US 11,906,982 B2
System and method for drone docking
Herman Chunghwa Rao, Taipei (TW); Chen-Tsan Yu, Taipei (TW); Hua-Pei Chiang, Taipei (TW); Chien-Peng Ho, Taipei (TW); Chyi-Dar Jang, Taipei (TW); Sheng Yang, Taipei (TW); and Tsung-Jen Wang, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Taipei (TW)
Filed by Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/008,655.
Claims priority of application No. 109117285 (TW), filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0365047 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/06 (2006.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0684 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for drone docking, adaptable for a vehicle, wherein the system comprises:
a drone; and
a moving platform, disposed on the vehicle and in communication with the drone, wherein the moving platform is coupled to an output device in the vehicle, wherein
the moving platform obtains current environmental data and historical environmental data corresponding to the moving platform, wherein the current environmental data is associated with at least one of location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a communication status, a wind speed, time, and weather, and the historical environmental data is associated with a road condition,
the moving platform generates a recommended flight parameter based on the current environment data and the historical environment data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone,
the drone adjusts a flight parameter of the drone according to the recommended flight parameter, and docks on the moving platform according to the flight parameter, wherein the moving platform determines that the moving platform is about to pass through a curve based on the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the moving platform is about to pass through the curve, wherein the recommended flight parameter instructs the drone not to dock within a period of time,
the drone outputs a route to approach the drone through the output device in response to power of the drone being lower than a power threshold.
 
10. A method for drone docking, adaptable for a drone and a moving platform, wherein the method comprises:
disposing the moving platform on a vehicle, wherein the moving platform is coupled to an output device in the vehicle;
obtaining, by the moving platform, current environmental data and historical environmental data corresponding to the moving platform, wherein the current environmental data is associated with at least one of location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a communication status, a wind speed, time, and weather, and the historical environmental data is associated with a road condition;
generating, by the moving platform, a recommended flight parameter according to the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmitting the recommended flight parameter to the drone; adjusting, by the drone, a flight parameter of the drone according to the recommended flight parameter to dock on the moving platform, wherein the moving platform determines that the moving platform is about to pass through a curve based on the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the moving platform is about to pass through the curve, wherein the recommended flight parameter instructs the drone not to dock within a period of time;
and
outputting, by the drone, a route to approach the drone through the output device in response to power of the drone being lower than a power threshold.