WO2021238812A1

WO2021238812A1 - Unmanned aerial vehicle service management system, method, readable storage medium, and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2021238812A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/095307
Authority: WO
Inventors: 景华
Original assignee: 北京三快在线科技有限公司
Priority date: 2020-05-29
Filing date: 2021-05-21
Publication date: 2021-12-02
Also published as: CN111724631B; CN111724631A

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle service management system, a method, a readable storage medium, and an electronic device. Unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems (10 and 20) are commucatively connected to an external airspace management center (30). The airspace management center (30) is connected to the at least two unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems (10 and 20). The unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems (10 and 20) each comprise: an unmanned aerial vehicle service management device (101 and 201) and an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management device (102 and 202). The unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management device (102 and 202) receives from the unmanned aerial vehicle service management device (101) current flight information of a first target unmanned aerial vehicle (103) and transmits to the airspace management center (30), receives from the airspace management center (30) current flight information and/or prompt information of a second target unmanned aerial vehicle (203) executing a second service in the other unmanned aerial vehicle service management system (20), and controls, on the basis of the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle (203) and of the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle (103), the flight of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle (103) to execute a first service.

Description

UAV business management system, method, readable storage medium and electronic equipment

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, and in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle business management system, method, readable storage medium and electronic equipment.

Background technique

At present, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has a wide range of applications in many fields, and can complete various types of businesses such as agricultural plant protection, forest fire prevention, power maintenance, and order distribution. In the process of controlling the UAV to perform business, in order to ensure the flight safety of the UAV, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the flight information of each UAV flying in the air and plan the flight path for the UAV.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle business management system, method, readable storage medium and electronic equipment to realize the interconnection and intercommunication of different unmanned aerial vehicle business management systems.

In order to achieve the above objective, the first aspect of the present disclosure provides an unmanned aerial vehicle business management system for drone operators to manage unmanned aerial vehicles. The unmanned aerial vehicle business management system communicates with an external airspace management center. The airspace management center is connected with at least two of the drone business management systems, and each of the drone business management systems includes: a drone business manager and a drone traffic manager,

The drone business manager is used to control a first target drone to perform a first business, obtain current flight information of the first target drone, and send the current flight information to the drone Machine traffic manager;

The UAV traffic manager is configured to receive the current flight information of the first target UAV from the UAV business manager and send it to the airspace management center, from the airspace management center Receive current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone performing the second service in other drone business management systems, and based on the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone And the current flight information of the first target drone, planning the flight of the first target drone to perform the first service;

Wherein, the second service and the first service belong to services operated by different drone operators, and the prompt information is used to prompt that the second target drone is located in the waiting area of the first target drone. In the airspace used.

Optionally, the current flight information includes current location information,

At least one drone of a drone operator sends current flight information of the at least one drone to the drone service manager;

The drone service manager is further configured to determine the first service and related location information of the first service in response to the needs of the users of the drone operator, and according to the first service Related location information and current flight information of the at least one drone, and the first target drone that executes the first service among the at least one drone is determined.

Optionally, the first target drone is also used to receive current flight information of the second target drone, and forward the current flight information of the second target drone to the airspace management center.

Optionally, the first service includes a distribution service, and the system further includes: ground distribution capacity equipment,

The first target drone is also used to control the ground distribution capacity equipment to perform at least a part of the tasks of the distribution business in response to detecting the ground distribution capacity equipment.

Optionally, the system further includes: ground auxiliary facilities,

The ground auxiliary facility communicates with the drone service manager through a public network, and communicates with the first target drone through a private network, and is used to communicate between the first target drone and the drone. The said UAV business manager forwards information between.

Optionally, the ground auxiliary facility is further configured to receive environmental information detected by the first target drone, and send the environmental information to the drone service manager to allow the drone The service manager sends the environmental information to the user of the drone operator.

Optionally, the system further includes:

The simulator is used to respond to the simulation request for the first service, according to the respective flight paths of the first number of the first target drones, to simulate the first number of the first target drones to perform all the tasks. In the dynamic process of the first service, the simulation request includes the first number of first target drones required to execute the first service and the respective flight paths of the first target drones.

Optionally, the first number of simulated first target drones is greater than the total number of drones actually owned by the drone operator.

The UAV traffic manager is further configured to: Planning a flight path of the first target drone, and sending the flight path to the drone service manager;

The drone service manager is further configured to send an instruction to execute the first service and the flight path to the first target drone, so that the first target drone can fly according to the flight path. Path flight.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a drone service management method, the method includes:

The UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information of the first target UAV performing the first service sent by the UAV service manager and sends it to the airspace management center; and

The UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV performing the second service sent by the airspace management center;

The UAV traffic manager plans the first target UAV according to the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV and the current flight information of the first target UAV Flight to perform the first business;

Wherein, the second service and the first service belong to the services of different drone operators, and the prompt information is used to prompt that the second target drone is located in the first target drone to be used In the airspace.

