Crewless aircraft and control method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorXi Chen
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a crewless aircraft that enable safe interaction with a recognition target. The crewless aircraft includes a state estimation unit that estimates, based on at least one of a camera image shot of the recognition target by a camera or a drive signal of a motor for a flying operation, a state of the recognition target, and an action determination unit that determines an action of the crewless aircraft based on the estimated state of the recognition target.
Claims17
A crewless aircraft, comprising:
- a state estimation unit configured to, based on at least one of a camera image shot of a recognition target by a camera or a drive signal of a motor for a flying operation, estimate a state of the recognition target as at least one of:
- a first state of interference with flight of the crewless aircraft
- a second state where there is a possibility of attack to the crewless aircraft,
- a third state where a specific interaction of the crewless aircraft is possible, or
- a fourth state in which no action by the crewless aircraft is needed;
- and
- an action determination unit configured to determine an action of the crewless aircraft based on the estimated state of the recognition target.
A control method, comprising:
- in a crewless aircraft:
- estimating, based on at least one of a camera image shot of a recognition target by a camera or a drive signal of a motor for a flying operation, a state of the recognition target as at least one of:
- a first state of interference with flight of the crewless aircraft,
- a second state where there is a possibility of attack to the crewless aircraft,
- a third state where a specific interaction of the crewless aircraft is possible, or
- a fourth state in which no action by the crewless aircraft is needed;
- and
- determining an action of the crewless aircraft based on the estimated state of the recognition target.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor in a crewless aircraft, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- estimating, based on at least one of a camera image shot of a recognition target by a camera or a drive signal of a motor for a flying operation, a state of the recognition target as at least one of:
- a first state of interference with flight of the crewless aircraft,
- a second state where there is a possibility of attack to the crewless aircraft,
- a third state where a specific interaction of the crewless aircraft is possible, or
- a fourth state in which no action by the crewless aircraft is needed;
- and
- determining an action of the crewless aircraft based on the estimated state of the recognition target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.