US 11,755,036 B2
Information processing device for assisting a remote operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka (JP); Kazunobu Konishi, Osaka (JP); Stephen William John, Nara (JP); and Katsuhiko Asai, Nara (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,341.
Application 17/369,341 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/043949, filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-127150 (JP), filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333803 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0646 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0816 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An information processing device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores a program,
wherein, when the program is executed by the processor, the program causes the processor to execute:
obtaining a first horizontal distance and a first vertical distance which are respectively a component in a horizontal direction and a component in a vertical direction among distances from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a surface of a particular place where elevation gradually increases or decreases along a horizontal direction;
deciding, based on a ratio of the first horizontal distance to the first vertical distance, a movement amount by which the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be moved simultaneously in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction; and
moving the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the movement amount,
wherein, the program further causes the processor to execute acquiring a posture of the moving unmanned aerial vehicle,
wherein, the obtaining further obtains a second horizontal distance and a second vertical distance measured when the unmanned aerial vehicle is taking the posture, the second horizontal distance and the second vertical distance respectively being a component in a horizontal direction and a component in a vertical direction among distances from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the surface of the particular place, and
wherein, the obtaining obtains the first horizontal distance and the first vertical distance by calculating the first horizontal distance and the first vertical distance based on the posture of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the second horizontal distance, and the second vertical distance.