Optionally, the method further includes: in response to the communication quality between the drone service manager and the first target drone falling below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic manager The airspace management center receives the current flight information of the first target drone forwarded by the second target drone; or responds to the drone business manager and the first target drone The quality of communication therebetween drops below a predetermined threshold, and the UAV service manager receives the current flight information of the first target UAV through ground auxiliary facilities.

A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a drone business management method for drones. The method is applied to a first drone, and the method includes:

Establishing a communication connection between the first drone and the second drone;

The second drone sends the current flight information of the second drone to the first drone, so that the first drone can send the first drone and the second drone to the The current flight information of the drone is forwarded to the airspace management center through the drone business management equipment connected to the first drone;

The first drone receives the flight path of the first drone sent by the drone business manager, where the flight path of the first drone is connected to the drone business management device The connected UAV traffic manager plans for the first UAV at least according to the current flight information of the first UAV and the second UAV received from the airspace management center.

Optionally, the service performed by the first drone includes a distribution service, and the method further includes:

In response to detecting the ground distribution capacity equipment, establishing a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity equipment;

Control the ground distribution capacity equipment to perform at least a part of the tasks of the distribution business.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a drone business management method for ground auxiliary facilities, the method is applied to a ground auxiliary facility, and the ground auxiliary facility communicates with a first target drone and a drone business manager Connection, the method includes:

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, current flight information sent by the first target drone;

The ground auxiliary facility sends the current flight information to the drone service manager;

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone sent by the drone service manager;

The ground auxiliary facility sends the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone to the first target drone.

Optionally, before the ground assistance facility receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone, the method further includes:

The ground auxiliary facility establishes a communication connection with the first target drone through a private network through a private network;

The ground auxiliary facility establishes a communication connection with the UAV service manager through a public network.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, environmental information detected by the first target drone;

The ground auxiliary facility sends the environmental information to the drone service manager, so that the drone service manager outputs the environmental information to the user of the drone operator.

A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the second to fourth aspects of the present disclosure are implemented.

A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including:

A memory on which a computer program is stored;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program in the memory to implement the steps of the methods described in the second to fourth aspects.

Using the above technical solution, the airspace management center can be connected to multiple drone business management systems, and the drone traffic manager in the drone business management system can receive the first target drone's information from the drone business manager. The current flight information is sent to the airspace management center, and the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone that executes the second service in the other drone business management system is received from the airspace management center. In this way, the UAV traffic manager in the UAV business management system can receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of the UAVs in other UAV business management systems through the airspace management center, and realize different information. Interconnection of man-machine business management systems.

Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be described in detail in the following specific embodiments.

Description of the drawings

The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the following specific embodiments, they are used to explain the present disclosure, but do not constitute a limitation to the present disclosure. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a UAV business management system according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing another UAV business management system according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing a method for managing drone services according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing another UAV service management method according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing another UAV business management method according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

The specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present disclosure, and are not used to limit the present disclosure.

First, the UAV business management system provided by the present disclosure for UAV operators to manage UAVs will be described. The UAV business management system communicates with the external airspace management center. The airspace management center is connected to at least two UAV business management systems, and each UAV business management system includes a UAV business manager and a UAV Traffic manager. The UAV service manager and UAV traffic manager may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC for short), Digital Signal Processor (DSP for short), and digital signal processor. Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), Programmable Logic Device (PLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Controller, Microcontroller, Microprocessing The device or other electronic components are used to realize the corresponding functions. However, the existing UAV traffic management system only takes into account the flight information of a single UAV business operator’s own UAV. With the development of UAV business, there will be different UAV business operators in the air. When planning a flight path for a drone that performs a certain business, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the flight information of other drone business operators’ drones that perform other businesses. Therefore, different drone businesses need to be implemented Interconnection of management systems.

In the present disclosure, the airspace management center is connected with two UAV business management systems as an example for description. In actual applications, the airspace management center can communicate with a larger number of drone business management systems according to actual needs, and this disclosure does not limit this.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a UAV business management system according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the airspace management center 30 can be connected to the UAV business management system 10 and the UAV business management system 20 respectively. Among them, the drone business management system 10 may include a drone business manager 101 and a drone traffic manager 102, and the drone business management system 20 may include a drone business manager 201 and a drone traffic manager. 202. It is worth noting that under different drone business systems, each drone business manager is responsible for different specific services, and the specific services provided by each drone traffic manager are also different, but the drone business manager The functions of 101 and UAV Business Manager 201 are similar, such as the need to control the execution of the UAV's tasks, obtain the UAV data and communicate with other managers, etc. The UAV Traffic Manager 102 and Some of the functions of the UAV Traffic Manager 202 are similar. For example, it needs to communicate with other managers, and it needs to communicate with external systems such as the airspace management center. In the following, only the UAV business manager 101 and UAV The traffic manager 102 will be explained and explained as an example.

