CN111376813A - Unmanned aerial vehicle system and application thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an unmanned vehicle system and application thereof, wherein the unmanned vehicle system comprises at least one unmanned vehicle, wherein the unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicle body and an unmanned vehicle-mounted platform, and the unmanned vehicle-mounted platform is arranged on the vehicle body and used for carrying an unmanned vehicle.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle system and application thereof.
Background
The unmanned aerial vehicle is an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by utilizing a radio remote control device and a self-contained program control device, and has a plurality of advantages, such as small volume, convenient use and the like, so that the application range is very wide.
Unmanned aerial vehicle can replace the people to accomplish a lot of work, can also carry out the work that the people can't accomplish. People need to work at high altitude with the help of other equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicle can break through high obstacle, flies everywhere, arrives the destination fast in order to carry out the task.
At present unmanned aerial vehicle not only uses in the military field, also has very extensive application in the civil field, for example the forest fire control carries out preliminary judgement to the intensity of a fire through unmanned aerial vehicle when the forest catches fire, say that the peasant household utilizes unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out plant protection operation etc. to crops.
Unmanned aerial vehicles are walking into our lives step by step, bringing more and more convenience to our lives. However, it is worth noting that, because the unmanned aerial vehicle as an aircraft needs a certain space range for its activities, it is difficult to provide enough space for the unmanned aerial vehicle to work in daily life, especially in cities, so that the application range of the unmanned aerial vehicle in daily life is still narrow, for example, the range of express delivery in remote areas is mainly solved by the unmanned aerial vehicle delivering express. In dense buildings, it may be difficult for a drone to find a place to take off or land. This limits the range of use of the drone.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein an unmanned vehicle can be mounted on an unmanned vehicle to form the unmanned vehicle system.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of being launched from the unmanned aerial vehicle.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of landing on the unmanned aerial vehicle.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an unmanned vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of supplementing energy from the unmanned aerial vehicle.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle can be controlled by the unmanned aerial vehicle.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system and applications thereof, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle can land on a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned vehicle system and its application, wherein the unmanned vehicle can land on one unmanned vehicle to supplement energy during operation.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an unmanned vehicle system comprising:
at least one unmanned vehicle, wherein the unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicle body and an unmanned platform, wherein the unmanned platform is disposed on the vehicle body.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the drone vehicle system further comprises at least one drone, wherein the drone is carried on the drone carrier.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle further comprises a sunroof and a sunroof controller, wherein the sunroof is located on a top of the vehicle body, the sunroof is controllably connected to the sunroof controller, and the unmanned aerial vehicle stage is controllably connected to the sunroof controller.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle carrier is located on the top of the vehicle body.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned management method, comprising the steps of:
acquiring a landing signal about a person;
identifying an unmanned vehicle available for the unmanned aerial vehicle to park;
generating a landing strategy according to a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to stop at an unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the landing strategy.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned management method, comprising the steps of:
receiving a complementary energy signal about a nobody;
identifying a target vehicle based on identity information of the drone;
generating a complementary energy strategy based on a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a state of the target vehicle; and
instructing the drone to execute the energy replenishment strategy to replenish the target vehicle with energy.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the management method further includes the steps of:
acquiring the identity information of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
judging whether at least one unmanned vehicle capable of supplying power exists in a preset range away from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
if so, confirming one of the unmanned aerial vehicle vehicles as the target vehicle based on a preset rule.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for unmanned aerial vehicle management, comprising the steps of:
receiving a demand instruction about a nobody;
acquiring a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and opening a corresponding unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform; and
providing service for the unmanned aerial vehicle falling into the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the demand instruction of the drone is an energy supply instruction.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the demand instruction of the unmanned aerial vehicle is a stop instruction
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an application of an AMHS according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6C is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an unmanned vehicle system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or components must be in a particular orientation, constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus the above terms are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.
Referring to FIG. 1, an unmanned vehicle system 1000 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. Unmanned aerial vehicle system 1000 includes at least unmanned aerial vehicle 1 and at least unmanned aerial vehicle 2, wherein unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is born in unmanned aerial vehicle 1, unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can supply 2 take-off of unmanned aerial vehicle or land.
It is worth noting that unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can be formed by the transformation of existing vehicles, and the number of all people holding domestic vehicles is 0.15. In cities, vehicles are everywhere visible.
Unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can be for unmanned aerial vehicle 2 provides the space of taking off or descending, on the one hand unmanned aerial vehicle 2 passes through unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can obtain the region of descending at any time in the city, on the other hand unmanned aerial vehicle 1 also can play the effect of transfer station, does unmanned aerial vehicle 2 provides the energy.
Specifically, the unmanned vehicle 1 comprises a vehicle body 10 and at least one unmanned vehicle platform 20, wherein the unmanned vehicle platform 20 is disposed on the vehicle body 10. The unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is used for bearing the unmanned aerial vehicle 2.
