IP Library Patent Application 17760968
Patent Application
App. No. 17/760,968

Unmanned Flying Object Control Assistance System, and Unmanned Flying Object Control Assistance Method

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17/760,968
Abstract

In order to cause a drone to fly in a stable manner, the present invention is characterized by having: a simulation device that executes, on each of a plurality of pieces of virtual wind condition data, a simulation of an air flow at a location where the drone will fly, outputs a simulation result that is the result of the simulation, and performs a flow field feature amount analysis on the simulation result, thereby calculating a flow field feature amount, and stores the flow field feature amount in an analysis result DB in association with the virtual wind condition data; and a wind condition estimating device that, on the basis of measured wind condition data, acquires a simulation result of the virtual wind condition data corresponding to the measured wind condition data and outputs the acquired simulation result to a drone control device.

Claims (18)

1 . An unmanned flying object control assistance system comprising:

a simulation processing section that, for each piece of a plurality of pieces of virtual wind condition information, executes a simulation of a flow of air of a geographical point where an unmanned flying object flies, and outputs a simulation result which is a result of the simulation;

a simulation result acquiring section that, on a basis of measured wind condition information which is information about a measured wind condition, acquires the simulation result of the virtual wind condition information corresponding to the measured wind condition information; and

an output section that outputs the acquired simulation result.

2 . The unmanned flying object control assistance system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a feature calculating section that calculates a flow field feature of the simulation result from the simulation result; and

a simulation result reconstructing section that reconstructs the simulation result on a basis of the flow field feature, wherein

the simulation result acquiring section acquires the flow field feature corresponding to the measured wind condition information, and

the simulation result reconstructing section reconstructs the simulation result on a basis of the acquired flow field feature.

3 . The unmanned flying object control assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein

the simulation processing section

generates the virtual wind condition information on a basis of past weather information, and terrain profile information of a target area of the simulation; and

outputs, in association with each other, the virtual wind condition information, a weather condition according to the past weather information, and the simulation result, and

the simulation result acquiring section acquires the simulation result of the virtual wind condition information corresponding to the measured wind condition information on a basis of a weather condition according to weather forecast information, and the measured wind condition information.

4 . An unmanned flying object control assistance method comprising execution of:

a simulation step of, for each piece of a plurality of pieces of virtual wind condition information, executing a simulation of a flow of air of a geographical point where an unmanned flying object flies, and outputting a simulation result which is a result of the simulation;

a simulation result acquisition step of, on a basis of measured wind condition information which is information about a measured wind condition, acquiring the simulation result of the virtual wind condition information corresponding to the measured wind condition information; and

an output step of outputting the acquired simulation result.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: OPTRICITY CORPORATION; MHS EQUIPMENT, LLC; MATERIAL HANDLINGS SYSTEMS, INC.; MHS CONVEYOR CORP.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 060075/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: NAKAMURA, MASAMICHI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059332/0630 →