The drone service manager 101 is used to control the first target drone 103 to perform the first service, obtain the current flight information of the first target drone 103, and send the current flight information to the drone traffic manager 102 . Among them, each drone business management system has its own drone to be managed. Therefore, the drone business manager 101 controls the first target after receiving the first business released by the drone operator The drone 103 performs the first service, obtains the current flight information of the first target drone 103, and sends the current flight information to the drone traffic manager 102.

The UAV traffic manager 102 is in communication connection with the airspace management center 30, and is used to receive the current flight information of the first target UAV 103 from the UAV business manager 101 and send it to the airspace management center 30, so that other The drone traffic manager in the human-machine service management system (for example, the drone traffic manager 202 in FIG. 1) can obtain the current status of the first target drone 103 performing the first service from the airspace management center 30. Flight information. Similarly, the UAV traffic manager in other UAV business management systems (for example, UAV traffic manager 202 in FIG. 1) can also update the current flight of the second target UAV 203 performing the second service. The information is sent to the airspace management center 30. In this way, the airspace management center 30 stores the current flight information of the target UAV performing each business.

The second business and the first business belong to the business operated by different drone operators. For example, as shown in Figure 1, the first drone operator 50 is a drone delivery operator, the first business is a delivery business, and the second drone operator 60 is a drone forest fire prevention operator. The second business is the forest fire prevention business.

In another example, the second service and the first service may also belong to the same service operated by different drone operators. The first drone operator 50 is a drone delivery operator, and the first business is For the delivery business, the second drone operator 60 is another drone delivery operator, and the second business is also a delivery business.

In one embodiment, the airspace management center 30 stores the current flight information of the target drone that performs each service, and will forward the current flight information of the target drone that performs each service to each drone business management system . In this embodiment, the UAV traffic manager 102 can receive the second service that executes the second service from other UAV service management systems (for example, the UAV service management system 20 in FIG. 1) from the airspace management center 30. The current flight information of the target drone 203, after which, according to the received current flight information of the second target drone 203 and the current flight information of the first target drone 103, the flight of the first target drone 103 is planned To perform the first business.

Exemplarily, planning the flight of the first target drone 103 may include planning the next flight speed of the first target drone 103, planning the next flight path of the first target drone 103, and so on.

It is worth noting that in order to ensure the flight safety of drones, the flight range of the drone is usually defined, that is, the airspace used by the drone. For example, each drone business management system will register the airspace with the airspace management center 30 Manage and apply for management of the airspace used by the drones it manages. In this way, the airspace management center 30 can allocate the airspace used by the drones it manages to each drone business management system. Therefore, in another embodiment, the airspace management center 30 may also determine whether the second target drone is located in the first target drone based on the current flight information of the first target drone and the current flight information of the second target drone. In the airspace where the target drone is to be used.

For example, the airspace management center 30 can determine whether the second target drone 203 is currently located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103 according to the current flight information of the second target drone 203, or predict the second target drone 203. Whether the target drone 203 may be located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103, and so on. And after determining that the second target drone 203 is currently located in the airspace where the first target drone 103 is to be used, or it is estimated that the second target drone 203 may be located in the first target drone 103 to be used When the airspace is in the airspace, the airspace management center 30 may send prompt information to the UAV traffic manager 102, and the prompt information is used to prompt the second target UAV 203 to be located in the airspace to be used by the first target UAV 103. Correspondingly, in this embodiment, the drone traffic manager 102 receives the prompt information, and plans the flight of the first target drone 103 to execute the first service according to the prompt information and the current flight information of the first target drone 103 . For example, the first target drone 103 can be controlled to travel at a lower speed to avoid collision with the second target drone 203.

In addition, after receiving the prompt information, the UAV traffic manager 102 may further obtain the current flight of the second target UAV 203 located in the airspace to be used by the first target UAV 103 from the airspace management center 30 According to the current flight information of the second target drone 203 and the current flight information of the first target drone 103, the flight plan of the first target drone 103 can be adjusted in time to avoid collision of the drone. , Improve the flight safety of drones. It should be noted that the flight plan of the first target drone 103 can be specifically adjusted according to actual conditions, which is not specifically limited in the present disclosure.

