CN106936170B

CN106936170B - Charging control method, server, unmanned aerial vehicle, charging station and system

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Publication number: CN106936170B
Application number: CN201511017545.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩建华; 李俭; 赵振刚; 唐睿; 高黎明; 鲍苏煜
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-29
Filing date: 2015-12-29
Publication date: 2020-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 2035-12-29
Also published as: CN106936170A

Abstract

The invention discloses a charging control method, a server, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a charging station and a system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring static information sent by M charging stations for registration; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles; periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations; receiving charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle; selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the position information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations; generating response information aiming at the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a target charging station according to the response information, moves to the position of the target charging station and acquires electric power.

Description

Charging control method, server, unmanned aerial vehicle, charging station and system

Technical Field

The invention relates to a terminal control technology in the field of communication, in particular to a charging control method, a server, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a charging station and a system.

Background

At present, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles slowly enters the use demands of people. The cruising ability of the unmanned aerial vehicle is an important index of the service ability of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and generally, when the electric power is less, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies back to the base station to be charged. However, the charging mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle is limited by the charging place, and the unmanned aerial vehicle cannot fly for a long distance.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a charging control method, a server, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a charging station and a system, which can at least solve the above problems in the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

the embodiment of the invention provides a charging control method, which is applied to a server side and comprises the following steps:

acquiring static information sent by M charging stations for registration, wherein the static information of the charging stations at least comprises the positions of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1;

periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

receiving charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles;

selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the position information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations;

generating response information aiming at the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a target charging station according to the response information, moves to the position of the target charging station and acquires electric power.

The embodiment of the invention provides a charging control method, which is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle and comprises the following steps:

sending static information for registration to a server, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle at least comprises the model of a battery used by the unmanned aerial vehicle;

sending charging resource request information to a server side, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station;

and selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power.

The embodiment of the invention provides a charging control method, which is applied to a charging station and comprises the following steps:

sending static information for registration to a server side, wherein the static information of the charging station at least comprises the position of the charging station;

periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of the currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle is detected to move to the position of the charging station, and electric power is provided for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a server, where the server includes:

the system comprises an information management unit, a charging station and a charging management unit, wherein the information management unit is used for acquiring static information sent by M charging stations for registration, and the static information of the charging stations at least comprises the positions of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1; periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

the system comprises an information receiving unit, a charging resource request information sending by the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises the position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles;

a processing unit, configured to select at least one candidate charging station for the drone based on the static information of the drone, the location information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations;

an information sending unit, configured to generate response information for the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and send the response information to the drone.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, including:

the communication unit is used for sending static information for registration to a server, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle at least comprises the model of a battery used by the unmanned aerial vehicle; sending charging resource request information to a server side, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station;

and the control unit is used for selecting and obtaining a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging station, where the charging station is disposed on a fixed object, and includes:

the communication unit is used for sending static information for registration to the server side, wherein the static information of the charging station at least comprises the position of the charging station; periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of the currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

the power supply unit is used for detecting that the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the position of the charging station when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and supplying power to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging control system, including:

the charging station is used for sending static information for registration to the server side; periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side; when the charging station serves as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, detecting that the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the position of the charging station, and providing power for the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the server is used for acquiring static information sent by M charging stations for registration, wherein the static information of the charging stations at least comprises the positions of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1; periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity; receiving charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles; selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the position information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations; generating response information for the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the unmanned aerial vehicle is used for sending static information for registration to the server; sending charging resource request information to a server side; acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station; and selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power.

The embodiment of the invention provides a charging control method, a server, an unmanned aerial vehicle, charging stations and a system, wherein when service information of a plurality of charging stations managed by the unmanned aerial vehicle is received, at least one candidate charging station is selected for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle is enabled to select information of a target charging station from the at least one candidate charging station, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is enabled to obtain electric power through the target charging station. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle can select the candidate charging station to charge at any time and any place without flying back to the base station for charging, so that long-distance flight can be realized, and unnecessary energy consumption is reduced.

