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US 12,504,753 · App. 18/663,285 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Circuit, base station, method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yifu Tang (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,504,753
App. No.
18/663,285
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a circuit including a report unit that reports action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to a base station, and an action control unit that controls an action of a moving object on the basis of an action instruction. The action instruction is decided on the basis of the reported action-allowable time information and notified of by the base station. The action control unit further controls the action with reference to a map in which a danger level for each place is defined in an emergency situation.

Claims (79)

1 . A circuit, comprising:

circuitry in a base station, the circuitry configured to:

receive action-allowable information from a moving object, wherein

the action-allowable information includes residual battery information associated with the moving object, and

the residual battery information indicates a residual battery amount;

determine one of a continuous flight mode or an emergency landing mode based on the residual battery amount, wherein

the determination of the continuous flight mode is based on the residual battery amount that is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and

the determination of the emergency landing mode is based on the residual battery amount that is less than the first threshold;

transmit an action instruction to the moving object based on the received action-allowable information, wherein the transmitted action instruction is associated with the one of the determined continuous flight mode or the determined emergency landing mode;

generate a map based on the determined emergency landing mode;

determine a danger level for a first area in the generated map;

determine a danger level for a second area in the generated map, wherein

the danger level of the first area is lower than the danger level of the second area, and

the first area indicates a landing place at which the moving object is recoverable;

notify the generated map to the moving object;

collect first information from a plurality of nearby moving objects, wherein the moving object lands based on the collected first information;

update the map based on the collected first information to land the moving object, wherein the first area is updated in the updated map; and

transmit the updated map to the moving object.

2 . The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the action-allowable information further includes peripheral environment information, second information associated with a state of the moving object which is a control target, battery information, and geographic information, and

the battery information includes the residual battery information.

3 . The circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the battery information further includes third information indicating a maximum battery capacity and fourth information indicating power consumption.

4 . The circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the action-allowable information further includes at least one of a size of the moving object, a weight of the moving object, a material of the moving object, a shape of the moving object, a flight altitude of the moving object, a flight speed of the moving object, a flight acceleration of the moving object, a flight direction of the moving object, or a current action of the moving object.

5 . The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the action-allowable information further includes an action-allowable time, and

the circuitry is further configured to control, based on the action-allowable time that is less than a second threshold, the moving object to move to a power supply station.

6 . The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the action instruction is based on a mapping table,

the mapping table includes a combination of a condition and a first action; and

the condition is associated with the action-allowable information.

7 . The circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the mapping table is set by one of the base station or a network prior to the determination of the one of the continuous flight mode or the emergency landing mode.

8 . The circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the first action includes a second action in a maintaining mode and a third action in a landing mode.

9 . The circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the landing mode includes:

a preparative landing mode including a specific landing preparation, and

the emergency landing mode different from the preparative landing mode.

10 . The circuit according to claim 6 , wherein

the first action includes one of generation of a landing pattern or selection of the landing pattern, and

the landing pattern is associated with minimization of at least one of damage received or damage caused.

11 . The circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the first action further includes a second action to announce a warning by one of a warning lamp or a warning sound.

12 . A method, comprising:

receiving action-allowable information from a moving object, wherein

the action-allowable information includes residual battery information associated with the moving object, and

the residual battery information indicates a residual battery amount;

determining one of a continuous flight mode or an emergency landing mode based on the residual battery amount, wherein

the determination of the continuous flight mode is based on the residual battery amount that is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and

the determination of the emergency landing mode is based on the residual battery amount that is less than the first threshold;

transmitting an action instruction to the moving object based on the received action-allowable information, wherein the transmitted action instruction is associated with the one of the determined continuous flight mode or the determined emergency landing mode;

generating a map based on the determined emergency landing mode;

determining a danger level for a first area in the generated map;

determining a danger level for a second area in the generated map, wherein

the danger level of the first area is lower than the danger level of the second area, and

the first area indicates a landing place at which the moving object is recoverable;

notifying the generated map to the moving object;

collecting first information from a plurality of nearby moving objects, wherein the moving object lands based on the collected first information;

updating the map based on the collected first information for landing the moving object, wherein the first area is updated in the updated map; and

transmitting the updated map to the moving object.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the action-allowable information further includes peripheral environment information, second information associated with a state of the moving object which is a control target, battery information, and geographic information, and

the battery information includes the residual battery information.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the battery information further includes third information indicating a maximum battery capacity and fourth information indicating power consumption.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the action-allowable information further includes at least one of a size of the moving object, a weight of the moving object, a material of the moving object, a shape of the moving object, a flight altitude of the moving object, a flight speed of the moving object, a flight acceleration of the moving object, a flight direction of the moving object, or a current action of the moving object.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the action-allowable information further includes an action-allowable time, and

the method further comprising controlling, based on the action-allowable time that is less than a second threshold, the moving object to move to a power supply station.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the action instruction is based on a mapping table,

the mapping table includes a combination of a condition and a first action; and

the condition is associated with the action-allowable information.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein

the mapping table is set by one of a base station or a network, and

the mapping table is set prior to the determination of the one of the continuous flight mode or the emergency landing mode.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first action includes a second action in a maintaining mode and a third action in a landing mode.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , wherein the landing mode includes:

a preparative landing mode including a specific landing preparation, and

the emergency landing mode different from the preparative landing mode.

21 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein

the first action includes one of generating of a landing pattern or selecting of the landing pattern, and

the landing pattern is associated with minimizing at least one of damage received or damage caused.

22 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein the first action further includes a second action to announce a warning by one of a warning lamp or a warning sound.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-216051 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
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