Using the above technical solution, the airspace management center can be connected to multiple drone business management systems, and the drone traffic manager in the drone business management system can receive the first target drone's information from the drone business manager. The current flight information is sent to the airspace management center, and the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone that executes the second service in the other drone business management system is received from the airspace management center. In this way, the UAV traffic manager can receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of UAVs in other UAV business management systems through the airspace management center, realizing the interconnection and intercommunication of different UAV business management systems . In addition, the UAV traffic manager may further plan the flight of the first target UAV based on the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV and the current flight information of the first target UAV to execute The first business, in this way, avoids drone collisions and improves the flight safety of drones.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the UAV traffic manager 102 can also communicate with other service platforms 40 (for example, a weather service platform, an air control area platform), so that the UAV traffic manager 102 is adjusting or planning The flight path can be adjusted or planned with reference to the weather and air control area.

In the present disclosure, the current flight information may include at least one of current flight speed, current position information, and current flight path.

In an embodiment, the current flight information includes current location information, and at least one drone of the drone operator sends the drone's own current flight information to the drone business manager; drone business management The device is also used to determine the first service and the relevant location information of the first service in response to the needs of the users of the drone operator. According to the relevant location information of the first service and the current flight information of the drone, in at least one Among the drones, the first target drone to perform the first business is determined.

For example, as shown in Fig. 1, assuming that the first drone operator 50 is a drone delivery operator, when the user of the drone delivery operator needs to use the drone to perform the delivery business, correspondingly, no one The machine service manager 101 can then determine that the service to be executed is a distribution service, and determine the relevant location information of the distribution service. Wherein, the relevant location information of the delivery service may include fetching location information and item delivery location information, etc. After that, the drone service manager 101 determines the first target drone 103 for executing the first service among the drones based on the current location information, fetching location information, and/or item delivery location information of each drone. . For example, the drone service manager 101 may determine the drone closest to the pick-up location and/or the delivery location of the item as the first target drone 103.

Correspondingly, the UAV traffic manager 102 is also used to set the current location information of the second target UAV 203, the current location information of the first target UAV 103, and the related location information of the first service as the first target. The drone plans the flight path and sends the flight path to the drone business manager 101. After that, after the drone service manager 101 receives the flight path of the first target drone 103, it sends the first target drone 103 an instruction to execute the first service and the flight path, so that the first target drone is unmanned. The aircraft 103 flies according to the flight path. Wherein, path planning can be performed with existing related technologies. The present disclosure does not impose specific restrictions on this, as long as it is ensured that the first target drone 103 does not interact with the second target drone 203 during the process of performing the first service according to the planned flight path. Just collide.

It should be noted that when there are multiple first target drones 103 performing the first service, the multiple first target drones 103 may communicate with each other through V2X (vehicle to everything), Bluetooth, or the like. In this way, when one of the first target drones 103 communicates abnormally with the drone service manager 101, the other first target drones 103 can also communicate with the drone service manager 101 indirectly to ensure The reliability of the communication between the drone and the drone business manager.

In a possible implementation, as shown in FIG. 1, the first target drone 103 performing the first service may also establish a communication connection with the second target drone 203 performing the second service. In this way, the first target The drone 103 is also used to receive the current flight information of the second target drone 203 and send the current flight information of the second target drone 203 to the airspace management center 30.

In this embodiment, the second target drone 203 can send its own current flight information to the airspace management via the drone business manager 201 and the drone traffic manager 202 in the drone business management system 20. The center 30 may also send its own current flight information to the airspace management center via the first target drone 103, the drone business manager 101 and the drone traffic manager 102 in the drone business management system 10 30. In actual application, the second target drone 203 can preferably send its current flight information to the airspace management center via the drone business manager 201 and the drone traffic manager 202 in the drone business management system 20 30. When the communication quality between the second target drone 203 and the drone business manager 201 drops below a predetermined threshold, the second target drone 203 can pass through the first target drone 103 and the drone business The UAV business manager 101 and the UAV traffic manager 102 in the management system 10 send their current flight information to the airspace management center 30.

Similarly, when the communication quality between the first target drone 103 and the drone business manager 101 drops below a predetermined threshold, the first target drone 103 can also pass through the second target drone 203, The drone business manager 201 and the drone traffic manager 202 in the drone business management system 20 send their current flight information to the airspace management center 30. In this way, the UAV traffic manager 102 can obtain the current flight information of the first target UAV 103 from the airspace management center 30.

With the above technical solution, since the target drones performing different services can communicate, the communication channels between the drone and the drone business manager and the drone traffic manager are added to further ensure that the drone The communication reliability of the business management system.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the first business is a delivery business, the drone business management system 10 may also include a ground delivery capacity device 104. When the first target drone 103 detects the ground distribution capacity equipment 104, it establishes a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity equipment 104, and controls the ground distribution capacity equipment 104 to perform at least a part of the tasks of the distribution business. Wherein, the ground distribution capacity equipment 104 may be, for example, an unmanned transmission track, a distribution robot, an unmanned distribution vehicle, and so on.