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Fig. 1 is a first flowchart illustrating a charging control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a second exemplary embodiment of a charging control method;

FIG. 3 is a third schematic flowchart of a charging control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a server structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a charging station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The first embodiment,

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging control method, which is applied to a server side, and as shown in fig. 1, the method includes:

step 101: acquiring static information sent by M charging stations for registration, wherein the static information of the charging stations at least comprises the positions of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1;

step 102: periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

step 103: receiving charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles;

step 104: selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the position information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations;

step 105: generating response information aiming at the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a target charging station according to the response information, moves to the position of the target charging station and acquires electric power.

In this embodiment, the charging station is equipped with one or more unmanned aerial vehicle charging devices or automatic battery replacement devices's place. The charging station is mainly built in a crowdsourcing way. The owner of the charging station may be an individual or a business, and the charging station established by the owner may be fixed at various places and locations suitable for charging, such as a roof, a power pole, a tower of a communication or power company, and the like. By charging the drone, the owner of the charging station may gain certain economic benefits.

The server may provide a central control system for the entire system, controlled primarily by a computer server software, with which all charging stations communicate, provide their own service information, and accept its management and scheduling. All drones may request charging resources from them.

Charging client software is installed on one side of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle realizes communication with a charging station and a central control system through client application, and smooth taking off and landing charging or battery replacement of the unmanned aerial vehicle are guaranteed.

The charging request information further includes: residual power information and matching conditions;

wherein the matching condition includes at least one of:

selecting a charging station matched with the battery model of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

selecting a charging station with a distance smaller than a preset distance range from the unmanned aerial vehicle; e.g., less than 1 kilometer;

and selecting a charging station with the residual electric quantity not less than the electric quantity required by the unmanned aerial vehicle.

The method further comprises the following steps:

setting a standard database, wherein the standard database at least comprises:

the model of the battery is matched with the model of the charging equipment in a list;

the model of the unmanned aerial vehicle is listed with the model of the matched charging equipment;

correspondingly, the selecting at least one candidate charging station for the drone based on the static information of the drone, the location information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations includes:

determining the model of charging equipment corresponding to the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the model of the battery in the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the model of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a matching list of the battery and the charging equipment in the standard database;

determining the distance range of the candidate charging station to be selected by the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the position information and the matching condition in the charging resource request information of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

determining a required power of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the remaining power of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

selecting at least one candidate charging station matched with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the matching condition, the model of the charging equipment, the distance range, the required electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the dynamic information of the M charging stations.

Based on the matching condition, the model of the charging device, the distance range, the required electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the dynamic information of the M charging stations, selecting at least one candidate charging station matched with the unmanned aerial vehicle, which may specifically include:

selecting a charging station with the model of the charging equipment as a first candidate charging station based on the matching condition;

based on the matching condition, selecting a second candidate charging station of the charging stations with the distance between the second candidate charging station and the unmanned aerial vehicle smaller than a preset distance range from the first candidate charging station;

and selecting a third candidate charging station with the residual electric quantity not less than the required electric quantity from the second candidate charging stations based on the matching condition, and taking the third candidate charging station as the at least one selected candidate charging station.

Further, the mode of determining the required electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be: determining all electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the battery model of the unmanned aerial vehicle, calculating a difference value according to residual electric quantity information in charging resource request information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle and all electric quantity, and taking the difference value as the electric quantity required by the unmanned aerial vehicle. Or, when the remaining power in the charging resource request information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle is a percentage, the percentage of the required power can be obtained by directly subtracting the percentage of the remaining power from 100%, and the required power of the unmanned aerial vehicle is calculated based on the percentage of the required power and the total power corresponding to the battery model.

The matching condition may further include: the unit price of the target charging station is within a preset price range.

Wherein, the unit price of the target charging station is within a preset price range: the owner of each charging station can give a charging pricing at any time or use a default market price of the system; when the unmanned aerial vehicle sends the request information, a price range can be set, and if the price of the charging station is within the price range set by the unmanned aerial vehicle, the charging station can be selected.

