# US 11,906,982 B2 · System and method for drone docking

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 11,906,982 B2
- Document ID: US11906982B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/008,655
- Filed: 2020-09-01
- Published: 2021-11-25
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-05-25
- Assignees: Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Herman Chunghwa Rao; Chen-Tsan Yu; Hua-Pei Chiang; Chien-Peng Ho; Chyi-Dar Jang; Sheng Yang; Tsung-Jen Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906982B2

## CPC

- G05D 1/0684: {on a moving platform, e.g. aircraft carrier}
- B64U 70/93: for use on a land or nautical vehicle
- G05D 1/652: Take-off (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667)
- B64U 80/86: Land vehicles
- B64U 2201/00: UAVs characterised by their flight controls
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

## Abstract

A system and a method for drone docking are provided. The method includes: setting a moving platform on a vehicle; obtaining, by the moving platform, current environmental data and historical environmental data corresponding to the moving platform; generating, by the moving platform, a recommended flight parameter according to the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmitting the recommended flight parameter to a drone; and adjusting, by the drone, a flight parameter of the drone according to the recommended flight parameter to dock on the moving platform.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for drone docking, adaptable for a vehicle, wherein the system comprises:
a drone; and
a moving platform, disposed on the vehicle and in communication with the drone, wherein the moving platform is coupled to an output device in the vehicle, wherein
the moving platform obtains current environmental data and historical environmental data corresponding to the moving platform, wherein the current environmental data is associated with at least one of location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a communication status, a wind speed, time, and weather, and the historical environmental data is associated with a road condition,
the moving platform generates a recommended flight parameter based on the current environment data and the historical environment data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone,
the drone adjusts a flight parameter of the drone according to the recommended flight parameter, and docks on the moving platform according to the flight parameter, wherein the moving platform determines that the moving platform is about to pass through a curve based on the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the moving platform is about to pass through the curve, wherein the recommended flight parameter instructs the drone not to dock within a period of time,
the drone outputs a route to approach the drone through the output device in response to power of the drone being lower than a power threshold.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the recommended flight parameter and the flight parameter are associated with at least one of the following:
an attitude, heading, and a flight speed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the drone adjusts the flight parameter according to sensing data corresponding to the drone and the recommended flight parameter, wherein the sensing data comprises at least one of the following: a flight speed, heading, an attitude, the power, stability, a wind speed and a relative distance between the drone and the moving platform.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the moving platform transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the moving speed of the moving platform is larger than a speed threshold.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication status comprises communication quality, wherein the moving platform transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the communication quality is lower than a communication quality threshold.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the moving platform transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the wind speed is higher than a wind speed threshold.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the moving platform transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to a poor road condition.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the moving platform comprises a plurality of docking areas, wherein the recommended flight parameter instructs the drone to dock in one of the plurality of docking areas.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the moving platform uploads the current environmental data and a docking result of the drone to a cloud server to update the historical environmental data stored in the cloud server.

### Claim 10

A method for drone docking, adaptable for a drone and a moving platform, wherein the method comprises:
disposing the moving platform on a vehicle, wherein the moving platform is coupled to an output device in the vehicle;
obtaining, by the moving platform, current environmental data and historical environmental data corresponding to the moving platform, wherein the current environmental data is associated with at least one of location information, a moving speed, a moving direction, a communication status, a wind speed, time, and weather, and the historical environmental data is associated with a road condition;
generating, by the moving platform, a recommended flight parameter according to the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmitting the recommended flight parameter to the drone; adjusting, by the drone, a flight parameter of the drone according to the recommended flight parameter to dock on the moving platform, wherein the moving platform determines that the moving platform is about to pass through a curve based on the current environmental data and the historical environmental data, and transmits the recommended flight parameter to the drone in response to that the moving platform is about to pass through the curve, wherein the recommended flight parameter instructs the drone not to dock within a period of time;
and
outputting, by the drone, a route to approach the drone through the output device in response to power of the drone being lower than a power threshold.