Specifically, when the first target drone 103 detects the ground distribution capacity device 104, it can establish a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity device 104, and automatically dock with the ground distribution capacity device 104. After the docking is successful, The delivery items can be delivered to the ground delivery capacity device 104, so that the items can be delivered to the agreed delivery location through the ground delivery capacity device 104. In one embodiment, after the first target drone 103 delivers the delivery items to the ground distribution capacity equipment 104, and sends the location information of the agreed delivery location to the ground distribution capacity equipment 104, the first target is unmanned The aircraft 103 can finish performing the delivery business and return to the drone hangar (the hangar where the drone is stored). After that, only the ground delivery capacity equipment 104 performs the delivery business. In another embodiment, after the first target drone 103 delivers the delivery items to the ground distribution capacity device 104, it still follows the flight path, so that the ground distribution capacity device 104 follows the first target drone 103 Drive to complete the distribution business. In this way, the flexibility of the UAV to perform the distribution business and the efficiency of the UAV to perform the distribution business are improved.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system 10 may also include ground auxiliary facilities 105. Among them, the ground auxiliary facility 105 can communicate with the drone business manager 101 through a public network, and communicate with the first target drone 103 through a private network, and is used to communicate between the first target drone 103 and the drone. The human-machine service manager 101 forwards information between. Among them, the ground auxiliary facility 105 may be a drone hangar, a drone take-off platform, a drone landing platform, a facility for a drone-fetching merchant to communicate with the drone, and so on. Public networks can include communication networks such as Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Ethernet, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc., and proprietary networks can include software radio, point-to-point direct communication and other communication networks .

As shown in FIG. 2, the first target drone 103 usually communicates with the drone service manager 101 through a public network interface using a public network. Since the ground auxiliary facility 105 can often access the public network with low latency and high bandwidth, the ground auxiliary facility 105 communicates with the UAV business manager 101 through the public network, and the first target UAV 103 uses a proprietary interface Use the proprietary network to communicate with the ground auxiliary facility 105.

The public network through which the ground auxiliary facility 105 communicates with the drone service manager 101 and the public network through which the first target drone 103 communicates with the drone service manager 101 can be different public networks, such as one is Ethernet and the other is One is a 5G communication network, another example is a 4G communication network, the other is a 5G communication network, etc. This application does not limit this.

In the present disclosure, the first target drone 103 in the drone business management system 10 can directly communicate with the drone business manager 101, or it can communicate with the drone business manager 101 via ground auxiliary facilities 105 .

Specifically, the ground assistance facility 105 receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone 103, and sends the current flight information to the drone service manager 101. And, the ground auxiliary facility 105 receives the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone 103 sent by the drone service manager 101, and combines the instruction to execute the first service with the first target drone. The flight path of 103 is sent to the first target drone 103. In this way, information is forwarded between the first target drone 103 and the drone service manager 101 through the ground assistance facility 105. Improved the flexibility and reliability of communication between the drone and the drone business manager.

Generally, the longer the communication link, the greater the probability of data loss. Therefore, in the present disclosure, the first target drone 103 may preferably directly communicate with the drone service manager 101. However, if the communication between the first target drone 103 and the drone business manager 101 is abnormal, the ground auxiliary facility 105 can be used to forward information between the first target drone 103 and the drone business manager 101 .

For example, the first target drone 103 detects the communication quality between the first target drone 103 and the drone service manager 101; in response to the communication quality being lower than the predetermined threshold, the first target drone 103 passes the special A network establishes a communication connection with the ground auxiliary facility 105; the ground auxiliary facility 105 establishes a communication connection with the UAV service manager 101 through a public network. After that, the information is forwarded between the first target drone 103 and the drone service manager 101 through the ground assistance facility 105.

The network detection method specified by the public network protocol can be used to detect the communication quality between the first target drone 103 and the drone service manager 101. For example, for a 4G communication network, the first target drone 103 can detect Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP). When the RSRP is lower than a certain threshold, it can be considered that the communication quality is lower than a predetermined threshold. The present disclosure does not limit the specific method of communication quality detection.

In addition, the first target UAV 103 also has the function of detecting environmental information. For example, in the power maintenance service, the first target UAV can detect the location of power failure. In the forest fire prevention business, the first target UAV can detect the location of power failure. Fire points can be detected and so on. For example, the first target drone 103 may also be equipped with corresponding environment detection sensors, such as smoke sensors, cameras, infrared sensors, etc., to realize the function of environment information.

