Unmanned aerial vehicle, aerial vehicle control system and transportation method
AssigneeRakuten, Inc.
InventorTakumi YAMATO
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial vehicle body capable of flying; a winding member provided to the aerial vehicle body and capable of winding and unwinding a linear member; an attractive member provided to an end portion of the linear member and configured to generate a magnetic attraction force between the attractive member and an attraction-responsive part that is ferromagnetic and provided to a delivery target; and a holding mechanism configured to hold the delivery target T in a state in which the attractive member and the attraction-responsive part are coupled to each other by the magnetic attraction force.
Claims19
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- an aerial vehicle body capable of flying;
- a winding machine provided to the aerial vehicle body and capable of winding and unwinding a linear member;
- an attractive member provided to an end portion of the linear member and configured to generate a magnetic attraction force between the attractive member and an attraction-responsive part that is ferromagnetic and provided to a delivery target;
- and
- a holding mechanism configured to hold the delivery target in a state in which the attractive member and the attraction-responsive part are coupled to each other by the magnetic attraction force.
An aerial vehicle control system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle,
- the unmanned aerial vehicle including:
- an aerial vehicle body capable of flying;
- a winding machine provided to the aerial vehicle body and capable of winding and unwinding a linear member;
- an attractive member provided to an end portion of the linear member and configured to generate a magnetic attraction force between the attractive member and an attraction-responsive part that is ferromagnetic and provided to a delivery target;
- and
- a holding mechanism configured to hold the delivery target in a state in which the attractive member and the attraction-responsive part are coupled to each other by the magnetic attraction force,
- the aerial vehicle control system comprising:
- a winding controller configured to control the winding machine;
- an attraction controller configured to control the magnetic attraction force of the attractive member;
- and
- a hold controller configured to control holding of the delivery target by the holding mechanism.
A transportation method for transporting a delivery target using an unmanned aerial vehicle,
- the unmanned aerial vehicle including:
- an aerial vehicle body capable of flying;
- a winding machine provided to the aerial vehicle body and capable of winding and unwinding a linear member;
- an attractive member provided to an end portion of the linear member and configured to generate a magnetic attraction force between the attractive member and an attraction-responsive part that is ferromagnetic and provided to the delivery target;
- and
- a holding mechanism configured to hold the delivery target in a state in which the attractive member and the attraction-responsive part are coupled to each other by the magnetic attraction force,
- the transportation method comprising:
- unwinding the linear member by the winding machine;
- generating the magnetic attraction force by the attractive member;
- and
- holding the delivery target by the holding mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.