The distance between the target charging station and the target charging station is within a preset range; the unmanned aerial vehicle can carry current position information when sending the charging resource request information, and correspondingly, the charging station can periodically update dynamic service information; and calculating to obtain the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and each charging station currently managed by the server side based on the position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the server side, and selecting at least one candidate charging station with the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and each charging station within a preset distance threshold value. The preset distance threshold value may be within 500 meters, or within 1Km, and the like.

It is to be understood that the above-mentioned dimensions are only examples, and that several of the above-mentioned dimensions may be used together as a screening condition for screening charging stations.

The method further comprises the following steps: receiving information of selecting a target charging station sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, and generating authentication information; sending the authentication information to the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station perform authentication operation based on the authentication information.

Further, when the unmanned aerial vehicle establishes a power-on connection with a target charging station to be powered on, the server side may also charge for communication operations, specifically as follows, the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes: owner information of the drone; the static information of the charging station also comprises owner information of the charging station;

correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring charging start information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station;

acquiring charging end information and use electric quantity information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station;

and determining charge information corresponding to the charging operation based on the charging start information, the charging end information, the using electric quantity information, the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the owner information of the target charging station.

The charging start information at least includes a model of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a model of the target charging station, a unit price of the target charging station, and a charging start time; the unit price may be a price per degree of electricity.

The charging end information may at least include a model of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a model of the target charging station, a unit price of the target charging station, and a charging end time.

Further, a payor and a payee of the cost information are determined based on owner information of the drone and owner information of a target charging station.

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, when receiving the charging resource request information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, the service information of the plurality of charging stations managed by the unmanned aerial vehicle can be based on the service information of the plurality of charging stations, at least one candidate charging station is selected for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle is enabled to obtain the information of the target charging station selected from the at least one candidate charging station, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is enabled to obtain electric power through the target charging station. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle can select the candidate charging station to charge at any time and any place without flying back to the base station for charging, so that long-distance flight can be realized, and unnecessary energy consumption is reduced.

Example II,

The embodiment of the invention provides a charging control method, which is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle, and as shown in fig. 2, the method comprises the following steps:

step 201: sending static information for registration to a server, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle at least comprises the model of a battery used by the unmanned aerial vehicle;

step 202: sending charging resource request information to a server side, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

step 203: acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station;

step 204: and selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power.

Here, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be installed with the removal client software that charges, through unmanned aerial vehicle client application, realizes the communication with charging station and central control system to guarantee that unmanned aerial vehicle takes off and land smoothly and charge or replace the battery. Its core function is including removing the butt joint function that charges, and when the unmanned aerial vehicle that needs to charge and target charging station were in certain distance range, the unmanned aerial vehicle system starts "the butt joint mode that charges", utilizes point-to-point communication and distance to listen the means, the automatic speed and the position of adjusting unmanned aerial vehicle and the phase-match of target charging station.

The unmanned aerial vehicle can find that charging is needed in the process of flying, and contacts the central control system through a wireless network to request information for charging resources.

The charging resource request information may include at least one dimension of demand characteristics in addition to the position information of the drone.

The selecting and obtaining of the target charging station based on the response information comprises:

judging whether a target charging station can be selected from the response information;

if the target charging station cannot be selected from the response information, the matching condition is regenerated, and charging resource request information is generated and sent to the server side again by using the regenerated matching condition and the current position information;

otherwise, selecting and obtaining the target charging station.

The judgment can be carried out according to preset conditions, and also can be carried out for the owner of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Wherein the preset condition may include at least one of:

the number of available charging positions of the target charging station is greater than or equal to one;

the type of the charging power supply provided by the target charging station is consistent with the type of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the distance between the target charging station and the target charging station is within a preset range, such as 1 kilometer;

the unit price of the target charging station is within a preset price range.

Wherein the preset condition can be automatically selected or manually selected by a controller thereof; for example, whether the prices of the charging stations all meet the preset price range can be determined; or whether the distances of the currently provided charging stations are all within a preset distance range, and the like.

