# US 12,010,719 B2 · Moving body, communication method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,719 B2 - Document ID: US12010719B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/428,287 - Filed: 2020-01-30 - Published: 2022-05-05 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-13 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Sho Murakoshi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010719B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information} - G06T 1/0007: {Image acquisition} - G06T 7/70: Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) - G06V 20/17: taken from planes or by drones - G06V 20/176: {Urban or other man-made structures} - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04W 4/025: {using location based information parameters} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 28/02: Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control - H04W 28/0226: {based on location or mobility (handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02)} - B64U 2101/26: for manufacturing, inspections or repairs - B64U 2101/32: for cartography or topography - B64U 2201/104: using satellite radio beacon positioning systems, e.g. GPS - G06T 2207/10032: Satellite or aerial image; Remote sensing - G06T 2207/30184: Infrastructure - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a moving body, a communication method, and a program that enable preferential transmission of required data. A control unit sets a processing priority for data acquired by its own machine, and a communication unit transmits the data on the basis of the set priority. Technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a moving body such as a drone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A moving body comprising: a circuit that sets a processing priority for data acquired by its own machine; a camera that performs imaging during movement of the moving body; and a communicator that transmits the data on a basis of the set priority, wherein the data to be transmitted includes a captured image acquired by imaging with the camera, the captured image including an air photo signal, the moving body is a drone configured to fly, the circuit sets the processing priority for the data based on: a distance between the moving body and the air photo signal, and context information regarding a movement route, and the circuit sets the processing priority to high in response to the distance between the moving body and the air photo signal being below a predetermined distance and sets the procession priority to low when the distance between the moving body and the air photo signal is greater than the predetermined distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The moving body according to claim 1, wherein the context information regarding the movement route includes a specific position preset on the movement route. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The moving body according to claim 2, wherein the communicator transmits the captured image on a basis of the set processing priority. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The moving body according to claim 1, wherein the air photo signal is used to survey topography. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The moving body according to claim 2, wherein the camera performs imaging at regular time intervals, and the circuit sets the processing priority for the data acquired at the regular time intervals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The moving body according to claim 1, wherein in a case where an amount of untransmitted data accumulated in a transmission buffer exceeds a predetermined amount, the communicator does not transmit the untransmitted data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The moving body according to claim 1, wherein the air photo signal includes a predetermined figure or a predetermined shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The communication method of claim 7, wherein the camera captures images at regular time intervals, and the circuit sets the processing priority for the data acquired at the regular time intervals. ### Claim 9 A communication method, the method comprising: providing a moving body, the moving body being a drone and including: a circuit; a camera; and a communicator, capturing, by the camera, an image, the captured image including an air photo signal, setting, by the circuit, processing priority for data acquired by the moving body based on: a distance between the moving body and the air photo signal, and context information regarding a movement route, wherein the circuit sets the processing priority to high in response to the distance between the moving body and the air photo signal being below a predetermined distance and sets the processing priority to low when the distance between the moving body and the air photo signal is greater than the predetermined distance; and transmitting, by the communicator, the data on a basis of the set processing priority. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication method of claim 9, wherein the context information regarding the movement route includes a specific position preset on the movement route. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting, by the communicator, the captured image on a basis of the set processing priority. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The communication method of claim 9, further comprising surveying topography using the air photo signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The communication method of claim 9, wherein in a case where an amount of untransmitted data accumulated in a transmission buffer exceeds a predetermined amount, the communicator does not transmit the untransmitted data.