The drone platform 20 has an open state and a closed state. In the open state, the drone 2 is freely accessible to the drone onboard platform 20, the drone onboard platform 20 being open to the drone 2. Closed state, unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 is sealed, unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can't freely come in and go out unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 is located unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can't leave unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20, want to descend in unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can't descend in unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20.
The drone platform 20 is switchably switchable between the open state and the closed state.
More specifically, the vehicle body 10 forms a storage chamber 100, and the storage chamber 100 is used for accommodating the drone 2. The vehicle body 10 has a housing chamber opening 101, wherein the housing chamber opening 101 communicates the housing chamber 100 with the outside.
It is understood that the drone 2 has a stowed state in which the wings or the fuselage of the drone 2 can be stowed so that the drone 2 can be housed in the stowage compartment 100, and a deployed state in which the wings or the fuselage of the drone 2 can be deployed so that the drone 2 takes off or flies in the air.
The drone vehicle 11 further includes a control door 30, the control door 30 being disposed on the vehicle body 10, the drone platform 20 being in the closed state when the control door 30 covers at least a portion of the stowage compartment opening 101, the drone platform 20 being in the open state when the control door 30 leaves the stowage compartment opening 101 to expose the stowage compartment 100.
The drone platform 20 may be switched between the open state and the closed state by the control door 30.
Further, the vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a carrier 21, wherein the carrier 21 is supported on the vehicle body 10 in a liftable manner. When the drone onboard platform 20 is in the open state, the stage 21 can be raised so that the drone 2 supported on the stage 21 can pass through the housing chamber opening 101 and then be exposed to the outside. When the drone onboard platform 20 is in the closed state, the carrier 21 can be lowered to a certain position to leave enough space for the drone 2.
The unmanned vehicle 11 further comprises a sunroof 40 and a sunroof controller 50, wherein the sunroof 40 is disposed on the roof 12 of the vehicle body 10, and the sunroof 40 is openably and closably mounted to the vehicle body 10 via the sunroof controller 50.
The drone vehicle platform 20 may also be disposed on the roof 12 of the drone vehicle 1 and located near the sunroof 40. The drone platform 20 is controllably connected to the sunroof controller 50.
The carrier of the drone vehicle platform 20 and the control door 30 of the drone vehicle 1 are controllably connected to the sunroof controller 50, respectively.
That is, the sunroof controller 50 may control the sunroof 40 of the drone vehicle 1 or the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1.
Further, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be magnetically attracted to the carrier 21 of the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is fixed to the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20. Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 with magnetism between the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 is inhaled to magnetism can be the electromagnetism, thereby can realize through the size of control current to unmanned aerial vehicle 2 with joint strength control between the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20. When unmanned aerial vehicle 2 need break away from when unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, unmanned aerial vehicle 2 with cohesion between the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 can be weakened. Work as unmanned aerial vehicle 2 need stop extremely unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20's suction can increase to attract the distance unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 unmanned aerial vehicle 2 extremely unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, simultaneously unmanned aerial vehicle 2 with can accomplish the location automatically between the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20.
Further, the carrier 21 of the drone vehicle platform 20 may be magnetically attracted to the top 12 of the vehicle body 10. The unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 comprises an elastic connecting member 22, wherein two ends of the elastic connecting member 22 are respectively connected to the carrier 21 and the top 12 of the vehicle body 10.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, the carrier 21 can be magnetically attracted to the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10, so that the elastic connecting member 22 is compressed, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be accommodated in the accommodating chamber 100.
More specifically, when the drone 2 needs to be mounted on the drone mounting platform 20, the magnetic force between the stage 21 magnetically attracted to the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 and the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 can be reduced, so that the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 and the stage 21 are separated. Under the action of the elastic connecting piece 22, the carrier 21 is lifted from the top 12 of the vehicle body 10, so as to be exposed to the storage cavity opening of the storage chamber 100 to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to conveniently stop at the carrier 21.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stops at the carrier 21, the magnetic force between the top 12 of the vehicle body 10 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is enhanced, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is borne on the carrier 21, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can automatically enter the containing chamber along with the carrier 21, then the control door 30 can be folded, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be stably contained in the containing chamber 100.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 needs to leave the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20, the sunroof controller 50 controls the control door 30 to be switched to the open state, and then controls the magnetic force between the carrier 21 and the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 to be weakened, so that the carrier 21 can be separated from the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is automatically lifted out of the storage chamber 100. The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be exposed to the outside so as to be switched from the stowed state to the deployed state, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can take off from the stage 21.
It will be appreciated that the drone 2 and the drone platform 20 may be secured by a securing device to secure the relative positions of the drone 2 and the drone platform 20.
For example, at least part of the drone 2 is magnetically attracted to the drone vehicle platform 20.
Further, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can use electric energy as the drive to carry out the operation. The drone 2 includes a drone main body 201 and a drone energizing portion 202, wherein the drone energizing portion 202 is provided in the drone main body 201 to energize the drone main body 201.
