US 11,993,385 B2
Method of controlling drone with airbag and drone with airbag
Hidetaka Goto, Fukui (JP)
Assigned to MATSUYA R&D CO., LTD., Ono (JP)
Appl. No. 16/960,055
Filed by MATSUYA R&D., LTD., Ono (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/041846
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/142470, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-008349 (JP), filed on Jan. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0053691 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 25/00 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 2201/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a drone with an airbag in which the drone is provided with the airbag for absorbing a shock when the drone crashes or collides with an object, the method comprising the steps of:
making the airbag be inflated by supplying a gas to the airbag prior to the drone taking off the ground;
making the airbag in a deflated state by discharging the gas in the airbag after the drone reaches the predetermined attitude;
making the airbag be inflated by supplying the gas to the airbag in the deflated state prior to the drone landing on the ground; and
making the airbag be instantaneously inflated by supplying the gas to the airbag in the deflated state when a danger of the drone being crashed is generated during the flight of the drone.