Determination of position sending interval for flying vehicle dependent upon ground surface below vehicle
AssigneeNtt Docomo, Inc.
InventorsNaoki Kameyama, Tomoe Ushiro, Youhei Oono, Yuichiro Segawa
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Abstract
Recovery of a flying vehicle that has fallen to the ground is facilitated. A positioning unit measures a position of the flying vehicle during flight. A specification unit specifies a feature of a region on the ground corresponding to the measured position. A determination unit determines a sending interval of position information indicating the position of the flying vehicle, according to the specified feature. A sending unit sends the position information at the determined sending interval.
Claims9
A sending apparatus comprising:
- a positioning device that measures a position of a flying vehicle during flight;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- specify a feature of a region on a ground corresponding to the measured position;
- determine a sending interval of position information indicating the position, according to the specified feature;
- and
- send the position information at the determined sending interval during the flight.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:
- measuring a position of a flying vehicle during flight;
- specifying a feature of a region on a ground corresponding to the measured position;
- determining a sending interval of position information indicating the position, according to the specified feature;
- and
- sending the position information at the determined sending interval during the flight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.