JP7049672B2 - Flying object - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an air vehicle, and more particularly to a squadron having a display in the main body.

In recent years, attempts have been made to deliver packages using flying objects (hereinafter collectively referred to as "flying objects") such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Patent Document 1 discloses a delivery system using an air vehicle (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The delivery system forms a shipping list for delivering the cargo to be delivered to the delivery destination autonomously by the flying object (drone).

U.S. Patent Publication 2015-01200 94 A1

On the other hand, the above-mentioned flying object does not go beyond the operation feeling of a so-called radio-controlled helicopter, and is difficult to handle for those who are not accustomed to the operation. That is, when operating such an air vehicle, a controller (proportional, etc.) is often used, but for example, when using it indoors, it is not realistic and the operation requires experience and familiarity. Yes, it is difficult to perform intuitive operations.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an air vehicle that can be easily operated and flown.

According to the present invention
Lift generator and
The main body portion provided with the lift generating portion and the main body portion.
The display unit formed on the main body and
An air vehicle having a first content to be displayed on the display unit and a display control unit for managing display conditions for displaying the first content can be obtained.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an air vehicle that can be easily operated and skipped.

It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the flying object by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the appearance image of the flying object by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the appearance image of the flying object by embodiment of this invention. In the figure, only the main body is viewed. FIG. 3 is a top perspective view of the flying object of FIG. It is a display example of the content shown in the display part of the flying object of FIG. It is a partially enlarged view of the content of FIG. It is another partial enlarged view of the content of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the operation with respect to the content of FIG. It is another figure which shows the example of the operation with respect to the content of FIG.

The contents of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in a list. The flying object according to the embodiment of the present invention has the following configurations.
[Item 1]
Lift generator and
The main body portion provided with the lift generating portion and the main body portion.
The display unit formed on the main body and
An air vehicle having a first content to be displayed on the display unit and a display control unit for managing display conditions for displaying the first content.
[Item 2]
The flying object according to item 1.
The first content includes information indicating the flight state of the flying object, information indicating an operation performed on the flying object, interface information for performing an operation on the flying object, or the flying object. Contains at least one of the information about the retrieved image,
Flying body.
[Item 3]
The aircraft described in item 2 and
The display unit has a touch sensing function that accepts touch operations.
The first content is the interface information and is a plurality of operation buttons.
The display control unit controls to start the operation of the flying object corresponding to the operation button when a touch operation is performed on the operation button.
Aircraft [Item 4]
The aircraft described in item 3 and
The control unit displays the interface information at a position where the touch operation is performed on the display unit.
Flying body.
[Item 5]
The flying object according to item 3 or item 4.
The control unit accepts an operation of moving the displayed position of the operation button in the display unit.
Flying body.
[Item 6]
The flying object according to any one of items 1 to 5.
The first content is pseudo-emotional pattern information associated in advance according to at least one of the flight state, the flight position, the internal state of the flight body, and the influence from the outside of the flight body.
Flying body.
[Item 7]
The flying object according to any one of items 1 to 6.
The display control unit manages the second content displayed on the display unit in conjunction with the first content and the interlocking condition for interlocking and displaying the second content, and satisfies the interlocking condition. In some cases, the second content is linked to the first content and displayed according to the interlocking condition.
Flying body.
[Item 8]
The flying object according to any one of items 1 to 7.
The main body portion has a substantially cylindrical shape having an outer peripheral side surface orthogonal to the horizontal direction during flight, and the display portion is formed on the outer peripheral side surface.
Flying body.
[Item 9]
The flying object according to any one of items 1 to 8.
The main body has a curved surface and has a curved surface.
The display unit is formed on the curved surface.
Flying body.
[Item 10]
The flying object according to any one of items 1 to 9.
The display unit is an organic EL display.
Flying body.

<Details of the embodiment>
Hereinafter, the flying object according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The flying object according to the embodiment of the present invention is a drone (Drone), a multicopter (Multicopter), an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an RPS (remote piloted aircraft systems), or a UAS (UAS), etc. May be called.

<Functional configuration of the flying object>
As shown in FIG. 1, the flying object includes a power supply, a lift generating unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The lift generator includes at least a motor and a propeller, and a detailed structure will be described at the end of this embodiment. The lift generating unit, the display unit, and the control unit are all supplied with electric power from a power source.

The display unit includes an input unit and an output unit as a concept. The display unit according to the present embodiment is an organic EL (organic electroluminescence) display having a touch sensing unit. The organic EL display displays an image, receives an interactive touch operation (physical contact operation, etc.) by the user, and displays a corresponding graphic based on the control of the control unit.

More specifically, the touch sensing unit outputs an operation signal corresponding to the touch operation by the user to the control unit. The touch operation can be performed by any object, for example, it may be performed by a user's finger, or a stylus or the like may be used. Further, as the touch sensing unit, for example, a capacitance type unit can be adopted.