It is understood that the drone may also use other energy sources, such as fuel cells, such as combustible fuel, such as hydrogen energy, etc., as a power source.
The short endurance time of the drone 2 has been a pain point in the industry, especially for the drone 2 that requires long-distance operations. The larger the volume of the unmanned aerial vehicle energy supply part 202 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is, the higher the density of the energy which can be stored generally is, however, the excessive weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle energy supply part 202 can cause the self weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to be too large, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle is not beneficial to the flight thereof.
The unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 further comprises a power supply device 23, wherein the power supply device 23 can supply power to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 has the unmanned aerial vehicle power supply part 202 which is connected with the power supply device 23 in a power supply mode. It is of course understood that the energy transmission between the power supply device 23 and the drone powering portion 202 of the drone 2 may be wireless or wired.
In this way, when the drone 2 stops on the drone platform 20, the drone 2 can be charged, so that the drone 2 can be conveniently supplemented with energy.
Referring to fig. 2, another embodiment of the drone vehicle system 1000 according to the present invention is illustrated.
The difference between this embodiment and the above embodiments is mainly in the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20.
The unmanned vehicle 1 comprises the vehicle body 10 and the unmanned vehicle platform 20, wherein the unmanned vehicle platform 20 is disposed on the vehicle body 10.
The vehicle body 10 has a top surface, wherein the top surface is a plane or an arc surface, and the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 protrudes from the top surface of the vehicle body 10.
The vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a carrier 21, wherein the carrier 21 is used for carrying the unmanned aerial vehicle 2. The drone 2 may be parked at the carrier 21.
The carrier 21 is exposed, and the drone 2 can be dropped directly from the air to rest on the drone vehicle platform 20. The drone 2 may also take off directly from the carrier 21 of the drone vehicle platform 20.
The unmanned vehicle platform 20 may further include at least one elastic connector 22, wherein the number of the elastic connectors 22 may be one or more. When the number of the elastic connecting members 22 is one, the elastic connecting members 22 are located at an intermediate position of the carrier 21. When the number of the elastic connecting members 22 is four, the elastic connecting members 22 are respectively located at the corner positions of the carrier 21.
The elastic connecting member 22 is located between the stage 21 and the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10. The carrier 21 is movably supported by the elastic connecting member 22. By the elastic connection 22 being compressed or extended, the position of the carrier 21 can be varied.
Further, the stage 21 may be provided with certain magnetism, and the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 may be provided with certain magnetism. When the carrier 21 is connected to the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10, the carrier 21 can be magnetically attracted to the top surface of the vehicle body 10, so that when the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 falls on the top surface of the vehicle body 10, the carrier 21 can be fixed to the top surface of the vehicle body 10 even if a certain impact force is applied, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be stably carried on the top surface of the vehicle body 10.
Further, at least a portion of the main body 201 of the drone 2 may be magnetically attracted to the carrier 21 so that the drone 2 can be fixedly stopped on the carrier 21 to avoid the drone 2 being separated from the vehicle body 10 due to its inertia during the movement of the drone vehicle 1, for example, during braking.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 staying on the carrier 21 needs to leave from the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20, the magnetism between the carrier 21 and the top portion 12 of the vehicle body 10 may be weakened, and may be suddenly weakened, so that the carrier 21 is ejected to a certain position by the elastic connecting member 22, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 at the carrier 21 can be ejected to a certain position following the carrier 21. When the elastic connecting member 22 is stretched to a certain position, the magnetic attraction between the carrier 21 and the drone 2 may be weakened to separate the drone 2 from the carrier 21.
For the drone 2, the drone 2 gains an initial speed during this process to assist the drone 2 in better take-off.
It is understood that the fixing manner between the drone 2 and the carrier 21 may be other fixing manners, such as a locking manner, for example, a snap-fit manner.
For example, the drone 2 may further include at least one gripper, wherein the gripper may be disposed on the drone body 201. When the drone 2 rests on the stage 21, the drone 2 may be fixed to the stage 21 by the gripper. When the drone 2 needs to leave the carrier 21, the drone 2 may be moved away from the carrier 21 by releasing the gripper.
It is of course understood that the gripper may be provided on the carrier 21, and when a drone 2 lands on the carrier 21, the gripper can grip the drone 2 so that the relative position of the drone 2 and the carrier 21 can be fixed. When the drone 2 needs to leave the stage 21 of the drone vehicle platform 20, the gripper can be released to enable the drone 2 to leave the stage 21.
It will be appreciated that the number of drones 2 that the drone onboard platform 20 can accommodate is more than one. The unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 can supply a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stops.
It is understood that the drone 2 may rest directly on the surface of the vehicle body 10. Generally, the interior of the vehicle body 10 is made of metal, and at least a portion of the main drone body 201 of the drone 2 may be magnetic, so that the drone 2 can stay at a fixed position of the vehicle body 10.
