US 11,972,389 B2Granted

Apparatus for managing delivery of unmanned aerial vehicle and method for the same

AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

InventorsMoon Sung Park, Yeong Woong Yu

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Abstract

Disclosed herein is an unmanned delivery management device. The unmanned delivery management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a travel route manager, a delivery information manager, an obstacle analyzer, and a UAV control manager. Wherein the travel route manager is configured to confirm delivery mission information provided by a user terminal, to set a waypoint based on the delivery mission information, to set a travel route including a waypoint for a takeoff segment, a landing segment and a flight segment, and to correct the travel route according to a travel condition of a UAV.

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An apparatus for managing unmanned delivery, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one of a memory and a storage including commands that when processed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
confirm delivery mission information provided by a user terminal;
set a delivery waypoint based on the delivery mission information;
set a travel route comprising a takeoff segment waypoint for a takeoff segment, a landing segment waypoint for a landing segment and a flight segment waypoint for a flight segment;
correct the travel route according to a travel condition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
manage delivery mission information comprising a delivery destination of an article and a delivery method of the article and that provides the delivery mission information;
monitor a location and status information of the UAV;
analyze an obstacle of the UAV;
generate UAV control information necessary for travel control of the UAV and delivery control of the article based on the travel route;
provide the information to the UAV;
divide the flight segment into a sub-segment unit;
set a sub-segment waypoint corresponding to the sub-segment unit according to at least one setting criterion, the sub-segment waypoint having a plurality of different altitude values;
generate a plurality of candidate travel routes corresponding to the at least one setting criterion, each of the plurality of candidate travel routes including the sub-segment waypoint at a different one of the plurality of different altitude values;
and
determine an ultimate travel route by combining a plurality of candidate waypoints comprised in the plurality of candidate travel routes,
wherein the at least one setting criterion is set using at least one method among a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a change of topographic altitude as criterion, a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a point of intersection of altitude values as criterion, a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using horizontal movement as criterion, and a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a difference from a previous topographic altitude value as criterion, and
wherein the sub-segment waypoint is set by considering whether or not a difference between a topographic altitude value of the sub-segment unit and a topographic altitude value of a previous waypoint exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

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Abstract

An apparatus for managing unmanned delivery, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one of a memory and a storage including commands that when processed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
confirm delivery mission information provided by a user terminal;
set a delivery waypoint based on the delivery mission information;
set a travel route comprising a takeoff segment waypoint for a takeoff segment, a landing segment waypoint for a landing segment and a flight segment waypoint for a flight segment;
correct the travel route according to a travel condition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
manage delivery mission information comprising a delivery destination of an article and a delivery method of the article and that provides the delivery mission information;
monitor a location and status information of the UAV;
analyze an obstacle of the UAV;
generate UAV control information necessary for travel control of the UAV and delivery control of the article based on the travel route;
provide the information to the UAV;
divide the flight segment into a sub-segment unit;
set a sub-segment waypoint corresponding to the sub-segment unit according to at least one setting criterion, the sub-segment waypoint having a plurality of different altitude values;
generate a plurality of candidate travel routes corresponding to the at least one setting criterion, each of the plurality of candidate travel routes including the sub-segment waypoint at a different one of the plurality of different altitude values;
and
determine an ultimate travel route by combining a plurality of candidate waypoints comprised in the plurality of candidate travel routes,
wherein the at least one setting criterion is set using at least one method among a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a change of topographic altitude as criterion, a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a point of intersection of altitude values as criterion, a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using horizontal movement as criterion, and a method of setting the sub-segment waypoint using a difference from a previous topographic altitude value as criterion, and
wherein the sub-segment waypoint is set by considering whether or not a difference between a topographic altitude value of the sub-segment unit and a topographic altitude value of a previous waypoint exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

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