Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present disclosure is an unmanned aerial vehicle that can fly in midair and includes a propulsion unit configured to generate a propulsion force for fly in midair, a laser light source configured to illuminate laser light, an imaging unit configured to generate a captured image by capturing vertically below the unmanned aerial vehicle during flight in midair, and a controller configured to control an operation of the propulsion unit. The controller analyzes a captured image, extracts a light spot formed by laser light, measures a positional relationship with another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the extracted light spot, and executes a collision avoidance operation with respect to another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the measured positional relationship.
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle that is configured to fly in midair, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a propulsion unit configured to generate a propulsion force for fly in midair;
a laser light source configured to illuminate laser light;
an imaging unit configured to generate a captured image by capturing vertically below the unmanned aerial vehicle during flight in midair; and
a controller configured to control an operation of the propulsion unit,
wherein the controller analyzes the captured image, extracts a light spot formed by the laser light, measures a positional relationship with another unmanned aerial vehicle based on the light spot, and executes a collision avoidance operation with respect to the other unmanned aerial vehicle based on the positional relationship.
2. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller transmits identification information for identifying the unmanned aerial vehicle by using the laser light.
3. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines a light spot in a center of the captured image to be a light spot formed by laser light from the unmanned aerial vehicle and determines another light spot to be a light spot formed by laser light from another unmanned aerial vehicle.
4. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the controller executes the collision avoidance operation when the other light spot has entered a predetermined range centered on the light spot formed by the laser light from the unmanned aerial vehicle.