It is worth noting that the magnetism of the drone 2 is not permanent, when the drone 2 needs to stay stationary on the vehicle body 10, the drone 2 may generate this magnetism, when the drone 2 needs to leave the vehicle body 10 to fly, the magnetism of the drone 2 may disappear. The drone 2 may also include an electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet may be magnetic when energized, and the magnitude of the magnetic field is related to the magnitude of the electrical quantity.
Further, the vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a power supply device 23, wherein the power supply device 23 is disposed on the vehicle body 10. The power supply 23 may be integrated in the stage 21. When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stops at the carrier 21, the power supply device 23 can supply power to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to supplement electric energy to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2. Optionally, the power supply mode between the power supply device 23 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 may be wireless power supply or wired power supply.
In this way, when the electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is insufficient, the unmanned aerial vehicle can fall to the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1, and then the power supply device 23 of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 supplies power. Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 certainly after unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 obtains a certain amount of electric quantity, unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can certainly unmanned aerial vehicle mounting platform 20 leaves, continues the operation. The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can work for a long time as long as can follow the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 obtains the electric quantity.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is through the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 obtains the supplementary another advantage of electric quantity lies in the distribution area of unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can be very wide, makes unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can in time the compensation volume.
Referring to fig. 3, an unmanned vehicle system 1000 in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.
Unmanned vehicle 1 includes a vehicle body 10 and a plurality of unmanned vehicle-mounted platform 20, wherein unmanned vehicle-mounted platform is set up respectively in vehicle body 10.
The vehicle body 10 has a front portion 11, a roof portion 12, and a rear portion 13, wherein the front portion 11 and the rear portion 13 of the vehicle body 10 are located at both ends, respectively. The roof 12 of the vehicle body 10 is located at the front 11 of the vehicle body 10 and at the rear 13 of the vehicle body 10.
The drone vehicle platform 20 may be located at the top 12 of the vehicle body 10, the front 11 of the vehicle body 10, and the rear 13 of the vehicle body 10.
When the on-board platform 20 of unmanned aerial vehicle is located the front portion 11 of vehicle body 10, the driver of unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can directly observe the take-off and landing condition of unmanned aerial vehicle 2 from the window.
When unmanned aerial vehicle 2's volume is great, unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can stop in being located vehicle body 10 rear portion 13 unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, thereby avoid unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is to when taking off and land unmanned aerial vehicle 1's driver's realization shelters from.
Referring to fig. 4, and also to fig. 1-3, an unmanned management system 2000 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. The unmanned aerial vehicle management system 2000 can manage the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can cooperate.
When located on the drone platform 20, the drone 2 may receive an instruction, say that the current location moves to another location. The unmanned aerial vehicle management system 2000 generates an operation instruction based on the instruction directed to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 switches to the open state based on the operation instruction, and then sends a feedback instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle management system 2000. The unmanned aerial vehicle management system 2000 sends a start instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 leaves the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 after receiving the start instruction.
The drone 2 may include the drone body 201, a drone energizing portion 202, a drone processor 203, a drone detector 204, a drone memory 205, and a drone communicator 206, wherein the drone processor 203, the drone detector 204, the drone memory 205, and the drone communicator 206 are respectively disposed in the drone body 201.
The drone processor 203, the drone detector 204, the drone memory 205, and the drone communicator 206 are respectively electrically connectable to the drone powering portion 202.
The drone communicator 206 and the drone detector 204 are each communicably connected to the drone processor 203. The drone communicator 206 and the drone processor 203 are communicably connected to each other.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 memory is used for storing data, the unmanned aerial vehicle communicator 206 is used for communicating with the outside, and the unmanned aerial vehicle detector 204 is used for detecting the state of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 201 and the state of the environment where the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 201 is located.
The drone vehicle platform 20 may include a platform processor 210, a platform detector 220, a platform memory 230, and a platform communicator 240, wherein the platform communicator 240 and the platform detector 220 are each communicatively coupled to the platform processor 210. The platform communicator 240 and the platform processor 210 are communicatively coupled to each other.
The sunroof controller 50 is communicably connected to the platform processor 210 of the drone onboard platform 20 or the drone processor 203 of the drone 2. It is of course understood that the platform processor 210 of the drone vehicle platform 20 may be integrated or a processor at least partially integrated into the vehicle body 10. The platform communicator 240 of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 can transmit information to the processor of the vehicle body 10 for processing.
Further, the drone management system 2000 includes an obtaining unit 2100 and a processing unit 2200, wherein the obtaining unit 2100 includes an instruction obtaining module 2110 and a detecting module 2120, wherein the instruction obtaining module 2110 is configured to obtain an instruction, and the instruction obtaining module 2110 and the detecting module 2120 are respectively communicably connected to the processing unit 2200.
