IP Library Patent Application 18696510
Patent Application
App. No. 18/696,510

AIR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AIR VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, AIR VEHICLE, AIR VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND AIR VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM

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18/696,510
Abstract

There are provided a distance acquisition unit ( 115 ) that detects a separation distance between a flight vehicle (V 1 ) and a platform ( 51 ), a remaining amount acquisition unit ( 113 ) that acquires a remaining amount of a drive battery ( 16 ), a radio field intensity acquisition unit ( 114 ) that acquires a radio field intensity of a reception signal received by a communication unit ( 12 ), and a return control unit ( 112 ) that performs control to cause the flight vehicle (V 1 ) to return to the platform ( 51 ) in at least one of a case where the remaining amount of the drive battery ( 16 ) falls below a lower limit remaining amount determined by the separation distance or a case where the radio field intensity falls below a lower limit intensity.

Claims (26)

1 . (canceled)

2 . A flight vehicle control device for controlling a flight vehicle that flies above a water surface, the flight vehicle control device comprising:

a distance acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a separation distance between a return position where the flight vehicle returns and a current position of the flight vehicle,

a remaining amount acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a remaining amount of a drive battery of the flight vehicle,

a radio field intensity acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a radio field intensity of a reception signal received by the flight vehicle control device, and

a return control unit, including one or more processors, configured to cause the flight vehicle to return to the return position in at least one of a case where the remaining amount of the drive battery falls below a lower limit remaining amount determined by the separation distance or a case where the radio field intensity falls below a lower limit intensity.

3 . The flight vehicle control device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a proximity sensor configured to detect that the flight vehicle approaches or comes into contact with an obstacle, wherein

the return control unit is configured to cause the flight vehicle to return to the return position when the flight vehicle approaches or comes into contact with the obstacle.

4 . The flight vehicle control device according to claim 2 , further comprising;

an auxiliary drive unit, including one or more processors, configured to cause the flight vehicle to be self-propelled above the water surface;

an auxiliary battery configured to supply power to the auxiliary drive unit; and

a self-propelling control unit, including one or more processors, configured to control the auxiliary drive unit, wherein

the self-propelling control unit is configured to cause the flight vehicle to return to the return position when the flight vehicle lands on the water surface.

5 . A remote control device for remotely controlling a flight vehicle that flies above a water surface, the remote control device comprising:

a distance acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a separation distance between a return position where the flight vehicle returns and a current position of the flight vehicle,

a remaining amount acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a remaining amount of a drive battery of the flight vehicle,

a radio field intensity acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a radio field intensity of a reception signal received by the flight vehicle control device, and

a return control unit, including one or more processors, configured to cause the flight vehicle to return to the return position in at least one of a case where the remaining amount of the drive battery falls below a lower limit remaining amount determined by the separation distance or a case where the radio field intensity falls below a lower limit intensity.

6 . A flight vehicle having:

a mirror surface member arranged on at least a part of a surface, the mirror surface member including

a mirror surface,

an optical filter that transmits a specific wavelength of light reflected by the mirror surface, and

a polarizing plate that polarizes light transmitted through the optical filter.

7 . (canceled)

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a flight vehicle control program causing a computer to function as the flight vehicle control device according to claim 2 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072460/0605 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073460/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: ITAMI, GO; KURA, TSUNEKO; MATSUBARA, HIROSHI; KATO, JUN
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067059/0974 →