When the first target drone 103 detects environmental information, the ground auxiliary facility 105 can also receive the environmental information detected by the first target drone 103, and send the environmental information to the drone service manager 101 to allow The drone service manager 101 sends environmental information to the user of the drone operator, so that the user can learn the environmental information.

In addition, the ground auxiliary facility 105 can also provide interfaces for other unmanned vehicle systems to perform charging services, or cooperate with the public security system to provide services for monitoring the surrounding environment, or, cooperate with the mobile communication system to provide better communication system services ,and many more.

Considering that the UAV business management system is a complex and highly reliable application, sometimes it is necessary to simulate the process of executing the business by the UAV to detect the efficiency of the UAV executing the business. Therefore, as shown in Figure 2 As shown, the UAV service management system 10 may further include a simulator 106 for responding to a simulation request for the first service. The simulation request includes the number W1 of the first target drones required to perform the first business and the respective flight paths of the first target drones, and simulates the W1 first target drones in accordance with the respective flight paths of the W1 first target drones. A target drone performs the dynamic process of the first business.

Since the efficiency of executing the business is related to the number of the first target drones that execute the business and the planned flight path, the business simulation request includes the number W1 of the first target drones 103 that execute the first business and each of the first target drones. A flight path of the target drone 103. After receiving the simulation request for the first service, the simulator 106 simulates the dynamic process of the W1 first target drone 103 executing the first service according to the respective flight paths of the W1 first target drone 103. In this way, the dynamic process of the first target drone performing the first service can be simulated through simulation to detect the efficiency of the first target drone performing the first service.

Under normal circumstances, the number of drones actually owned by drone operators is limited. However, some services require a larger number of drones to execute collaboratively. In order to estimate the efficiency of the larger number of drones to execute the business collaboratively , The simulator 106 can be used to simulate the flight of a larger number of drones. Therefore, in one embodiment, the number of first target drones used in the simulation process can be greater than the number of drone operators actually owns. The total number of drones.

In addition, according to actual needs, the joint operation of the simulation execution business and the actual execution business can also be realized. For example, the number of first target drones required to perform the first business is W1, and the total number of drones actually owned by the drone operator is W2. Determine the number of first target drones to be simulated W3 (W3 =W1-W2), in this way, the drone business manager 101 can control the flight of W2 drones actually owned by the drone operator, and at the same time, the simulator 106 can simulate W3 the first target drone to be simulated Flight to detect the process of performing business together through the actual flight of W2 drones and the simulated flight of W3 first target drones. In this way, operators can evaluate whether they need to supplement drones based on the simulation results.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the UAV business management system 10 may also include a ground station 107. It is worth noting that the UAV business management system 20 in FIG. 2 may also include modules such as simulators, ground auxiliary facilities, ground stations, etc., which are not shown in FIG. 2.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure also provides a UAV business management method. Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing a method for managing drone business according to an exemplary embodiment. The method is applied to the drone business management system in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2. The drone business management system and external The airspace management center is connected to communication, and the airspace management center is connected to at least two drone business management systems. Each drone business management system includes: a drone business manager and a drone traffic manager. As shown in Figure 3, the method may include the following steps.

In step 301, the UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information of the first target UAV performing the first service sent by the UAV business manager and sends it to the airspace management center;

In step 302, the UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV performing the second service sent by the airspace management center; and

In step 303, the UAV traffic manager plans the second target UAV according to the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV and the current flight information of the first target UAV. A target drone flies to perform the first service;

Optionally, in response to the communication quality between the drone service manager and the first target drone falling below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic manager is received by the airspace management center The current flight information of the first target drone forwarded by the second target drone; or in response to a decrease in the communication quality between the drone service manager and the first target drone When it is lower than a predetermined threshold, the UAV service manager receives the current flight information of the first target UAV through ground auxiliary facilities.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing another UAV business management method according to an exemplary embodiment, and the method is applied to the first UAV. The first drone may be the first target drone 103 or the second target drone 203 shown in FIG. 1. The second drone can be located in the same drone business management system as the first drone, and the second drone can be located in a different drone business management system from the first drone, as shown in Figure 4. The method can include the following steps.

In step 401, the first drone establishes a communication connection with the second drone;

In step 402, the receiving second drone sends the current flight information of the second drone to the first drone, so that the first drone can send the first drone and the first drone to the first drone. 2. The current flight information of the drone is forwarded to the airspace management center through the drone business manager connected to the first drone;

In step 403, the first drone receives the flight path of the first drone sent by the drone business manager, where the flight path of the first drone is managed by the drone business The UAV traffic manager connected to the UAV is planned for the first UAV at least according to the current flight information of the first UAV and the second UAV received from the airspace management center.

