US 12,282,339 B2
Processing system, unmanned aerial vehicle, and flight route designation method
Toshiaki Tazume, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/047,242
Filed by Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/039767
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/070274, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121187 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/23 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/106 (2019.05) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); G08G 5/0008 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/23 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing system including an unmanned aerial vehicle provided with: a dust-preventing function that prevents at least infiltration of dust into the control unit; and a sensor that is installed at least outside the control unit and detects dust; and a second aerial vehicle, the processing system comprising:
at least one memory configured to store program code; and at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:
acquisition code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire information indicating a first amount of dust detected by the sensor during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
designation code configured to cause the at least one processor to designate, on the basis of the first amount of dust, a flight route of the second aerial vehicle having a second amount of dust below a threshold value, wherein the second aerial vehicle is a different vehicle than the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
control code configured to cause the at least one processor to transmit, to the second aerial vehicle, a follow-up control command including an ID of the unmanned aerial vehicle,
wherein the second aerial vehicle captures, by a camera, an image of an identification mark attached to a surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle in response to receiving the follow-up control command, extracts an ID from the captured identification mark through image analysis, compares the extracted ID with the ID included in the follow-up control command, and based on the compared IDs being identical, flies along the flight route while following after the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the follow-up control command.