The detecting module 2120 includes an unmanned aerial vehicle detecting module 2121, an unmanned aerial vehicle platform detecting module 2122, and a vehicle detecting module 2123. The unmanned aerial vehicle detection module 2121, the unmanned aerial vehicle on-board platform detection module 2122, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 detection module 2120 are respectively communicably connected to the processing unit 2200. The drone detecting module 2121 is configured to detect the drone 2 to obtain a status regarding the drone 2. Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 the state can include multiple information, say so the position of unmanned aerial vehicle 2, unmanned aerial vehicle 2's speed, whether unmanned aerial vehicle 2's wing is expanded or is drawn in, unmanned aerial vehicle 2's residual capacity, 2 electric quantity consumptions of unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned aerial vehicle 2's identity information etc..
The drone vehicle platform detection module 2122 is configured to detect the drone vehicle platform 20 to obtain a status regarding the drone vehicle platform 20. The state of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 may include various information, such as whether the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 is in an available state, the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, the available space of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, the speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, the available power supply amount of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, and the like.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 1 detection module 2120 is configured to detect the vehicle body 10 to obtain a status about the vehicle body 10. The state of the vehicle body 10 may include various information, such as the speed, position, ownership of the vehicle body 10, and the like, of the vehicle body 10. Each of the unmanned vehicles 1 has its own proprietor in a legal sense, and each of the unmanned vehicles 2 also has its own proprietor in a legal sense. The drone management system 2000 can pair the drone 2 and the drone onboard platform 20 belonging to the same owner, to avoid the drone 2 from being parked by mistake against the other drone vehicle 1.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle needs to take off, for example, the instruction obtaining module 2110 of the obtaining unit 2100 is configured to obtain an instruction about that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 needs to take off, based on the state information about the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20, the state information about the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, and the state information about the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 respectively detected by the detecting module 2120 of the obtaining unit 2100, the processing unit 2200 generates a co-flight policy, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20 execute the take-off policy.
The takeoff strategy comprises a takeoff opportunity, the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is switched to the open state at the takeoff opportunity, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 takes off based on the takeoff opportunity.
Based on the state information of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1, the takeoff strategy comprises co-flight speed information and co-flight direction information. For example, when the drone vehicle 1 is traveling in an environment with a low altitude, such as a tunnel, the drone 2 needs to fly at a lower altitude to avoid collisions. When the speed of travel of drone vehicle 1 is faster, drone 2 may start with less power because drone 2 itself has the same initial speed as drone vehicle 1.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 flies away from the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 can be switched from the open state to the closed state.
Referring to fig. 5A and 5B, and to fig. 4, another application of the drone vehicle system 1000 according to the present invention is illustrated.
One of the drones 2 needs to return to the corresponding one of the drone platforms 20.
The drone 2 may receive a return instruction, the instruction obtaining module 2110 of the obtaining unit 2100 obtains the return instruction, and then the processing unit 2200 confirms the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20 or the drone vehicle 1 corresponding to the drone 2 or the drone vehicle 1 based on the identity information about the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20 or the drone vehicle 1 obtained by the drone vehicle 1 detecting module 2122 or the drone vehicle 2 obtained by the drone 2.
Further, the processing unit 2200 generates a driving route based on the position information about the drone 2 and the drone onboard platform 20 obtained by the drone detecting module 2121 and the drone onboard platform detecting module 2122. Alternatively, the processing unit 2200 generates the driving route based on the position information about the drone 2 and the position information about the drone vehicle 1 obtained by the drone detecting module 2121 and the drone vehicle 1 detecting module 2120.
The drone 2 travels along the travel route to within a certain distance from the drone vehicle 1.
Further, based on the information detected by the unmanned aerial vehicle detection module 2121, the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform detection module 2122, or the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 detection module 2120, the processing unit 2200 sends an instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20 to switch the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20 to the open state so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can enter the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20 when the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 flies to be close to the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 or within a certain distance of the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20.
The processing unit 2200 generates a landing strategy, wherein the landing strategy includes information of a landing timing, a landing speed, a landing azimuth, a landing route, and the like.
The processing unit 2200 generates the landing route based on the position of the drone vehicle platform 20 and the position of the drone 2, respectively. The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 descends to the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 along the descending route.
It is noted that when the drone vehicle 1 is in a driving state, the speed of the drone 2 needs to be matched to the speed of the drone vehicle 1, and once the speed of the drone vehicle 1 changes, the relative positions of the drone 2 and the drone vehicle 1 also change, so that the relative positions of the drone 2 and the drone vehicle 1 need to be repositioned.
Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is at the distance unmanned aerial vehicle 1 perhaps behind the 20 certain limit of unmanned aerial vehicle platform, unmanned aerial vehicle 2's speed can with unmanned aerial vehicle 1 is synchronous, and synchronous meaning here means, when unmanned aerial vehicle 1's speed becomes fast, unmanned aerial vehicle 2's speed also becomes fast, when unmanned aerial vehicle 1's speed slows down, unmanned aerial vehicle 2's speed also slows down. Being equivalent to unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is following closely under the prerequisite of unmanned aerial vehicle 1, then adjusts the direction of motion and the velocity of motion of self so that unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can get into unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20.
