US 12,405,607 B2
System and method of controlling drone based on pressure
Hung-Ju Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Dai-Yun Tsai, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by Hung-Ju Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Dai-Yun Tsai, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,364.
Claims priority of application No. 111139954 (TW), filed on Oct. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134370 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0231355 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 1/224 (2024.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/223 (2024.01); G05D 1/224 (2024.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of controlling a drone based on pressure, comprising:
a transceiver, communicatively connected to the drone;
a storage medium, storing a machine learning model;
a platform body, comprising a bearing surface;
a pressure sensor, installed under the bearing surface; and
a processor, coupled to the storage medium, the transceiver, and the pressure sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a pressure distribution map via the pressure sensor;
obtain a centroid on the bearing surface by inputting the pressure distribution map into the machine learning model;
calculate a vector from a reference centroid to the centroid on the bearing surface; control a flight of the drone according to the vector;
calculate an area difference between a reference pressure distribution map and the pressure distribution map based on changes in contact area on the bearing surface between the reference pressure distribution map and the pressure distribution map; and
control the drone to move vertically according to the area difference.