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US 12,174,632 B2Granted
Mobile security robot equipped with micro flight device and control method thereof
AssigneeHl Klemove Corp.
InventorJaewan Ahn
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mobile security robot equipped with a micro flight device, which uses a camera mounted on the mobile security robot to patrol a predetermined area by the mobile security robot capable of autonomous driving and to patrol an area where the mobile security robot cannot move by the mounted micro flight device. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that it can efficiently patrol a much wider area compared to the patrol using only the mobile security robot.
Claims13
A mobile security robot equipped with a micro flight device, the mobile security robot comprising:
- a travelling unit configured to enable the mobile security robot to travel on a ground;
- a camera configured to surveil a surrounding of the mobile security robot;
- a storage configured to store the micro flight device;
- a charger configured to charge a battery of the micro flight device;
- a communicator configured to communicate with the micro flight device or a control center;
- and
- a controller including one or more processors and a memory and configured to control a movement of the mobile security robot or a movement of the micro flight device,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- determine whether a patrol target location is a location where the mobile security robot is unable to travel based on a map including information related to an area where the mobile security robot is able or unable to travel;
- determine whether the micro flight device is able to fly to the patrol target location based on a map including information related to an area where the micro flight device is allowed or prohibited to fly and a status of a battery of the micro flight device, and an available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly, and
- if determining that the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is unable to travel and the micro flight device is allowed to fly and patrol time of the micro flight device is within the available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly, control the micro flight device mounted at the storage to fly to patrol the patrol target location.
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A method for controlling a mobile security robot equipped with a micro flight device, the method comprising:
- receiving patrol target location information;
- determining whether a patrol target location is a location where the mobile security robot is able to travel;
- determining whether the patrol target location is the location where the mounted micro flight device is able to fly if it is determined that the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is not able to travel;
- determining whether the micro flight device is able to fly to the patrol target location based on a map including information related to an area where the micro flight device is allowed or prohibited to fly and a status of a battery of the micro flight device, and an available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly, and
- controlling the micro flight device to patrol if it is determined that the patrol target location is the location where the micro flight device is able to fly and the micro flight device is allowed to fly and patrol time of the micro flight device is within the available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly,
- wherein the determining of whether the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is able to travel comprises determining whether the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is able to travel based on a map including information related to an area where the mobile security robot is able or unable to travel.
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A system for controlling a mobile security robot equipped with a micro flight device, the system comprising a processor configured to:
- receive information related to a patrol target location;
- determine whether the patrol target location is a location where the mobile security robot is able to travel;
- determine whether the patrol target location is the location where the mounted micro flight device is able to fly if it is determined that the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is not able to travel;
- determine whether the micro flight device is able to fly to the patrol target location based on a map including information related to an area where the micro flight device is allowed or prohibited to fly and an available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly;
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- control the micro flight device to patrol if it is determined that the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is unable to travel and the micro flight device is allowed to fly and patrol time of the micro flight device is within the available flight time period in which the micro flight device is allowed to fly,
- wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the patrol target location is the location where the mobile security robot is unable to travel based on a map including information related to an area where the mobile security robot is able or unable to travel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.