When the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 smoothly lands on the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, the obtaining unit 2100 receives an instruction, where the instruction may be from the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 or the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20. The instruction is used for prompting that the landing action of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is completed. The processing unit 2200 generates a closing instruction based on the instruction received by the obtaining unit 2100, and the closing instruction is sent to the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20. The drone platform 20 switches to the closed state so that the drone 2 is stably held at the drone platform 20.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned aerial vehicle management method, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle management method comprises the steps of:
acquiring a landing signal related to a unmanned aerial vehicle 2;
identifying an unmanned vehicle available for the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to park; and
and generating a landing strategy according to a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stops at an unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 according to the landing strategy.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the landing signal may be from the drone 2, for example, the drone 2 detects that its own power is about to be exhausted, and therefore automatically sends out a landing signal, wherein the landing signal may be from a user who manipulates the drone 2 based on his own needs.
It will be appreciated that the number of drone vehicles 1 on which the drone 2 may be parked may be multiple. For example, for a large logistics company, which has many vehicles and the unmanned aerial vehicles 2 performing distribution tasks, one unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can stop at any logistics vehicle, so that many stop points are available for the unmanned aerial vehicle 2.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the drone management method comprises the steps of:
searching at least one target vehicle in a preset range of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; and
when the number of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 is one, confirming that the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 is the target vehicle.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the drone management method comprises the steps of:
searching at least one target vehicle in a preset range of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; and
when the number of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 is multiple, confirming that the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 is the target vehicle according to a preset rule.
The preset rule may be the drone vehicle 1 that is closest to the drone 2, or the drone vehicle 1 at which the drone 2 was parked.
It is understood that the target vehicle may be a vehicle capable of providing sufficient parking space, for example, the drone onboard platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 may only provide a parking space for the drone 2, and there is currently one drone 2 parked on the drone onboard platform 20, then the drone vehicle 1 may not belong to the target vehicle.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the target vehicle is identified based on a user instruction. For example, by means of a control device, for example with a display screen, the user can observe the state, for example the position, of the drone vehicle 1 at which the drone 2 is currently available, so that the user can directly select via the control device to determine the direction of the drone 2 to park the drone vehicle 1.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the drone management method further comprises the steps of:
generating a travel route based on the state of the drone vehicle 1 and the state of the drone 2, wherein the drone 2 flies to within a preset range of the drone onboard platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 based on the travel route;
based on the real-time state of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and the real-time state of the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20, a parking strategy is generated, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 respectively execute the parking strategy to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to park on the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20.
Of course, it is understood that the drone 2 may be directly docked to the drone vehicle platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 based on a landing strategy. The drone 2 may also complete the parking action in stages, first approach the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1, then expose the receiving room 100 of the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20, retrieve the state information of the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20 and the state information of the drone 2, and re-plan the landing strategy of the drone 2 so that the drone 2 can park in alignment with the receiving room 100 of the drone vehicle-mounted platform 20.
Further, unmanned aerial vehicle 1 not only can for unmanned aerial vehicle 2 provides the service of berthing, still can for unmanned aerial vehicle 2 provides the service of carrying on.
Referring to fig. 5B, for example, when the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 has a fault during the flight, the unmanned aerial vehicle communicator 206 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 sends a help signal after the fault is processed by the processor of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2. The drone management system 2000 selects one of the drone vehicles 1 for the drone 2 based on the state of the drone 2. Unmanned aerial vehicle 1 will carry on unmanned aerial vehicle 2 goes to a unmanned maintenance center.
The drone management system 2000 generates the landing strategy based on the state of the drone 2 and the state of the drone vehicle 1. The landing strategy includes one of the landing routes. The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is parked on the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 along the landing route.
It will be appreciated that the drone 2 does not necessarily have to actively go to find the drone vehicle 1. The destination of the drone vehicle 1 is fixed, and the drone 2 may travel to a location waiting for the drone vehicle 1 based on an expected route of the drone vehicle 1. When the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 passes through, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can stop at the unmanned aerial vehicle 1.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 1 carries the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 to a maintenance center for maintenance.
Further, the number of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 that can provide the embarkation service may be plural in the course of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 embarking to the destination.
The route of the drone vehicle 1 may be partially the same as the route of the drone 2 to the maintenance centre. The nearest unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is found based on the current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and the position information of the destination, and the motion direction of the vehicle body 10 corresponding to the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is close to the destination or the general motion trend of the vehicle body 10 is close to the vehicle body 10.
The drone management system 2000 may issue an instruction so that the drone 2 may be transferred from one drone vehicle 1 to another drone vehicle 1 to bring the drone 1 closer to the destination.