The drone may also tell the central control system that none of the current charging station candidates are ideal, that more charging station candidates are required to be sent, and that the central control system has more requirements, such as a desire to have no more than 3 RMB per degree of electricity. This process may be performed a preset number of times, for example, it may be set to allow only the judgment to be performed 3 times.

The moving to the target charging station and obtaining power includes:

adjusting the moving direction of the target charging station based on the position of the target charging station;

moving to the target charging station based on the adjusted moving direction and the position of the target charging station;

charging to obtain power at the target charging station, or replacing a battery to obtain power at the target charging station.

The adjusting the moving direction may be determining the moving direction according to the current position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the position of the target charging station.

The electric power acquisition can be used for establishing connection with at least one charging interface of the charging station to carry out charging; or the battery may be replaced for at least one backup battery retrieved from a charging station.

After the target charging station is selected and obtained based on the response information, the method further includes:

sending the selected target charging station to the server side;

and receiving authentication information sent by the server side, and authenticating with the target charging station based on the authentication information.

Further, if the authentication is passed, a communication connection is established with the target charging station.

The authentication mode can be that the authentication information is sent to the target charging station, so that the target charging station is matched based on the authentication information and the authentication information sent to the target charging station by the server side, if the authentication information is matched with the authentication information, the authentication is determined to be passed, and the target charging station sends the result of the authentication to the unmanned aerial vehicle;

and/or the authentication mode can be that the authentication information sent by the target charging station is received, the received authentication information sent by the target charging station is matched with the authentication information sent by the server side, and if the authentication information is matched with the received authentication information sent by the target charging station, the authentication is determined to be passed.

Further, when the unmanned aerial vehicle establishes the power-on connection with the target charging station to be powered on, the server side may also charge for the operation of communication, specifically as follows:

acquiring charging end information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station;

It can be seen that, by adopting the above scheme, when receiving the charging resource request information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, at least one candidate charging station can be selected for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and after receiving the information of the target charging station selected by the unmanned aerial vehicle, the authentication information is sent, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station establish connection based on the authentication information, and the unmanned aerial vehicle obtains electric power. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle can select the candidate charging station to charge at any time and any place without flying back to the 'base station' for charging, so that long-distance flight can be realized, and unnecessary energy consumption is reduced.

Example III,

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging control method, applied to a charging station, as shown in fig. 3, including:

step 301: sending static information for registration to a server side, wherein the static information of the charging station at least comprises the position of the charging station;

step 302: periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of the currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

step 303: when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle is detected to move to the position of the charging station, and electric power is provided for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Further, in this embodiment, when the charging station is used as a target charging station, communication may be established between the charging station and five persons based on a communication function of the charging station, so as to complete authentication, specifically, the method further includes:

when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, acquiring authentication information sent by a server side;

and carrying out authentication operation with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the authentication information.

Wherein, the authentication information may be an identification code; when the identification codes of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station are the same, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be determined to pass the authentication, otherwise, the authentication does not pass.

Further, for in this embodiment the unmanned aerial vehicle provides electric power, include:

providing a charging interface for the drone to provide power; the charging station can comprise a plurality of charging interfaces;

or,

providing a battery for the drone for replacing the battery of the drone to provide power.

Example four,

An embodiment of the present invention provides a server, as shown in fig. 4, where the server includes:

the information management unit 41 is configured to acquire static information sent by M charging stations for registration, where the static information of the charging stations at least includes locations of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1; periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

an information receiving unit 42, configured to receive charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle, where the charging resource request information at least includes location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles;

a processing unit 43, configured to select at least one candidate charging station for the drone based on the static information of the drone, the location information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations;

an information sending unit 44, configured to generate response information for the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and send the response information to the drone.

