Drone server for environmental inspection and its operation method

A plurality of environmental inspection drones, each equipped with a drone server for environmental inspection, wherein the drone server comprises:

• an input unit for inputting external information into the server;
• an output unit for outputting information inside the server to the outside;
• a communication unit for communicating internal and external information of the server;
• a storage unit for storing information generated from the server;
• a sensor unit for detecting information inside and outside the server;
• a control unit for controlling all operations of the server;
• and a memory unit for executing various programs and storing data accompanying them, wherein:
• the memory unit includes a location measuring unit for measuring the location of the environmental inspection drone, an inspection area setting unit for setting an inspection area of the environmental inspection drone, an inspection movement path setting unit for setting an inspection movement path of the environmental inspection drone, and an inspection movement path storage unit for storing the inspection movement path set by the inspection movement path setting unit,
• wherein a first environmental inspection drone sets an environmental inspection area by considering the battery status, surrounding terrain status, surrounding obstacle status, or surrounding weather status of the first environmental inspection drone detected by the sensor unit, and a second environmental inspection drone among the plurality of environmental inspection drones sets an inspection area by considering the battery status, surrounding terrain status, surrounding obstacle status, or surrounding weather status of the second environmental inspection drone excluding the inspection area set by the first environmental inspection drone, and among the plurality of environmental inspection drones, the remaining environmental inspection drones excluding the first and second environmental inspection drones sequentially set inspection areas in the same manner as the first and second environmental inspection drones set their inspection areas.

A drone server for environmental inspection, which is installed on an environmental inspection drone, and includes:

• an input unit for inputting external information into the server;
• an output unit for outputting information inside the server to the outside;
• a communication unit for communicating internal and external information of the server;
• a storage unit for storing information generated from the server;
• a sensor unit for detecting information inside and outside the server;
• a control unit for controlling all operations of the server;
• and a memory unit for executing various programs and storing data accompanying them, wherein:
• the memory unit includes a location measuring unit for measuring the location of the environmental inspection drone, an inspection area setting unit for setting an inspection area of the environmental inspection drone, an inspection movement path setting unit for setting an inspection movement path of the environmental inspection drone, and an inspection movement path storage unit for storing the inspection movement path set by the inspection movement path setting unit
• wherein the memory unit comprises a position measurement unit for determining the location of the environmental inspection drone, an inspection area setting unit for defining the inspection area, an inspection movement path setting unit for establishing the inspection movement path, and an inspection movement path storage unit for storing the set inspection movement path, and
• wherein the inspection area setting unit determines the maximum possible inspection area at a specific location by utilizing the field of view (FOV) and maximum visible distance of the camera sensor included in the sensor unit, a 360-degree rotation angle based on the vertical central axis, and an upward and downward tilt angle based on the horizontal central axis of the environmental inspection drone.