US 11,939,058 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Takumi Yamato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/270,945
Filed by Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/033175
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/038666, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332414 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); A01M 29/16 (2011.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); A01M 29/16 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a main body;
a support that extends from the main body to support a rotor;
a first electrical conductor which is supported by the support and to which a voltage is applied;
a second electrical conductor which is supported by the support and spaced apart from the first electrical conductor and to which a voltage lower than the voltage applied to the first electrical conductor is applied;
a detector; and
a controller comprising a memory including program instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause at least one of the at least one processor to:
control electrical supply to the first and second electrical conductors;
compare an image captured by the detector to information stored in the memory;
determine, based on the comparison, whether the image includes a target to be monitored; and
enter, based on the controller determining that the image includes the target to be monitored, the controller into a chase control mode.