In this embodiment, the charging station is provided with one or more unmanned aerial vehicle charging devices or the place of automatic battery replacement device. The charging station is mainly built in a crowdsourcing way. The owner of the charging station may be an individual or a business, and the charging station established by the owner may be fixed at various places and locations suitable for charging, such as a roof, a power pole, a tower of a communication or power company, and the like. By charging the drone, the owner of the charging station may gain certain economic benefits.

wherein the matching condition includes at least one of:

selecting a charging station with a distance smaller than a preset distance range from the unmanned aerial vehicle;

The processing unit is used for setting a standard database, and the standard database at least comprises:

the processing unit is further configured to determine the model of the charging device corresponding to the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the model of the battery in the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the model of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a matching list of the battery and the charging device in the standard database; determining the distance range of the candidate charging station to be selected by the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the position information and the matching condition in the charging resource request information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; determining a required power of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the remaining power of the unmanned aerial vehicle; selecting at least one candidate charging station matched with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the matching condition, the model of the charging equipment, the distance range, the required electric quantity of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the dynamic information of the M charging stations.

The matching condition may further include that the price provided by the charging station is within a preset price range.

The processing unit is further used for receiving information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle for selecting the target charging station and generating authentication information; sending the authentication information to the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station perform authentication operation based on the authentication information.

Still include in the static information of unmanned aerial vehicle: owner information of the drone; the static information of the charging station also comprises owner information of the charging station;

further, the server further includes:

the charging unit 45 is configured to acquire charging start information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station; acquiring charging end information and use electric quantity information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station; and determining charge information corresponding to the charging operation based on the charging start information, the charging end information, the using electric quantity information, the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the owner information of the target charging station.

Example V,

An embodiment of the present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, as shown in fig. 5, including:

a communication unit 51, configured to send static information for registration to a server, where the static information of the drone includes at least a model of a battery used by the drone; sending charging resource request information to a server side, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle; acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station;

and the control unit 52 is configured to select a target charging station based on the response information, move to the location of the target charging station, and obtain electric power.

The control unit is used for judging whether at least one candidate charging station contained in the response information meets a preset condition or not; the preset conditions comprise at least one dimensional characteristic requirement; if the at least one candidate charging station does not meet the preset condition, re-sending charging resource request information to the server side based on the feature requirement of at least one dimension in the preset condition and the current position information; and if the charging station meeting the preset condition exists in the at least one mobile terminal device, determining to select the target charging station.

Wherein the requirement characteristics of the at least one dimension may include at least one of:

the unit price of the target charging station is within a preset price range.

The control unit is used for adjusting the moving direction of the control unit based on the position of the target charging station; moving to the target charging station based on the adjusted moving direction and the position of the target charging station; charging to obtain power at the target charging station, or replacing a battery to obtain power at the target charging station.

After the target charging station is selected and obtained based on the response information, the communication unit is used for sending the selected target charging station to the server side; receiving authentication information sent by the server side;

the control unit is further configured to authenticate with the target charging station based on the authentication information.

Example six,

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging station, as shown in fig. 6, where the charging station is disposed on a fixed object, and includes:

the communication unit 61 is configured to send static information for registration to the server side, where the static information of the charging station at least includes a location of the charging station; periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of the currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity;

the power supply unit 62 is configured to detect that the drone moves to a location of the charging station when the charging station serves as a target charging station for the drone, and supply power to the drone.

The charging station further includes:

the authentication unit 63 is configured to acquire authentication information sent from a server side when the charging station serves as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and carrying out authentication operation with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the authentication information.

The power supply unit is used for supplying power to the unmanned aerial vehicle through the charging interface;

or,

the power supply unit is used for supplying a battery for replacing the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle so as to provide power for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

The power supply unit may include at least one charging interface and at least one battery for the unmanned aerial vehicle to use.