Referring to fig. 6A-6C, with simultaneous reference to fig. 4, another embodiment of the drone vehicle system 1000 according to the present invention is illustrated.
In this example, the drone 2 can be parked at the drone vehicle platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 to obtain electrical energy.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 has a limited battery capacity and is likely to face the problem of power exhaustion if the operation time is too long, for example, the distance between the departure place and the destination is long. Further, the road conditions of unmanned aerial vehicle 2 in the flight process are very complicated, when unmanned aerial vehicle 2's speed is very fast, the windage that faces is also great, can accelerate the consumption of electric quantity.
Unmanned aerial vehicle 1 unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 can do 2 power supplies of unmanned aerial vehicle and utilize unmanned aerial vehicle 1 can the wide distribution's characteristics, unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can in time obtain the energy supply.
In another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a management method of the drone management system 2000, wherein the management method includes the following steps:
receiving a complementary signal about a said drone 2;
identifying a target vehicle based on identity information of the drone 2; and
generating an energy replenishment strategy based on a state of the drone 2 and a state of the drone vehicle 1, wherein the drone 2 executes the energy replenishment strategy to replenish the drone vehicle 1 with energy.
Specifically, the drone detector 204 of the drone 2 detects an electric quantity information about the drone powering portion 202, and once the remaining electric quantity of the drone powering portion 202 is lower than a preset value, the drone processor 203 sends an energy supplementing signal and the drone communicator 206 of the drone 2 transmits the energy supplementing signal to the outside. Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 carries out the benefit automatically. Alternatively, the user may find that the electric quantity of the drone 2 is about to be exhausted through the control device, and then send out the energy supplementing signal through the control device. The unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is passively supplemented with energy.
Further, the management method of the drone management system 2000 includes the steps of:
acquiring the identity information of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; and
and judging whether the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 capable of supplying power exists in a preset range away from the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, and if so, confirming the target vehicle based on a preset rule.
Further, the step of determining whether there is a suppliable drone vehicle 1 within the preset range from the drone 2 further includes the steps of:
predicting a driving range of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 based on the current remaining capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2;
searching whether at least one target vehicle exists in the drivable range; and
and confirming the target vehicle based on the preset rule.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the target vehicle is the drone vehicle 1 that can power the drone 2, and the drone onboard platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 can power the drone 2. When unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stop in during unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20, unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 just can be directly for 2 power supplies of unmanned aerial vehicle. It will of course be appreciated that, based on wireless charging technology, the drone 2 may be powered within a certain range from the drone vehicle platform 20. The condition that the target vehicle needs to satisfy can be set for, say that the model of unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is different, and the size has a size fraction, and the confession accommodation space that corresponds to unmanned aerial vehicle 2 unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is also different, can set for the confession accommodation size of target vehicle. Say that 2 electric quantities that unmanned aerial vehicle needs are also different, some 2 unmanned aerial vehicle still need continue to fly for a long period of time, and consequently the electric quantity that needs is more, some 2 unmanned aerial vehicle's flying distance is shorter, and less electric quantity just can satisfy the demand, the screening condition of target vehicle can be the available power supply volume of unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20. For example, the time that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be used for executing the task is also different, some the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is faster in charging speed, some the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 is slower in charging speed, and the screening condition of the target vehicle can also be the speed that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can be used for charging speed. For example, the model of the drone vehicle 1 or the type of the drone vehicle platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1 may also be ascertained based on the historical docking records of the drone 2.
The target vehicle identification may be based on a predetermined rule or may be based on a user command.
It is worth mentioning that when the drone 2 is not parked in the drone onboard platform 20 of the drone vehicle 1, the drone onboard platform 20 may provide parking service or power supply service for the other drone 2 and may charge a certain fee for the drone 2. The screening condition of the target vehicle may also be based on the cost of the drone vehicle platform 20.
Further, the management method of the drone management system 2000 includes the steps of:
acquiring the identity information of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; and
judge at the distance 2 a default within range of unmanned aerial vehicle whether have can supply power unmanned aerial vehicle 1, if not, send a recovery signal.
The recovery signal can be transmitted to the user through the control device, and the user starts to actively recover, say, control, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 lands to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 based on the recovery signal, so as to avoid that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 falls to the ground due to the power exhaustion. It is of course understood that the drone 2 may also be automatically parked.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the preset range is a position that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can reach under the current electric quantity.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, optionally, when there is no available power supply vehicle around the unmanned aerial vehicle 2, it may be determined whether there is an available unmanned aerial vehicle 1 for docking, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is parked at the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 temporarily, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 is prevented from falling from the air due to power exhaustion. If there is not the drone vehicle 1 around the drone 2 for the drone 2 to stop, the drone communicator 206 of the drone 2 may send a communication signal. The user or the drone vehicle 1 may travel to the location of the drone 2 to rescue the drone 2.
