Altitude controllable flying device, method of flying the same, and recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideaki Matsuda, Shunsuke Yamada, Toshihiro Takahashi, Takahiro Mizushina
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Abstract
A flying device includes a propulsion unit, a distance sensor, a controller, a determiner and a control modifier. The propulsion unit enables the flying device to fly in air. The distance sensor determines a distance from the flying device to a reference plane. The controller controls an altitude of the flying device based on a value output from the distance sensor. The determiner determines occurrence of an environmental change due to a shift of the reference plane. The control modifier modifies control of the controller in a case in which the determiner determines the occurrence of the environmental change.
Claims20
A flying device comprising:
- a propulsion unit enabling the flying device to fly in air;
- a distance sensor determining a distance from the flying device to a reference plane;
- a controller controlling an altitude of the flying device based on a value output from the distance sensor;
- a determiner determining occurrence of an environmental change due to a shift of the reference plane;
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- a control modifier modifying control of the controller in a case in which the determiner determines the occurrence of the environmental change.
A method of flying a flying device in air comprising a distance sensor, the method comprising steps of:
- controlling an altitude of the flying device based on a value output from the distance sensor;
- determining occurrence of an environmental change due to a shift of a reference plane;
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- modifying control of a controller in a case in which the occurrence of the environmental change is determined.
A recording medium which stores a program executed to instruct a computer of a flying device flying in air and comprising a distance sensor, to function as:
- a controller which controls an altitude of the flying device based on a value output from the distance sensor;
- a determiner which determines occurrence of an environmental change due to a shift of a reference plane;
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- a control modifier which modifies control of the controller in a case in which the occurrence of the environmental change is determined by the determiner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.