Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Agricultural drone having improved foolproof
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Application No.: US17047736Application Date: 2019-02-28
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Publication No.: US12014641B2Publication Date: 2024-06-18
- Inventor: Chihiro Wake , Hiroshi Yanagishita
- Applicant: NILEWORKS INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NILEWORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: NILEWORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC
- Priority: JP 18035043 2018.02.28
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/007732 2019.02.28
- International Announcement: WO2019/168080A 2019.09.06
- Date entered country: 2020-10-28
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G08G5/04 ; B64U10/13 ; B64U101/00

Abstract:
A drone (an aerial vehicle), able to maintain improved safety for operation by non-specialists, is provided. A farm field data stored in a cloud at take-off is compared to an environment data read by a sensor, and a control to prohibit take-off is performed if any danger is considered. In particular, it is desirable to prohibit if there is a traffic, where people and cars may pass, between the farm field and a current location, and if a direction of the drone, installed, does not point to a direction of an intrusion pathway to the target farm field. Furthermore, it is desirable to prohibit take-off if a predetermined maintenance is not performed by referring to a maintenance history.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210110724A1 AGRICULTURAL DRONE HAVING IMPROVED FOOLPROOF Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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