US 12,244,394 B2
Information processing device, program, information processing system, and information processing method
Naoki Maekawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SoftBank Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SoftBank Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/642,728.
Application 18/642,728 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/044230, filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202040 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0275468 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18504 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing device comprising:
a situation-related information reception unit that receives situation-related information related to a sky situation above a ground area for which a flight vehicle that functions as a stratosphere platform provides wireless communication service to a user terminal in a wireless communication area formed by the flight vehicle by using an SL (Service Link) antenna to radiate an SL beam, the situation-related information including flight path information that indicates a flight path on which an airplane flies in the sky above the ground area; and
a deployment determination unit that determines deployment of a mobile object to an area, among the ground area, in which a sky situation meets a predetermined situation condition, based on the flight path information included in the situation-related information, in order to establish a feeder link between a gateway mounted on the mobile object and the flight vehicle,
wherein the situation condition is that the flight path is not included between the gateway and the flight vehicle when the mobile object is deployed;
wherein the situation-related information reception unit receives the situation-related information further including weather-related information related to weather in the sky above the ground area;
wherein the deployment determination unit determines deployment of the mobile object to an area, among an area that meets the situation condition, in which the weather in the sky meets a predetermined weather condition, based on the weather-related information; and
wherein the deployment determination unit determines deployment of the mobile object to the area based on an estimation result obtained by estimating, from a captured image of the ground area captured by an image capturing device mounted on the flight vehicle, the weather in the sky above the ground area by using an estimation model.