US 11,869,367 B2
Device and method for controlling flight of unmanned aerial vehicle
Hyun Soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,578.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0164972 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172627 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/003 (2013.01) [G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive departure point information and destination information of a vehicle; and
a controller configured to:
generate a flight route corresponding to a travel route from a departure point to a destination of the vehicle based on at least one of a sensing range of a sensor mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight available distance based on a fuel amount, and a communication available distance of a communication device mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle;
operate the unmanned aerial vehicle to follow the generated flight route;
detect a center point on a straight line connecting the departure point and the destination with each other;
detect a first point on the travel route located farthest from the center point; and
detect a sensing region having a straight line connecting the center point and the first point with each other as a radius.