Optionally, when the service performed by the first drone is a distribution service, the method further includes: in response to detecting a ground distribution capacity device, establishing a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity device; and controlling the ground The delivery capacity equipment performs at least a part of the tasks of the delivery service.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of another drone business management method according to an exemplary embodiment. The method is applied to the ground auxiliary facility 105 shown in Fig. 2, and the ground auxiliary facility 105 is respectively connected to the first target drone 103. The UAV business manager 101 communicates and connects. As shown in Figure 5, the method may include the following steps.

In step 501, the ground auxiliary facility receives current flight information sent by the first target drone;

In step 502, the ground assistance facility sends the current flight information to the drone service manager;

In step 503, the ground auxiliary facility receives the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone sent by the drone service manager;

In step 504, the ground assistance facility sends the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone to the first target drone.

Optionally, before the ground assistance facility receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone, the method further includes: the first target drone communicates with the ground assistance facility through a proprietary network Establish a communication connection; the ground auxiliary facility establishes a communication connection with the UAV service manager through a public network.

Optionally, the method further includes: the ground auxiliary facility receives environmental information detected by the first target drone; the ground auxiliary facility sends the environmental information to the drone service manager to The unmanned aerial vehicle service manager sends the environmental information to the user of the unmanned aerial vehicle operator.

Regarding the method in the foregoing embodiment, the specific manner of each step has been described in detail in the embodiment of the system, and detailed description will not be given here.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the electronic device 600 may include: a processor 601 and a memory 602. The electronic device 600 may further include one or more of a multimedia component 603, an input/output (I/O) interface 604, and a communication component 605.

The processor 601 is used to control the overall operation of the electronic device 600 to complete all or part of the steps in the above-mentioned drone service management method. The memory 602 is used to store various types of data to support operations on the electronic device 600. These data may include, for example, instructions for any application or method to operate on the electronic device 600, as well as application-related data. For example, contact data, messages sent and received, pictures, audio, video, etc. The memory 602 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or their combination, such as static random access memory (Static Random Access Memory, SRAM for short), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory ( Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), Read-only Memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic disk or optical disk. The multimedia component 603 may include a screen and an audio component. The screen may be, for example, a touch screen, and the audio component is used to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component may include a microphone, which is used to receive external audio signals. The received audio signal may be further stored in the memory 602 or sent through the communication component 605. The audio component also includes at least one speaker for outputting audio signals. The I/O interface 604 provides an interface between the processor 601 and other interface modules. The above-mentioned other interface modules may be a keyboard, a mouse, a button, and the like. These buttons can be virtual buttons or physical buttons. The communication component 605 is used for wired or wireless communication between the electronic device 600 and other devices. Wireless communication, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 2G, 3G, 4G, NB-IOT, eMTC, or other 5G, etc., or one or more of them The combination is not limited here. Therefore, the corresponding communication component 605 may include: a Wi-Fi module, a Bluetooth module, an NFC module, and so on.

In an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 600 may be used by one or more application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC for short), digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP for short), and digital signal processing equipment (Digital Signal Processor for short). Signal Processing Device, DSPD for short), Programmable Logic Device (PLD for short), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA for short), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic components Realization, used to implement the above-mentioned UAV business management method.

In another exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium including program instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the aforementioned drone service management method. For example, the computer-readable storage medium may be the foregoing memory 602 including program instructions, and the foregoing program instructions may be executed by the processor 601 of the electronic device 600 to complete the foregoing drone service management method.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details in the foregoing embodiments. Within the scope of the technical concept of the present disclosure, various simple modifications can be made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure. These simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In addition, it should be noted that the various specific technical features described in the foregoing specific embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner, provided that there is no contradiction. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations are not further described in this disclosure.

In addition, various different embodiments of the present disclosure can also be combined arbitrarily, as long as they do not violate the idea of the present disclosure, they should also be regarded as the content disclosed in the present disclosure.

Claims

An unmanned aerial vehicle business management system, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle business management system is communicatively connected with an external airspace management center, and the airspace management center is connected with at least two unmanned aerial vehicle business management systems, each The said UAV business management system includes: UAV business manager and UAV traffic manager,

The drone business manager is used to control a first target drone to perform a first business, obtain current flight information of the first target drone, and send the current flight information to the drone Machine traffic manager;

The UAV traffic manager is configured to receive the current flight information of the first target UAV from the UAV business manager and send it to the airspace management center, from the airspace management center Receive current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone performing the second service in other drone business management systems, and based on the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target drone And the current flight information of the first target drone, planning the flight of the first target drone to perform the first service;

Wherein, the second service and the first service belong to services operated by different drone operators, and the prompt information is used to prompt that the second target drone is located in the waiting area of the first target drone. In the airspace used.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the current flight information includes current position information, and at least one drone of a drone operator sends the at least one drone to the drone service manager. Aircraft's current flight information;

