Gas detection system

1. A gas detection system including:

small unmanned aerial vehicles including:

a transmitting aerial vehicle in which a light emitter is installed; and

a receiving aerial vehicle in which a light receiver is installed;

at least one processor configured to implement:

a gas computing and displaying unit which computes and controls display of gas information; and

a photographing-route computing unit which computes a photographing route of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein:

the receiving aerial vehicle receives light from the light emitter of the transmitting aerial vehicle using the light receiver, and transmits gas data photographed by receiving the light to the gas computing and displaying unit,

the gas computing and displaying unit computes the gas information from the gas data, and

the photographing-route computing unit computes the photographing route based on a position of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles and energy remaining amounts of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, so that each of the energy remaining amounts become equal to each other after an end of photography.

2. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the photographing-route computing unit computes the photographing route from a position where data in the gas computing and displaying unit is lacking the gas information, the position of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, and the energy remaining amount of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles.

3. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein two or more receiving aerial vehicles are installed with the light receiver, and

wherein the light receiver of each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles has a different detection wavelength.

4. The gas detection system according to claim 3 , wherein detection wavelengths used for detecting target gas are a plurality of n detection wavelengths,

wherein each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles detects n−1 detection wavelengths of the n detection wavelengths,

wherein the detection wavelengths undetected by each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles are different from each other, and

wherein the n detection wavelengths are extracted from data based on the detection wavelengths detected by each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles.

5. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein two or more transmitting aerial vehicles are installed with the light emitter, and

wherein the light emitter of each of the two or more transmitting aerial vehicles has a different light-emitting wavelength.

6. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein measurement data in a location in which target gas to be detected is estimated to be present is corrected using measurement data at a location in which the target gas to be detected is not estimated to be present.

7. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the photography is performed in such a way that a distance between the light emitter and the light receiver in a location in which target gas to be detected is estimated to be present is substantially equal to a distance between the light emitter and the light receiver in a location in which the target gas to be detected is not estimated to be present.

8. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein a wavelength band of the light emitter of the transmitting aerial vehicle is a band outside of an atmospheric window, and

wherein the wavelength band is one of 2.8 to 3.5 μm band, 5 to 8 μm band, or 9.8 to 10.5 μm band.

9. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein a wavelength band of the light receiver of the receiving aerial vehicle is a band outside of an atmospheric window, and

wherein the wavelength band is one of 2.8 to 3.5 μm band, 5 to 8 μm band, or 9.8 to 10.5 μm band.

10. The gas detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the light receiver of the receiving aerial vehicle includes a function of dispersing infrared light into a spectrum and receiving the dispersed spectrum, and

wherein the gas computing and displaying unit includes a function of processing the dispersed spectrum into an image.

11. A gas detection method for a gas detection system including:

small unmanned aerial vehicles including a transmitting aerial vehicle in which a light emitter is installed, and a receiving aerial vehicle in which a light receiver is installed; at least one processor configured to implement a gas computing and displaying unit which computes and controls display of gas information, and to implement a photographing-route computing unit which computes a photographing route of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, the gas detection method comprising:

receiving light from the light emitter of the transmitting aerial vehicle using the light receiver, and transmitting gas data photographed by receiving the light to the gas computing and displaying unit by the receiving aerial vehicle;

computing the gas information from the gas data by the gas computing and displaying unit; and

computing the photographing route based on a position of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles and energy remaining amounts of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, so that each of the energy remaining amounts become equal to each other after an end of photography by the photographing-route computing unit.

12. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein the photographing-route computing unit computes the photographing route from a position where data in the gas computing and displaying unit is lacking the gas information, the position of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles, and the energy remaining amount of each of the small unmanned aerial vehicles.

13. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein two or more receiving aerial vehicles are installed with the light receiver, and

wherein the light receiver of each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles has a different detection wavelength.

14. The gas detection method according to claim 13 , wherein detection wavelengths used for detecting target gas are a plurality of n detection wavelengths,

wherein each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles detects n−1 detection wavelengths of the n detection wavelengths,

wherein the detection wavelengths undetected by each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles are different from each other, and

wherein the n detection wavelengths are extracted from data based on the detection wavelengths detected by each of the two or more receiving aerial vehicles.

15. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein two or more transmitting aerial vehicles are installed with the light emitter, and

wherein the light emitter of each of the two or more transmitting aerial vehicles has a different light-emitting wavelength.

16. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein measurement data in a location in which target gas to be detected is estimated to be present is corrected using measurement data at a location in which the target gas to be detected is not estimated to be present.

17. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein the photography is performed in such a way that a distance between the light emitter and the light receiver in a location in which target gas to be detected is estimated to be present is substantially equal to a distance between the light emitter and the light receiver in a location in which the target gas to be detected is not estimated to be present.

18. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein a wavelength band of the light emitter of the transmitting aerial vehicle is a band outside of an atmospheric window, and

wherein the wavelength band is one of 2.8 to 3.5 μm band, 5 to 8 μm band, or 9.8 to 10.5 μm band.

19. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein a wavelength band of the light receiver of the receiving aerial vehicle is a band outside of an atmospheric window, and

wherein the wavelength band is one of 2.8 to 3.5 μm band, 5 to 8 μm band, or 9.8 to 10.5 μm band.

20. The gas detection method according to claim 11 , wherein the light receiver of the receiving aerial vehicle includes a function of dispersing infrared light into a spectrum and receiving the dispersed spectrum, and

wherein the gas computing and displaying unit includes a function of processing the dispersed spectrum into an image.