Communication system for movers, method of making communication for movers and drone used for the communication system
AssigneeCognitive Research Labs, Inc.
InventorHideto Tomabechi
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Abstract
First and second movers can make communication with each other by means of a communication system in which a signal-receiving unit of the first mover receives from a satellite a signal indicative of a position coordinate of itself, a control unit of the first mover makes a pattern indicative of a position coordinate of the first mover, a display unit of the first mover displays the pattern, an image pickup unit of the second mover photographs the pattern, and a control unit of the second mover deciphers the thus photographed pattern to thereby control a position of the second mover in accordance with the thus deciphered pattern.
Claims22
A communication system to allow objects to make communication with each other, the objects including at least one first mover and at least one second mover,
- the communication system including:
- a signal receiver;
- an image pickup apparatus;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein:
- the first mover includes the signal receiver, the controller and a display;
- the second mover includes the image pickup apparatus and the controller;
- the signal receiver makes communication with a satellite, and receives from the satellite a signal indicative of a position coordinate of the first mover;
- the controller of the first mover makes patterns including a pattern indicative of a position coordinate of the first mover;
- the display displays the patterns having been made by the controller of the first mover;
- the image pickup apparatus photographs the patterns having been displayed by the display;
- the controller of the second mover deciphers the patterns having been photographed by the image pickup apparatus to thereby control a position of the second mover in accordance with the thus deciphered patterns;
- when the image pickup apparatus of the second mover photographs the pattern transmitted from the display of the first mover, the controller of the second mover causes the display of the second mover to transmit a confirmation pattern indicative of receiving the pattern;
- the image pickup apparatus of the first mover photographs the confirmation pattern;
- the display is designed to be rotatable or pivotable around an axis in which the display is equipped with the first mover, or movable on a body of the first mover along a predetermined path;
- and
- the controller of the first mover, when the first mover does not receive the confirmation pattern from the second mover within a predetermined period of time after having transmitted a pattern through the display of the first mover, causes the display of the first mover to rotate or pivot, or move.
A method of allowing a plurality of objects to make communication with one another, the objects including at least one first mover and at least one second mover,
- the method including:
- the first mover receiving a signal from a satellite, the signal being indicative of a position coordinate of the first mover;
- the first mover making patterns including a pattern indicative of the position coordinate of the first mover;
- the first mover outside displaying the patterns through a display thereof, the display being designed to be rotatable or pivotable around an axis in which the display is equipped with the first mover, or movable on a body of the first mover along a predetermined path;
- the second mover photographing the patterns;
- the second mover deciphering the patterns to thereby control a position of the second mover in accordance with the thus deciphered patterns;
- when the second mover photographs a pattern transmitted from the display of the first mover, the second mover transmitting a confirmation pattern indicative of receiving the pattern;
- the first mover photographing the confirmation pattern;
- and
- the first mover, when the first mover does not receive the confirmation pattern from the second mover within a predetermined period of time after having transmitted a pattern through the display of the first mover, causing the display of the first mover to rotate or pivot, or move.
A drone capable of making communication with other drones, including:
- a signal receiver;
- a controller;
- and
- a display,
- wherein
- the signal receiver receives a signal from a satellite, the signal being indicative of a position coordinate of the drone,
- the controller makes patterns including a pattern indicative of a position coordinate of the drone,
- the display displays the thus made patterns to the other drones,
- the display is designed to be rotatable or pivotable around an axis in which the display is equipped with the drone, or movable on a body of the drone along a predetermined path,
- the controller, when the drone does not receive a confirmation pattern from another drone within a predetermined period of time after having transmitted the pattern through the display, causes the display to rotate or pivot, or move, and
- the confirmation pattern being transmitted from another drone to indicate that another drone received the pattern having been transmitted from the drone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.