Example seven,

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging control system, including: the system comprises M charging stations, an unmanned aerial vehicle and a server, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; as shown in fig. 7, in which,

a charging station 71 for transmitting static information for registration to the server side; periodically sending dynamic service information to the server side; when the charging station serves as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, detecting that the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the position of the charging station, and providing power for the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the server 72 is configured to acquire static information sent by M charging stations for registration, where the static information of the charging stations at least includes locations of the charging stations; acquiring static information for registration sent by L unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicles at least comprises the types of batteries used by the unmanned aerial vehicles; l and M are integers greater than or equal to 1; periodically acquiring dynamic service information sent by the M charging stations, wherein the dynamic service information at least comprises the model and the residual electric quantity of currently available charging equipment, and the currently available charging equipment and the quantity; receiving charging resource request information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the charging resource request information at least comprises position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is any one of the L unmanned aerial vehicles; selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the position information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations; generating response information for the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a drone 73 for sending static information for registration to the server; sending charging resource request information to a server side; acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station; and selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power.

The unmanned aerial vehicle is also used for sending charging start information, charging end information and using electric quantity information to the server;

the charging station is used for sending charging start information, charging end information and using electric quantity information to the server when the charging station is used as a target charging station;

correspondingly, the server is further configured to determine cost information corresponding to the current charging operation based on the charging start information, the charging end information, the used electric quantity information, the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the owner information of the target charging station; still include in the static information of unmanned aerial vehicle: owner information of the drone; the static information of the charging station also comprises owner information of the charging station.

The charging station is also used for receiving authentication information sent by the server when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle; authenticating with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the authentication information;

correspondingly, the server is further configured to send authentication information to the target charging station and the unmanned aerial vehicle after the unmanned aerial vehicle selects the target charging station;

the unmanned aerial vehicle is further used for receiving authentication information sent by the server and authenticating with the target charging station based on the authentication information.

First, the drone finds a need to charge while in flight, contacts the central control system through the wireless network, requests charging resources from it, and provides some specific requirements, such as hopefully within 1 km.

The central control system provides one or several optimal matches depending on the model, distance, price, etc.

The drone automatically selects or is manually selected by its controller one of the candidate charging stations and notifies the central control system. The drone may also tell the central control system that none of the current charging station candidates are ideal, that more charging station candidates are required to be sent, and that the central control system has more requirements, such as a desire to have no more than 3 RMB per degree of electricity. This process may go back and forth several times.

And the unmanned aerial vehicle finally selects a target charging station, generates an authentication code after the approval of the central control system, and sends the authentication code to the target charging station and the unmanned aerial vehicle. And notify the drone to prepare to land on the charging station.

After the unmanned aerial vehicle approaches the target charging station and passes authentication (near field communication can be used), the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station keep communicating, the relative position between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station is coordinated, the unmanned aerial vehicle successfully lands on the charging station, and charging or full-scale battery replacement is started. The charging station and the drone inform the central control system that charging/replacement is started.

After the unmanned aerial vehicle finishes charging or the sharing travel of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station is finished, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies away from the charging station. The charging station and the unmanned aerial vehicle inform the central control system that charging/replacement is finished.

And the central control system completes account settlement according to the charging data.

In this embodiment, the charging station is specifically configured to equip one or more charging and/or battery replacement devices at locations and locations suitable for positioning and landing of the drone in a crowdsourcing manner. For example, charging panels (charging pads) are installed at the open part of the roof, and a clean energy power generation device installed on the roof, such as solar energy, wind energy and the like, can be connected with the charging device to provide energy for the charging device.

The owner of the charging station can obtain certain income by charging the unmanned aerial vehicle. Or obtain some credit (credit) of charging for future charging of its drone.

The software installed in the charging station makes it possible to communicate with the central control system via the on-board interconnection device, and it will update the charging station's various information periodically, such as the charging level currently available or the full battery that can be replaced, the price of the charging/replacement battery that is currently desired, etc., and will also communicate with the central control system based on certain events, such as the start of charging by the drone, the end of charging by the drone, etc.

