US 11,780,578 B2
Control channel allocation method, take-off method and remote control method for flight apparatus
Anzhai Peng, Hangzhou (CN); Yong Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Shaohua Chen, Hangzhou (CN); and Yang Gao, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to CAINIAO SMART LOGISTICS HOLDING LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by CAINIAO SMART LOGISTICS HOLDING LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/788,075.
Application 16/788,075 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/098972, filed on Aug. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710702657.6 (CN), filed on Aug. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0172242 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0653 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control channel allocation method for a flying device, the method comprising:
allocating a task to a flying device, wherein the task comprises flight information for the flying device;
determining a flight time of the flying device flying from a departure station to an arrival station according to the flight information;
searching for one or more control channels at the departure station and the arrival station that are idle during the flight time based on one or more control channel occupation tables as one or more target control channels, wherein the one or more control channel occupation tables store idle states of a plurality of control channels at the departure station and the arrival station during a plurality of periods of time, wherein the searching comprises:
determining whether the one or more control channels at the departure station and the arrival station that are idle during the flight time are present;
in response to determining that the one or more control channels at the departure station and the arrival station that are idle during the flight are present, selecting, from the one or more control channels, a channel having the longest distance from a channel in use as a target channel for controlling the flying device at the departure station and the arrival station; and
in response to determining that no control channel that is idle at the departure station and the arrival station during the flight time is present, querying an idle control channel in a control channel occupation table corresponding to the departure station as a departure station channel for controlling the flying device at the departure station, and querying an idle control channel in a control channel occupation table corresponding to the arrival station as an arrival station channel for controlling the flying device at the arrival station; and
allocating the one or more target control channels for controlling the flying device to fly from the departure station to the arrival station.