the action includes generation or selection of a landing pattern in which damage received or damage caused is minimized.

11. The circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the action further includes an action to announce a warning by one of a warning lamp or a warning sound.

12. A method, comprising:

transmitting action-allowable information to a base station;

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

receiving, from the base station, a map that indicates a landing place at which a moving object is recoverable safely and easily;

collecting information for landing from a plurality of nearby moving objects;

updating the map based on the collected information for landing from the plurality of nearby moving objects; and

controlling an action of the moving object based on the action instruction and the updated map.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the action-allowable information includes at least one of peripheral environment information, information regarding a state of the moving object which is a control target, battery information, or geographic information.

14. The method according to claim 13 , 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.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the action-allowable information 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 moving object.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the action-allowable information includes an action-allowable time, and

the method further comprising, in a case in which the action-allowable time is less than a specific threshold, controlling the moving object to move to a power supply station.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the action instruction is based on a mapping table in which a combination of a condition and the action in a case in which the condition is satisfied is defined; and

the condition is related to the action-allowable information.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the mapping table is set in advance by one of the base station or a network.

19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the action defined in the mapping table includes an action in a maintaining mode and an action in a landing mode.

20. The method according to claim 19 , 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.

21. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the action includes generating or selecting of a landing pattern in which damage received or damage caused is minimized.

22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the action further includes an action to announce a warning by one of a warning lamp or a warning sound.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-216051 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16337233
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