Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned moving vehicle piloting method and unmanned moving vehicle watching device
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Application No.: US15567576Application Date: 2016-11-02
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Publication No.: US10308348B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Kazuo Ichihara
- Applicant: PRODRONE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: PRODRONE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PRODRONE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-219028 20151109
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/082525 WO 20161102
- International Announcement: WO2017/082128 WO 20170518
- Main IPC: B64C13/20
- IPC: B64C13/20 ; B64C27/06 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D47/08 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/10 ; G01C15/00

Abstract:
An unmanned moving vehicle piloting method and an unmanned moving vehicle watching device enabling it to pilot an unmanned moving vehicle, while keeping in visual contact with the vehicle from the vicinity of the vehicle from a third person viewpoint. In the vicinity of an unmanned moving vehicle, a watching aircraft is positioned, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle and includes a single or a plurality of rotors and image capturing means capable of capturing an image of surroundings of the watching aircraft and is able to stand still at one point in the air and piloting the unmanned moving vehicle, while viewing a third person viewpoint image captured by the watching aircraft. Moreover, the watching aircraft includes accompanying flight means for causing the watching aircraft to fly automatically, following movement of an unmanned moving vehicle. This enables the manipulator to concentrate solely on piloting the unmanned moving vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180086433A1 UNMANNED MOVING VEHICLE PILOTING METHOD AND UNMANNED MOVING VEHICLE WATCHING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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