US 11,919,640 B2
Unmanned aircraft
Stephen William John, Nara (JP); Kazunobu Konishi, Osaka (JP); Katsuhiko Asai, Nara (JP); and Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,285.
Application 17/546,285 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/022737, filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-126737 (JP), filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097850 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [G05D 1/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aircraft, comprising:
a microphone including a plurality of elements; and
a processor that processes signals output from target elements included in the plurality of elements,
wherein the processor:
performs a detection process of detecting a target sound signal of a target sound from the signals output from the target elements included in the plurality of elements; and
changes the target elements that output the signals to be processed by the processor to select at least one target element that outputs a signal to be processed by the processor from among the plurality of elements, in accordance with a result of the detection process.