Apparatus and method for controlling drone formation
AssigneeKorea University Research and Business Foundation
InventorsHwang Nam Kim, Woong Gyu La, Seung Ho Yoo, Seong Joon Park, Joon Yeop Lee
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Abstract
A drone formation control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drones included in a drone formation includes: an input unit which receives a drone control command which is a command for controlling the plurality of drones together; a movement command generating unit which generates a drone movement command which is a command to move the plurality of drones to a specific destination, based on the drone control command; and a movement command transmitting unit which transmits the drone movement command to at least one drone of the plurality of drones.
Claims13
A drone formation control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drones included in a drone formation, the apparatus comprising:
- an input unit which receives a drone control command, the drone control command being a command for controlling the plurality of drones together and including first information on a flying direction of the plurality of drones and second information on a rotational amount of the drone formation;
- a movement command generating unit which generates a drone movement command based on the first and second information of the drone control command, the drone movement command being a command for moving the plurality of drones to a specific destination and including an individual destination coordinate which is a coordinate of each of the plurality of drones corresponding to the specific destination;
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- a movement command transmitting unit which transmits the drone movement command to at least one drone of the plurality of drones.
A drone formation control method for controlling a drone formation by utilizing a drone formation control apparatus which controls a plurality of drones included in a drone formation, the method, comprising:
- receiving a drone control command which is a command for controlling the plurality of drones together and includes first information on a flying direction of the plurality of drones and second information on a rotational amount of the drone formation, by an input unit;
- generating a drone movement command which is a command for moving the plurality of drones to a specific destination and includes an individual destination coordinate which is a coordinate of each of the plurality of drones corresponding to the specific destination, based on the first and second information of the drone control command, by a movement command generating unit;
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- transmitting the drone movement command to at least one drone of the plurality of drones, by a movement command transmitting unit.
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