UAV delivery and UAV operation system
The present disclosure relates to a UAV delivery and operation station that includes: a drone control device; a station providing a drone standby and landing place; and a drone operated in accordance with instructions from the drone control device, wherein the drone control device includes: a flight route storage storing designated flight routes (GPS information) stored in advance for delivery destinations, respectively; and a first transceiver transmitting the designated flight routes (GPS information) to the drone using LTE or RF.
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery and operation system comprising:
a drone control device;
a station; and
a drone operated in accordance with instructions from the drone control device,
wherein the drone control device includes:
a flight route storage storing designated flight routes containing Global Positioning System (GPS) information stored for delivery destinations; and
a first transceiver transmitting the designated flight routes containing GPS information to the drone using longer term evolution or 4G communications (LTE) or radio frequency (RF).
2. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 1 , wherein the drone control device is a kiosk having a touch screen, and includes:
a control unit connected with the flight route storage, the touch screen, and the first transceiver; and
a second transceiver communicating with the station.
3. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 2 , wherein the touch screen of the kiosk includes:
a start button positioned in a start image;
a destination selection button positioned in a main image to send the drone to a destination; and
a flight button positioned in a start drone image to fly the drone.
4. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 3 , wherein when a change to a drone destination is required in the start drone image, different destination can be selected in a destination image by clicking a back button.
5. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 2 , wherein the station includes:
a third transceiver communicating with the second transceiver using a wireless communication;
a human sensor configured to sense human around the station; and
a charging manager configured to manage a charging state of the drone, and
when a flight start instruction is transmitted from the kiosk and then a human sensing signal is generated from the human sensor, the third transceiver transmits a takeoff delay signal in response to the human sensing signal to the control unit of the kiosk.
6. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 2 , wherein the charging manager of the station maintains the charging state of the drone at percentages of at least 50 to 80%,
the charging manager of the station supplies power to a charging terminal of the drone through a power supplier having a magnet connection portion, and
when a flight start instruction is given from the kiosk or the drone takes off, the magnet connection portion is automatically disconnected.
7. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 6 , wherein the drone stands by at the station in a ready-to-fly state in which power is maintained,
when the charging state of the drone is less than 50% after a flight start instruction is given from the kiosk, the third transceiver transmits a charging state shortage alarm warning to the control unit of the kiosk, and
the drone is an emergency article delivery drone that delivers emergency articles such as an automated external defibrillator (AED), an emergency rescue articles, and medicine, or is a delivery drone for munitions that delivers articles including military emergency articles for a war.
8. The UAV delivery and operation system of claim 2 , wherein the kiosk further includes a flight route relay image,
the drone transmits location information of a flight route in real time to the control unit of the kiosk through the first transceiver before landing at the station after starting to fly, and
the control unit of the kiosk shows in real time the location and the charging state of the drone through the flight route relay image.