The control unit includes a content control unit, an emotion pattern control unit, and a UI (User Interface) control unit. The content control unit, the emotion pattern control unit, and the UI control unit refer to the storage unit and read / write / update appropriate information according to the operation.

The content control unit manages the content and the display condition (operation condition) of the content as a set, and reads and displays the appropriate content according to the operation from the user. Content includes at least information about the flight status of the aircraft, information about the operations being performed on the aircraft, information about images acquired by the aircraft, and other information acquired over the network. ..

The emotion pattern control unit displays the pseudo-emotion pattern information associated in advance according to at least the flight state of the flight object, the flight position, the internal state of the flight object, or the influence from the outside.

The UI control unit manages interface information for operating the flying object. The interface information is a plurality of operation buttons (details will be described later), and the control unit controls to start the operation of the aircraft corresponding to the operation buttons when a touch operation is performed on the operation buttons.

The content control unit, the emotion control unit, and the UI control unit described above may be interlocked with each other. That is, the emotion pattern control unit may display a predetermined emotion pattern in conjunction with the display of the content (or the operation for the content) by the content control unit. Conditions for interlocking are stored in the storage unit.

The information stored in the storage unit can be updated via the network.

<Implementation example according to this embodiment>
As shown in FIG. 2, the flying object 10 has a main body portion 100 having a curved surface, and an organic EL display 200 is formed in the aspect thereof. By adopting the organic EL display 200, it is possible to provide a display unit on a curved surface. The material of the display is not limited to this, and any display that can be formed on a curved surface may be used.

FIG. 3 is an example in which the organic EL display 200 is formed with respect to the main body 100 of another flying object 10. As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the main body 100 has a cylindrical shape having an outer peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion. As shown in the figure, the flying object 10 is configured to open in the vertical direction (Z direction) in the initial state (initial position: landing state).

The outer peripheral portion in the present embodiment functions as a side surface portion 102 on which the organic EL display 200 is formed.

The above-mentioned contents, emotion patterns, and UI are displayed on the organic EL display 200. Further, in particular, the traveling direction of the flying object 10 such as up / down / left / right / front / back, which is difficult to grasp due to the cylindrical shape, may be displayed. In this case, for example, a display indicating the traveling direction (color, blinking display, etc.) or a display indicating left and right may be displayed.

As is well shown in FIG. 5, the flying object 10 according to the present embodiment is provided inside the main body 100, and is a propeller (lift generating portion) for generating at least an air flow from the upper side to the lower side of the main body 100. Has 120. In the present embodiment, the propeller 120 uses a contra-rotating propeller.

In the flying object 10 according to the present embodiment, the rotation speed is reduced by increasing the diameter of the propeller 120, and as a result, the sound due to the rotation of the propeller 120 can be reduced.

Further, by forming the main body 100 into a cylindrical shape, the airflow generated from the tip of the propeller can be rectified downward (rear in the traveling direction), and energy efficiency can be improved and noise can be suppressed at the same time.

The upper part 101 and the lower part 103 of the main body 100 have a mesh structure, and the airflow by the propeller 120 is efficiently discharged.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a flap 110 is provided at the lower end of the side surface portion 102. The flaps 110 are provided at intervals of 120 degrees. The flap 110 is provided so as to be displaceable toward the inside and outside (that is, in the normal direction of the side surface 102). The control unit (not shown) of the flying object 10 controls the moving direction by displacing the flap portion 110 to change the direction of the air flow. The direction of movement will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an omnidirectional camera 150T is provided at the center of the upper portion 101 and the lower portion 103 of the main body 100.

The side surface portion 102 is provided with a depth sensor (Depth sensor) (not shown). Depth sensors are provided at 120 degree intervals when viewed from above with respect to the side surface 102.

In the present embodiment, the spherical camera 150T acquires the gesture of the user and performs the operation associated with the gesture. At this time, information on whether or not the gesture is correctly recognized and the operation performed when the gesture is correctly recognized is displayed on the display on the side surface 102.

The details of the display area 300 displayed on the organic EL display 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9.

FIG. 5 is an example showing the contents displayed in the entire display area 300. In the present embodiment, information is displayed on the front surface, but there may be an area where nothing is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the display area 300, the facial expression pattern 312 displayed corresponding to the above-mentioned emotion pattern and the message 310 associated in advance are displayed.

Further, the operation buttons 320 controlled by the UI control unit include, for example, a button 322 regarding the network status and the usage record of the cloud service, a button 324 for confirming the gesture document from the user who succeeded in recognition, and the like. A button 326 or the like indicating information regarding playback of audio, moving image, or the like is displayed.

The image 330 acquired by the omnidirectional camera 150T may also be displayed in the display area 300. The image 330 may be displayed as acquired in the past, or the acquired image may be displayed in real time.

