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公开(公告)号：US20210304343A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17176433
申请日：2021-02-16
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , SONY EUROPE B.V.
Inventor： Pär SPJUTH , Anders ISBERG , Hannes BERGKVIST , Peter EXNER , Shaun LEE
Abstract: A scheduling device performs a method of scheduling transports by a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, to enable improved utilization of the fleet. The method includes computing, for the fleet, aggregated cost data, ACM, that associates utilization cost with distributed sub-regions within a geographic region, the utilization cost of a respective sub-region representing an estimated cost for directing at least one of the UAVs to the respective sub-region. The method further includes receiving a query indicative of one or more potential locations for pick-up or delivery of a payload, determining, based on the ACM, a transportation price for at least one potential location, and presenting the transportation price for the at least one potential location. The scheduling device thereby provides an interactive ordering system that enables utilization of the fleet to be automatically optimized by swarm intelligence.
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公开(公告)号：US20210300552A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17176301
申请日：2021-02-16
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , SONY EUROPE B.V.
Inventor： Anders ISBERG , Pär SPJUTH , Hannes BERGKVIST , Peter EXNER , Shaun LEE
Abstract: A system performs a control method to launch an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV. The control method includes calculating a selected altitude, relative to a reference level, for launching the UAV, operating a lifting arrangement to vertically elevate the UAV to the selected altitude, and causing the UAV to be launched from the selected altitude. Elevating the UAV may improve the performance of the UAV in terms of range, power consumption, ability to carry payload, transit time to destination, etc. The selected altitude may be calculated as a function of parameter data representing any of the UAV, the lifting arrangement, or surrounding conditions. An apparatus is further provided to determine an optimal location of the system in relation to a plurality of destinations of UAVs to be elevated by the system.
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公开(公告)号：US20210300554A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17176410
申请日：2021-02-16
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , SONY EUROPE B.V.
Inventor： Hannes BERGKVIST , Pär SPJUTH , Anders ISBERG , Peter EXNER , Shaun LEE
Abstract: A control system in a delivery system performs a method of controlling unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, which are organized in a group or swarm to perform one or more missions to deliver and/or pick up goods. The method includes obtaining drag data indicative of air resistance for one or more UAVs in the group, determining, as a function of the drag data, a respective relative position of at least the one or more UAVs within the group, and controlling at least the one or more UAVs to attain the respective relative position. Such adjustment in the relative position of one or more UAVs enables improved energy efficiency and may be made to reduce energy consumption, increase reach or decrease travel time of at least one UAV in the group.
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公开(公告)号：US20210300553A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17176351
申请日：2021-02-16
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , SONY EUROPE B.V.
Inventor： Peter EXNER , Pär SPJUTH , Anders ISBERG , Hannes BERGKVIST , Shaun LEE
Abstract: A control system in a delivery system performs a method to deliver a payload by an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, without requiring presence of the recipient even if the payload comprises sensitive or vulnerable goods. The method comprises obtaining a designated location for delivery of the payload, obtaining at least one payload vulnerability index for the payload, and obtaining a pick-up time indicative of a time point when the payload is expected to be retrieved by the recipient. The method further comprises selecting a final delivery area at or near the designated location as a function of the at least one payload vulnerability index and the pick-up time, and operating the UAV to deliver the payload to the final delivery area.
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公开(公告)号：US20210266771A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US17149494
申请日：2021-01-14
Applicant: Sony Corporation
Inventor： Peter EXNER , Anders ISBERG
Abstract: A coordinator electronic device includes a memory circuitry, a processor circuitry, and an interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain sensor data from a first sensor device. The processor circuitry is configured to provide to the first sensor device, based on the sensor data obtained, a first configuration parameter indicative of scheduling of reporting from the first sensor device.
