US 12,094,350 B2
Control device, unmanned aerial vehicle, and method
Kazuya Nishimura, Anjo (JP); Shin Sakurada, Toyota (JP); and Soutaro Kaneko, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,365.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-069882 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0335838 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/006 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01N 33/0001 (2013.01); G01N 33/0027 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device comprising a control unit configured to control an unmanned aerial vehicle that collects a collection object, wherein
the control unit is configured to:
acquire information that indicates an odor intensity of the collection object to be collected, and
determine a flight route of the unmanned aerial vehicle after the unmanned aerial vehicle picks up the collection object located at a collection point, based on the information that indicates the odor intensity of the collection object,
the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to collect the collection object from the collection point that is present along an outer wall of a building, and
the control unit is configured to determine the flight route to be provided along the outer wall of the building.