As shown in FIG. 7, for example, when music is being played, an image 340 displayed in accordance with the music may be displayed.

As shown in FIG. 8, the operation button 320 in the present embodiment may be displayed in a predetermined area in the display area (FIG. 8A), and the user has performed a touch operation. It may be displayed in a place. Further, it may be moved from the once displayed place to an arbitrary position in the display area (FIG. 8 (b)).

As shown in FIG. 9, the information shown in the display area may be rotated in the circumferential direction in the display area in response to a user's slide operation or the like (FIG. 9).

The above-mentioned rotary wing aircraft mainly refers to those that move in the air, but also includes rotary wing aircraft having a function that combines applications such as land use and underwater use.

<Hardware configuration of the flying object>
The above-mentioned flying object may be composed of hardware such as a flight controller, a memory, a transmission / reception unit, a motor, an ESC, a propeller, a battery, and various sensors.

The flight controller can have one or more processors such as a programmable processor (eg, central processing unit (CPU)).

The flight controller has a memory (not shown) and can access the memory. The memory stores the logic, code, and / or program instructions that the flight controller can execute to perform one or more steps.

The memory may include, for example, a separable medium such as an SD card or random access memory (RAM) or an external storage device. The data acquired from the cameras and sensors may be directly transmitted and stored in the memory. For example, still image / moving image data taken by a camera or the like is recorded in the built-in memory or an external memory.

The flight controller includes a control module configured to control the state of the flying object. For example, the control module may adjust the spatial placement, velocity, and / or acceleration of an air vehicle with 6 degrees of freedom (translation x, y and z, and rotational motion θ _x , θ _y and θ _z ). Controls the propulsion mechanism (motor, etc.) of the flying object. The control module can control one or more of the states of the mounting unit and the sensors.

The flight controller is capable of communicating with a transmitter / receiver configured to transmit and / or receive data from one or more external devices (eg, terminals, display devices, or other remote controls). The transceiver can use any suitable communication means such as wired communication or wireless communication.

For example, the transmitter / receiver uses one or more of a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), infrared, wireless, WiFi, point-to-point (P2P) network, telecommunications network, cloud communication, and the like. be able to.

The transmitter / receiver can transmit and / or receive one or more of data acquired by sensors, processing results generated by a flight controller, predetermined control data, user commands from a terminal or a remote controller, and the like. ..

The sensors according to the present embodiment include inertial sensors (acceleration sensors, gyro sensors), GPS sensors, proximity sensors (eg, riders), vision / image sensors (eg, cameras) and other physical sensors, depending on the application. Can include. Further, a chemical sensor such as an ion sensor, a bioaffinity sensor, a gas sensor, another electrochemical sensor, or an optical sensor may be included.

The embodiments described above are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the interpretation of the present invention. It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention includes its equivalents.

10 Flying object 100 Main body 200 Organic EL display 102 Side part 103 Lower part 110 Flap 120 Propeller 150T Spherical camera

Claims (10)

Lift generator and
A main body portion provided with the lift generating portion and having an outer peripheral side surface orthogonal to the horizontal direction during flight, and a main body portion.
A display unit having a display area formed so that the longitudinal direction is along the outer peripheral side surface of the main body portion, and a display unit.
The first content for displaying in the display area of the display unit and the display condition for displaying the first content are managed , and the first content and the information displayed in the display area are displayed in the display area. An air vehicle having a display control unit that rotates and displays in the circumferential direction . The flying object according to claim 1.
The first content includes information indicating the flight state of the flying object, information indicating an operation performed on the flying object, interface information for performing an operation on the flying object, or the flying object. Contains at least one of the information about the retrieved image,
Flying body. The flying object according to claim 2.
The display unit has a touch sensing function that accepts touch operations.
The first content is the interface information and is a plurality of operation buttons.
The display control unit controls to start the operation of the flying object corresponding to the operation button when a touch operation is performed on the operation button.
Flying object The flying object according to claim 3.
The control unit displays the interface information at a position where the touch operation is performed on the display unit.
Flying body. The flying object according to claim 3 or 4.
The control unit accepts an operation of moving the displayed position of the operation button in the display unit.
Flying body. The flying object according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
The first content is pseudo-emotional pattern information associated in advance according to at least one of the flight state, the flight position, the internal state of the flight body, and the influence from the outside of the flight body.
Flying body. The flying object according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
The display control unit manages the second content displayed on the display unit in conjunction with the first content and the interlocking condition for interlocking and displaying the second content, and satisfies the interlocking condition. In some cases, the second content is linked to the first content and displayed according to the interlocking condition.
Flying body. The flying object according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
The main body has a substantially cylindrical shape having an outer peripheral side surface orthogonal to the horizontal direction during flight.
Flying body. The flying object according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
The display control unit controls the display in the display area according to the operating conditions.
Flying body. The flying object according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
The display unit is an organic EL display.
Flying body.

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