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公开(公告)号：US20220004886A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17278308
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: Sony Corporation
Inventor： Peter EXNER , Jim RASMUSSON , Olivier MOLINER
Abstract: A method (100) is disclosed, the method (100) being performed by a server device, where the server device (400) is configured to communicate with a first electronic device (300) of a plurality of electronic devices (300, 300A-300I), the first electronic device being configured to operate using a processing scheme based on a machine-learning model. The method (100) comprises receiving (S102), from the first electronic device (300), an update request for updating the machine-learning model, the update request comprising sensor data indicative of a context surrounding the first electronic device (300); generating (S107) an updated machine-learning model based on the sensor data of the update request; and transmitting (S110) an update response comprising the updated machine-learning model to the first electronic device (300).
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公开(公告)号：US20210144965A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-20
申请号：US17047580
申请日：2019-02-20
Applicant: Sony Corporation
Inventor： Peter EXNER , Sangxia HUANG
Abstract: A tag (10) is configured to be attached to an object (12). The tag includes a sensor (24) configured to generate data indicative of movement of the tag in three dimensions. A control circuit (14) of the tag is configured to determine an amount of change in orientation of the tag over a predetermined period of time based on the data indicative of movement of the tag in three dimensions generated by the sensor; and to determine that the amount of change in orientation indicates that the tag is in one of an attached state relative to the object or is in a detached state relative to the object. A signal may be transmitted to a host computing device (28) if it is determined that the tag has become detached from the object.
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公开(公告)号：US20210058825A1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-25
申请号：US16959499
申请日：2018-05-08
Applicant: Sony Corporation
Inventor： Rickard LJUNG , Andrej PETEF , Anders ISBERG , Peter KARLSSON , Nafiseh MAZLOUM , Peter EXNER
Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises at least one sensor configured to sense sensor data, including at least one first sensor data representing a first sensed condition. The portable electronic device comprises a processor configured to create a learned sensor data pattern and create a learning function. The processor is also configured to obtain the first sensor data, estimate using the learning function a first estimated transmission cost associated with an upcoming data transmission when the device experiences the first sensed condition, predict using the learned sensor data pattern an upcoming second sensor data representing a predicted second sensed condition, and estimate using the learning function a second estimated transmission cost associated with the upcoming data transmission when the device experiences the predicted second sensed condition. The processor is configured to compare the first estimated transmission cost with the second estimated transmission cost.
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公开(公告)号：US20200377120A1
公开(公告)日：2020-12-03
申请号：US16846738
申请日：2020-04-13
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION , SONY EUROPE B.V.
Inventor： Ola THÖRN , Peter EXNER , Shaun LEE
Abstract: A monitoring system detects and mitigates traffic risks among a group of vehicles. The group of vehicles includes a ground-based vehicle (GBV), e.g. an automotive vehicle, and an air-based vehicle (ABV), e.g. a drone, which is operated to track a ground-based object (GBO), e.g. an unprotected road user or an animal. The monitoring system performs a method comprising: obtaining (301) predicted navigation data for the ground-based vehicle and the air-based vehicle, processing (302) the predicted navigation data to obtain one or more future locations of the ground based-object and to detect an upcoming spatial proximity between the ground-based object and the ground-based vehicle, and causing (305), upon detection of the upcoming spatial proximity, an alert signal to be provided to at least one of the ground-based object and the ground-based vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20200369385A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-26
申请号：US16861919
申请日：2020-04-29
Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
Inventor： Ola THÖRN , Peter EXNER
Abstract: Drones are controlled by one or more control devices and comprise a respective camera for image capture. The one or more control devices perform a method including obtaining projected flight paths of the drones, obtaining a projected camera setting of the respective camera, computing, as a function of the projected camera setting, a projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, defining, for the drones, projected time-space trajectories of no-fly zones based on the projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, analyzing the projected flight paths of the drones in relation to the projected time-space trajectories for detection of a violation of one or more of the no-fly zones, and setting an operative flight path and/or an operative camera setting for at least one selected drone to prevent the violation.
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