US 11,720,105 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle and method for operating same, and automated guided vehicle for controlling movement of unmanned aerial vehicle
Junho Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sunggu Kwon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jihoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kyungshik Roh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Minsu Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 16/760,168
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/015977
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/124894, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0174122 (KR), filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0257295 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0202 (2013.01) [B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a wireless communication circuit;
at least one sensor;
a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit and the at least one sensor; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to:
receive a first moving command transmitted from an automated guided vehicle, when the automated guided vehicle on which the unmanned aerial vehicle is placed is moved to a designated position, wherein the first moving command include a take-off command and a command for moving to a first target area;
in response to the first moving command, take off from the automated guided vehicle and move to the first target area;
obtain position-unrelated sensing information via the at least one sensor, while moving according to the first moving command; and
transmit the position-unrelated sensing information to the automated guided vehicle, such that the automated guided vehicle determines a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle using the position-unrelated sensing information, and
receive, from the automated guided vehicle, a second moving command for moving to a second target area, when it is determined by the automated guided vehicle that the unmanned aerial vehicle is positioned to the first target area.