Control apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, aircraft, system, and operating method of system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShotaro Suzuki
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a memory storing information on power consumption for flight of an aircraft flying by an electric rotor and a controller configured to instruct the aircraft to fly on a flight path passing through a power supply facility based on a remaining charge of the aircraft and the power consumption according to flight conditions when the aircraft flies to a destination.
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A control apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing information on power consumption for flight of an aircraft flying by an electric rotor;
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- a controller configured to instruct the aircraft to fly on a flight path passing through a power supply facility based on a remaining charge of the aircraft and the power consumption according to flight conditions when the aircraft flies to a destination,
- wherein the flight conditions include a total change in flight altitude based on information about an altitude required for the aircraft in each unit area.
A system comprising an aircraft flying by an electric rotor and a control apparatus communicating with the aircraft, wherein:
- the control apparatus includes a memory storing information on power consumption for flight of the aircraft and a controller configured to instruct the aircraft to fly on a flight path passing through a power supply facility based on a remaining charge of the aircraft and the power consumption according to flight conditions when the aircraft flies to a destination,
- the flight conditions include a total change in flight altitude based on information about an altitude required for the aircraft in each unit area, and
- the aircraft flies based on an instruction from the controller.
An operating method of a system comprising an aircraft flying by an electric rotor and a control apparatus communicating with the aircraft, the operating method comprising:
- storing, by the control apparatus, information on power consumption for flight of the aircraft and instructing the aircraft to fly on a flight path passing through a power supply facility based on a remaining charge of the aircraft and the power consumption according to flight conditions when the aircraft flies to a destination, wherein the flight conditions include a total change in flight altitude based on information about an altitude required for the aircraft in each unit area;
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- flying, by the aircraft, based on an instruction from the control apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.