IP Library Patent Application 18701729
Patent Application
App. No. 18/701,729

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, FLOATING BODY, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM

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App. No.
18/701,729
Abstract

A power feeding system 1 includes a floating body 11 having power and a control function and an unmanned aerial vehicle 21 that observes environmental information using the floating body 11 as a base, in which the floating body 11 includes a power feeding device 12 that moves in a space below a top surface of the floating body 11 with reference to one of a plurality of planes arranged in a lattice shape on the floating body 11, roughly specifies a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 in two dimensions based on a reflectance of an emitted radio wave, estimates and calculates a power feeding position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 based on a reflectance of an output light beam reflected on a reflector attached to a back surface corresponding to a power receiving position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 21, and feeds the unmanned aerial vehicle 21 with power at the power feeding position.

Claims (24)

1 . A power feeding system comprising:

a floating body having power and a control function; and

an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to observe environmental information using the floating body as a base, wherein

the floating body includes

a power feeding device configured to move in a space below a top surface of the floating body with reference to one of a plurality of planes arranged in a lattice shape on the floating body, roughly specify a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in two dimensions based on a reflectance of an emitted radio wave, estimate and calculate a power feeding position of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on a reflectance of an output light beam reflected on a reflector attached to a back surface corresponding to a power receiving position of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and feed the unmanned aerial vehicle with power at the power feeding position.

2 . The power feeding system according to claim 1 , wherein

the floating body further includes

a frame with a sheet in which a pair of frames appears from the plane and bonds to each other by a force of an electromagnet, and are separated from each other due to release of the force of the electromagnet.

3 . The power feeding system according to claim 1 , wherein

the power feeding device includes

a resonator configured to act as a resonator on a power receiving side in a pseudo manner on a circuit mechanism at the time of power feeding to the unmanned aerial vehicle in the power feeding system of a magnetic field resonance system between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the floating body.

4 . The power feeding system according to claim 1 , wherein

the floating body includes:

an air conditioner having a surface structure that allows movement in a space below the top surface of the floating body with reference to one plane and allows a residual substance flowing down from an intake of the power feeding device to flow into a center of a surface, a drying function that enables moisture contained in the residual substance to be dried through a ventilation port of the power feeding device, and a removal function that enables the moisture-dried residual substance to be removed by air blowing or suction through the ventilation port of the power feeding device.

5 . A floating body functioning as a base of an unmanned aerial vehicle

configured to observe environmental information, the floating body comprising:

a power feeding device configured to move in a space below a top surface of the floating body with reference to one of a plurality of planes arranged in a lattice shape on the floating body, roughly specify a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in two dimensions based on a reflectance of an emitted radio wave, estimate and calculate a power feeding position of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on a reflectance of an output light beam reflected on a reflector attached to a back surface corresponding to a power receiving position of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and feed the unmanned aerial vehicle with power at the power feeding position.

6 . An estimation method for estimating a power feeding position,

wherein

in a floating body functioning as a base of an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to observe environmental information, the estimation method enables

a power feeding device configured to move in a space below a top surface of the floating body with reference to one of a plurality of planes arranged in a lattice shape on the floating body and feed the unmanned aerial vehicle with power to perform:

roughly specifying a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in two dimensions based on a reflectance of an emitted radio wave, and

estimating and calculating a power feeding position of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on a reflectance of an output light beam reflected on a reflector attached to a back surface corresponding to a power receiving position of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

7 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions for executing the estimation method according to claim 6 .

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 Oct 25, 2024
From: ITAMI, GO; KURA, TSUNEKO; MATSUBARA, HIROSHI; KATO, JUN
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069027/0345 →