US 12,079,012 B2
Drone system, drone, steering device, drone system control method, and drone system control program
Chihiro Wake, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroshi Yanagishita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NILEWORKS INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 15/734,245
Filed by NILEWORKS INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/021967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/235418, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-106891 (JP), filed on Jun. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0216085 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/106 (2019.05) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G05D 1/1062 (2019.05); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0065 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drone system comprising a remote controller and a drone, being connected to each other through a network and cooperating to operate;
wherein the drone comprising:
a processor, which when executing at least one program, configures the processor to:
receive a flight start command from a user;
determine whether a configuration of the drone itself is operating within a normal range; and
determining whether an external environment of the drone is suitable for a flight of the drone,
wherein the drone system has a plurality of states different from each other including at least a takeoff diagnosis state, and the drone system satisfies a condition determined for each state to transition to another state corresponding the condition,
wherein in the takeoff diagnosis state, the processor is configured to:
determine the configuration of the drone itself; and
determine the external environment; and
cause the drone to takeoff after transitioning to the takeoff diagnosis state upon receiving the flight start command,
wherein the drone system further comprising an emergency remote controller transmitting an emergency stop command to the drone, and the drone system confirms a power capacity of the emergency remote controller in the takeoff diagnosis state and notifies when the power capacity of the emergency remote controller is less than or equal to a predetermined value.