US 11,891,176 B2
Determination of position sending interval for flying vehicle dependent upon ground surface below vehicle
Naoki Kameyama, Tokyo (JP); Tomoe Ushiro, Tokyo (JP); Youhei Oono, Tokyo (JP); and Yuichiro Segawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/053,185
Filed by NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/018397
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/216340, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-090612 (JP), filed on May 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0129988 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0082 (2013.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sending apparatus comprising:
a positioning device that measures a position of a flying vehicle during flight; and
a processor configured to:
specify a feature of a region on a ground corresponding to the measured position;
determine a sending interval of position information indicating the position, according to the specified feature; and
send the position information at the determined sending interval during the flight.