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US 12,769,338 B2Granted
Drone and operating method thereof
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorTung Sheng Ting
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Abstract
Provided are a drone and an operating method of the drone. The method includes: a control signal and a positioning signal are received; a first posture of the drone is recorded in a storage medium of the drone when the drone moves; whether the control signal or the positioning signal is lost is determined; the first posture is read from the storage medium, and a second posture opposite to the first posture is obtained in response to losing the control signal and the positioning signal; and the drone is operated to move in the second posture.
Claims19
A drone, comprising:
- a transceiver, receiving a control signal from a wireless channel between the transceiver and a ground control station and a positioning signal;
- a storage medium;
- and
- a processor, coupled to the storage medium and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to:
- record a first posture of the drone in the storage medium when the drone moves;
- determine whether the control signal or the positioning signal is lost;
- read the first posture from the storage medium and obtain a second posture opposite to the first posture in response to losing the control signal and the positioning signal;
- operate the drone to move in the second posture;
- determine a state of a first flag in the storage medium in response to losing the positioning signal but not losing the control signal;
- and
- notify the ground control station to disable the wireless channel in response to the first flag being in an existing state, wherein the first flag being in the existing state indicates that the drone is in a military operation.
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An operating method of a drone, comprising:
- receiving a control signal from a wireless channel between the drone and a ground control station and a positioning signal;
- recording a first posture of the drone in a storage medium of the drone when the drone moves;
- determining whether the control signal or the positioning signal is lost;
- reading the first posture from the storage medium and obtaining a second posture opposite to the first posture in response to losing the control signal and the positioning signal;
- operating the drone to move in the second posture;
- determining a state of a first flag in the storage medium in response to losing the positioning signal but not losing the control signal;
- and
- notifying the ground control station to disable the wireless channel in response to the first flag being in an existing state, wherein the first flag being in the existing state indicates that the drone is in a military operation.
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