It can be understood that when the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stops at the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 behind the unmanned aerial vehicle on-board platform 20, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can communicate with the unmanned aerial vehicle on-board platform 20 so that the unmanned aerial vehicle on-board platform 20 supplies power to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2.
The unmanned aerial vehicle management method further comprises the following steps:
work as unmanned aerial vehicle 2 stop in unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 certainly unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20 to unmanned aerial vehicle 2 supplies power.
Unmanned aerial vehicle 2 certainly unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 obtains certain electric quantity and just can leave unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 then continues work.
For the drone vehicle platform 20, a method of operating the drone vehicle platform 20 comprises the following steps:
switching to an open state for at least one unmanned machine 2 to stop;
switching to a closed state and providing certain electric energy to the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; and
stopping power supply and switching to the card punching state.
Further, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the drone onboard platform 20 may identify the identity information of the drone 2, and supply power to the drone 2 after the identity is confirmed. Or identify the identity of the drone 2 during the power up to facilitate subsequent charging.
For the same drone vehicle 1 the drone on board platform 20, if wired to the drone 2 supplies power, the drone on board platform 20 may provide different types of interfaces to accommodate different types of the drone 2.
Referring to fig. 7, another embodiment of the drone vehicle system 1000 according to the present invention is illustrated.
In this example, the number of drone onboard platforms 20 of the drone vehicle 1 is plural and may provide docking or charging services for a plurality of the drones 2.
Taking the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 as an open type, the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 can directly fall to the unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20.
In this example, the number of drone platforms 20 is four. One the drone vehicle platform 20 is parked with three the drones 2, one of which drone 2 is ready to leave the drone vehicle 1, the other drone 2 being charged. Be located just there is one above unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 unmanned aerial vehicle 2 prepares to fall to a correspondence unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20.
Unmanned aerial vehicle 1 does unmanned aerial vehicle 2 provides a public space, the other unmanned aerial vehicle 2 needs unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20 can go to when providing service unmanned aerial vehicle platform 20.
The unmanned aerial vehicle management method comprises the following steps: identifying identity information of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2; calculating a cost based on a service duration for the drone 2; and deducting a fee from an account corresponding to the drone 2.
Further, for the unmanned aerial vehicle 1, an operating method of the unmanned aerial vehicle 1 comprises the following steps:
receiving a demand instruction for the drone 2;
acquiring a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 and opening a corresponding unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform 20; and providing services for the unmanned aerial vehicle 2 falling into the unmanned aerial vehicle onboard platform 20.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the drone onboard platform 20 provides docking services for the drone 2, and the relative positions of the drone onboard platform 20 and the drone 2 are fixed.
According to other embodiments of the present invention, the drone onboard platform 20 provides embarkation services for the drone 2, and the drone 2 is driven by the drone vehicle 1 to a forward designated destination.
According to further embodiments of the present invention, the drone onboard platform 20 provides charging services for the drone 2.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the invention. The objects of the invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the examples, and any variations or modifications of the embodiments of the present invention may be made without departing from the principles.
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1. An unmanned vehicle system, comprising:
at least one unmanned vehicle, wherein the unmanned vehicle includes a vehicle body and an unmanned vehicle platform, wherein the unmanned vehicle platform is disposed in the vehicle body.
2. The drone vehicle system of claim 1 further comprising at least one drone, wherein the drone is carried on the drone onboard platform.
3. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle further comprises a sunroof and a sunroof controller, wherein the sunroof is located on a top portion of the vehicle body, the sunroof is controllably connected to the sunroof controller, and the unmanned aerial vehicle platform is controllably connected to the sunroof controller.
4. The drone vehicle system of claim 2 wherein the drone vehicle platform is located on the top of the vehicle body.
5. An unmanned aerial vehicle management method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
acquiring a landing signal about a person;
identifying an unmanned vehicle available for the unmanned aerial vehicle to park;
generating a landing strategy according to a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to stop at an unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the landing strategy.
6. An unmanned aerial vehicle management method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
receiving a complementary energy signal about a nobody;
identifying a target vehicle based on identity information of the drone;
generating a complementary energy strategy based on a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a state of the target vehicle; and
instructing the drone to execute the energy replenishment strategy to replenish the target vehicle with energy.
7. The drone management method of claim 6, wherein the management method further comprises the steps of:
acquiring the identity information of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
judging whether at least one unmanned vehicle capable of supplying power exists in a preset range away from the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
if so, confirming one of the unmanned aerial vehicle vehicles as the target vehicle based on a preset rule.
8. An unmanned aerial vehicle management method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
receiving a demand instruction about a nobody;
acquiring a state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and opening a corresponding unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform; and
providing service for the unmanned aerial vehicle falling into the unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted platform.
9. The drone management method of claim 8, wherein the demand instructions for the drone are energizing instructions.
10. The drone management method of claim 8, wherein the demand instructions for the drone are docking instructions.
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