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US 10,892,818 B2Granted
System, apparatus and method for managing satellite operation service
AssigneeContec, LLC
InventorSunghee Lee
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Abstract
Provided are a satellite operation service management system, a satellite operation service management apparatus, and a satellite operation service management method, and the satellite operation service management apparatus may include a ground station manager configured to generate a control signal for a space ground station based on the space ground station to be used for control of an artificial satellite and a time slot to be used by the space ground station; and a communicator configured to transmit the control signal to the space ground station to be used.
Claims20
A satellite operation service management apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to
- receive, from a user terminal device, task information indicating a content of a task to be performed by a user of the user terminal,
- determine, based on the received task information, an optimal artificial satellite among a plurality of artificial satellites,
- provide, to the user terminal device, information indicating available space ground stations that are configured to associate with the determined artificial satellite, and information indicating time slots assigned to the available space ground stations,
- receive, from the user terminal device, a user input selecting at least one time slot,
- select a space ground station which corresponds to the selected at least one time slot and is to be used for controlling the determined artificial satellite,
- generate, based on the selected space ground station and the selected at least one time slot, a control signal for controlling the selected space ground station, and
- transmit the generated control signal to the selected space ground station,
- wherein the selected at least one time slot is a time zone allocated to each of a plurality of space ground stations or a lower time zone included in the allocated time zone to allow the plurality of space ground stations to share a single artificial satellite or at least two artificial satellites.
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A satellite operation service management system comprising:
- a plurality of space ground stations including at least one space ground station configured to communicate with at least one artificial satellite;
- a user terminal configured to receive the user input selecting at least one time slot;
- and
- a satellite operation service management apparatus configured to
- receive, from the user terminal device, task information indicating a content of a task to be performed by a user of the user terminal,
- determine, based on the received task information, an optimal artificial satellite among a plurality of artificial satellites,
- provide, to the user terminal device, information indicating available space ground stations that are configured to associate with the determined artificial satellite, and information indicating time slots assigned to the available space ground stations,
- receive, from the user terminal device, a user input selecting at least one time slot,
- select a space ground station which corresponds to the selected at least one time slot and is to be used for controlling the determined artificial satellite, and
- generate, based on the selected space ground station and the selected at least one time slot, a control signal for controlling the selected space ground station,
- wherein the selected at least one time slot is a time zone allocated to each of the plurality of space ground stations or a lower time zone included in the allocated time zone to allow the plurality of space ground stations to share a single artificial satellite or at least two artificial satellites.
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A satellite operation service management method comprising:
- receiving, by a satellite operation service management apparatus, from a user terminal device, task information indicating a content of a task to be performed by a user of the user terminal;
- determining, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, based on the received task information, an optimal artificial satellite among a plurality of artificial satellites;
- providing, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, to the user terminal device, information indicating available space ground stations that are configured to associate with the determined artificial satellite, and information indicating time slots assigned to the available space ground stations;
- receiving, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, from the user terminal device, a user input selecting at least one time slot;
- selecting, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, a space ground station which corresponds to the selected at least one time slot and is to be used for controlling the determined artificial satellite;
- generating, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, based on the selected space ground station and the selected at least one time slot, a control signal for controlling the selected space ground station;
- and
- transmitting, by the satellite operation service management apparatus, the generated control signal to the selected space ground station,
- wherein the selected at least one time slot is a time zone allocated to each of a plurality of space ground stations or a lower time zone included in the allocated time zone to allow the plurality of space ground stations to share at least one artificial satellite or at least two artificial satellites.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.