Takeoff and landing pad apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMakoto Hirai, Ichiro Oba
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Abstract
A takeoff and landing pad apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a pad including a takeoff and landing surface; a mooring mechanism configured to moor the unmanned aerial vehicle on the pad; a drive source configured to rotate the pad together with the mooring mechanism; and a controller configured to control operation with the mooring mechanism and the drive source. The controller drives, based on information about a wind direction to be acquired, the drive source to rotate such that a nose of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the takeoff and landing surface faces the wind direction.
Claims5
A takeoff and landing pad apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle, the takeoff and landing pad apparatus comprising:
- a pad including a takeoff and landing surface;
- a mooring mechanism configured to moor the unmanned aerial vehicle on the pad;
- a drive source configured to rotate the pad together with the mooring mechanism;
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- a controller configured to control operation with the mooring mechanism and the drive source, wherein
- the controller drives, based on information about a wind direction to be acquired, the drive source to rotate such that a nose of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the takeoff and landing surface faces the wind direction, and
- the controller releases mooring of the unmanned aerial vehicle by the mooring mechanism based on a measured thrust force acquired for the unmanned aerial vehicle on the takeoff and landing surface before takeoff or a rotational speed of a rotor included in the unmanned aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.