US 12,330,800 B2
Manned/unmanned aerial vehicle having device for emergency control through power regulation
Weon Kook Kim, Andong-si (KR); Jin Kyo Shin, Yongin-si (KR); Kwang Rae Kim, Seoul (KR); Young Ju Jeong, Seoul (KR); and Gang Hyeon Lee, Gunpo-si (KR)
Assigned to FORDRONE CO., LTD., Naju-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/912,849
Filed by FORDRONE CO., LTD., Naju-si (KR); Weon Kook Kim, Andong-si (KR); Jin Kyo Shin, Yongin-si (KR); and Kwang Rae Kim, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/012563
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/187698, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0032352 (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147915 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 31/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC B64D 31/00 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); B64D 2045/0065 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerial vehicle including an emergency control device through power regulation, the aerial vehicle comprising:
a power unit configured to supply power for the aerial vehicle;
a flight control device configured to receive a wireless control signal from control terminal, and control a movement of the aerial vehicle based on the received control signal; and
a power regulation device arranged between the power unit and the flight control device and configured to allow a limitless operation power supply from the power unit to the flight control device in a normal state and cut off the operation power supply from the power unit to the flight control device when an emergency control signal is received from an external emergency control authority owner terminal having a predetermined authority,
wherein the power regulation device comprises:
a communication unit configured to receive the emergency control signal from the emergency control authority owner terminal having the predetermined authority through certain radio waves;
a verification unit configured to verify whether the received emergency control signal is given from the emergency control authority owner terminal having the predetermined authority; and
a power regulation unit configured to cut off the power supplied from the power unit to the flight control device by activating a power regulation function of the power regulation device, only when the emergency control signal is verified to be given from the external emergency control authority owner terminal having the predetermined authority,
wherein the emergency control signal is received in an encrypted state,
wherein the verification unit of the power regulation device is configured to store a predetermined key value, decode the emergency control signal received in the encrypted state, check whether the decoded emergency control signal includes the stored predetermined key value, and verify the received emergency control signal to be given from the emergency control authority owner terminal having the predetermined authority when the decoded emergency control signal includes the stored predetermined key value, and
wherein the emergency control signal is received from the emergency control authority owner terminal continuously monitoring a flight state of the aerial vehicle and detecting occurrence of abnormality of the aerial vehicle.