The drone service manager is further configured to determine the first service and related location information of the first service in response to the needs of the users of the drone operator, and according to the first service Related location information and current flight information of the at least one drone, and the first target drone that executes the first service among the at least one drone is determined.
The system according to claim 1, wherein:

The first target drone is also used to receive current flight information of the second target drone, and forward the current flight information of the second target drone to the airspace management center.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the first service includes a distribution service, and the system further includes: ground distribution capacity equipment,

The first target drone is also used to control the ground distribution capacity equipment to perform at least a part of the tasks of the distribution business in response to detecting the ground distribution capacity equipment.
The system according to claim 1, further comprising: ground auxiliary facilities,

The ground auxiliary facility communicates with the drone service manager through a public network, and communicates with the first target drone through a private network, and is used to communicate between the first target drone and the drone. The said UAV business manager forwards information between.
The system according to claim 5, wherein:

The ground auxiliary facility is also used to receive environmental information detected by the first target drone, and send the environmental information to the drone service manager, so that the drone service manager can send the environmental information to the drone service manager. The user of the drone operator sends the environmental information.
The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

The simulator is used to respond to the simulation request for the first service, according to the respective flight paths of the first number of the first target drones, to simulate the first number of the first target drones to perform all the tasks. In the dynamic process of the first service, the simulation request includes the first number of first target drones required to execute the first service and the respective flight paths of the first target drones.
The system according to claim 7, wherein the first number of simulated first target drones is greater than the total number of drones actually owned by the drone operator.
The system according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the current flight information includes current position information,

The UAV traffic manager is further configured to: Planning a flight path of the first target drone, and sending the flight path to the drone service manager;

The drone service manager is further configured to send an instruction to execute the first service and the flight path to the first target drone, so that the first target drone can fly according to the flight path. Path flight.
A UAV business management method, including:

The UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information of the first target UAV performing the first service sent by the UAV business manager and sends it to the airspace management center;

The UAV traffic manager receives the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV performing the second service sent by the airspace management center;

The UAV traffic manager plans the first target UAV according to the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target UAV and the current flight information of the first target UAV Flight to perform the first business;

Wherein, the second service and the first service belong to the services of different drone operators, and the prompt information is used to prompt that the second target drone is located in the first target drone to be used In the airspace.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

In response to the communication quality between the drone service manager and the first target drone falling below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic manager is received by the airspace management center from the first target drone. 2. The current flight information of the first target drone forwarded by the target drone; or

In response to the communication quality between the drone service manager and the first target drone falling below a predetermined threshold, the drone service manager receives the first target drone through ground auxiliary facilities. The current flight information of the man-machine.
An unmanned aerial vehicle business management method, which is applied to a first unmanned aerial vehicle, includes:

Establishing a communication connection between the first drone and the second drone;

The second drone sends the current flight information of the second drone to the first drone, so that the first drone can send the first drone and the second drone to the The current flight information of the drone is forwarded to the airspace management center through the drone business management equipment connected to the first drone;

The first drone receives the flight path of the first drone sent by the drone business manager, where the flight path of the first drone is connected to the drone business management device The connected UAV traffic manager plans for the first UAV at least according to the current flight information of the first UAV and the second UAV received from the airspace management center.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the service performed by the first drone includes a distribution service, and the method further comprises:

In response to detecting the ground distribution capacity equipment, establishing a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity equipment;

Control the ground distribution capacity equipment to perform at least a part of the tasks of the distribution business.
An unmanned aerial vehicle business management method, the method is applied to a ground auxiliary facility, wherein the ground auxiliary facility is communicatively connected with a first target unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle business manager, and the method includes:

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, current flight information sent by the first target drone;

The ground auxiliary facility sends the current flight information to the drone service manager;

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone sent by the drone service manager;

The ground assistance facility sends the instruction to execute the first service and the flight path of the first target drone to the first target drone.
The method according to claim 14, wherein before the ground assistance facility receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone, the method further comprises: the ground assistance facility passes through a dedicated network Establishing a communication connection with the first target drone through a proprietary network;

The ground auxiliary facility establishes a communication connection with the UAV service manager through a public network.
The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

Receiving, by the ground auxiliary facility, environmental information detected by the first target drone;

The ground auxiliary facility sends the environmental information to the drone service manager, so that the drone service manager outputs the environmental information to the user of the drone operator.
A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the program implements the steps of the method in any one of claims 10-16 when the program is executed by a processor.
An electronic device including:

A memory on which a computer program is stored;

The processor is configured to execute the computer program in the memory to implement the steps of the method in any one of claims 10-16.