The central control system is specifically configured to coordinate, manage and complete the following tasks:

receiving the latest information sent by each charging station and recording the latest information into a database

When the unmanned aerial vehicle sends a charging request, one or more charging stations which are most matched are found out according to the position, destination and battery model of the unmanned aerial vehicle, whether the battery is required to be charged or replaced, acceptable price and the like, and the charging stations are provided for the unmanned aerial vehicle

After the unmanned aerial vehicle selects the charging station, the authentication password is sent to the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station at the same time, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can start authentication and land to charge/replace the battery

Receiving the information of charging (replacement) start/end sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging station, and managing the accounting of the system according to the information

By utilizing big data technology, the configuration of charging resources is optimized, and if the fact that the frequency of charging requests of the unmanned aerial vehicle is very high in a certain area and the number of charging stations in the area is small is found, the market price of charging in the area can be increased, and residents and merchants in the area are attracted to establish more charging stations

The unmanned aerial vehicle is specifically used for installing charging client software so as to realize communication with a charging station and a central control system, such as a request of charging resources, a change of a charging state and the like.

When the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station which need to be charged are within a certain distance range, the unmanned aerial vehicle system starts a charging butt joint mode, and the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle is automatically adjusted by means of point-to-point communication, sensing technology and the like, so that landing is realized

If the unmanned aerial vehicle can not reach the docking matching index of the target charging station, the docking failure is fed back to the system, and a new unmanned aerial vehicle charging demand is initiated

The integrated module according to the embodiment of the present invention may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if it is implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as an independent product. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention may be essentially implemented or a part contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a base station, or a network device) to execute all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging control method is applied to a server side, and comprises the following steps:

generating response information aiming at the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and sending the response information to the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a target charging station according to the response information, moves to the position of the target charging station and acquires electric power;

wherein, still include in the static information of unmanned aerial vehicle: owner information of the drone; the static information of the charging station also comprises owner information of the charging station;

correspondingly, the method further comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the charging resource request message further comprises: residual power information and matching conditions;

wherein the matching condition includes at least one of:

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

setting a standard database, wherein the standard database at least comprises:

the selecting at least one candidate charging station for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the static information of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the location information in the charging resource request information, and the static information of the M charging stations includes:

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information of selecting a target charging station sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, and generating authentication information;

sending the authentication information to the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station perform authentication operation based on the authentication information.

5. A charging control method is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle, and comprises the following steps:

selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power;

wherein, still include in the static information of unmanned aerial vehicle: owner information of the drone; and the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle is used for determining the charge information corresponding to the charging operation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein after the selecting the target charging station based on the response information, the method further comprises:

sending the selected target charging station to the server side;

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the moving to the target charging station and obtaining power comprises:

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the selecting a target charging station based on the response information comprises:

otherwise, selecting and obtaining the target charging station.

9. A charging control method is applied to a charging station, and comprises the following steps:

when the charging station serves as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, detecting that the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the position of the charging station, and providing power for the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the static information of the charging station also comprises owner information of the charging station; and the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle is used for determining the charge information corresponding to the charging operation.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the providing power to the drone includes:

providing a charging interface for the drone to provide power;

or,

12. A server, characterized in that the server comprises:

an information sending unit, configured to generate response information for the charging resource request information based on the selected at least one candidate charging station, and send the response information to the drone;

the server further comprises: the charging unit is used for acquiring charging start information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station; acquiring charging end information and use electric quantity information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station; and determining charge information corresponding to the charging operation based on the charging start information, the charging end information, the using electric quantity information, the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the owner information of the target charging station.

13. The server according to claim 12, wherein the charging resource request information further includes: residual power information and matching conditions;

wherein the matching condition includes at least one of:

14. The server according to claim 13,

15. The server according to claim 12, wherein the processing unit is further configured to receive information sent by the drone for selecting a target charging station, and generate authentication information; sending the authentication information to the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station perform authentication operation based on the authentication information.

16. A drone, characterized in that it comprises:

the control unit is used for selecting and obtaining a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power;

17. The drone of claim 16,

the communication unit is used for sending the selected target charging station to the server side; receiving authentication information sent by the server side;

18. The drone of claim 16,

19. The drone of claim 16,

the control unit is used for judging whether a target charging station can be selected from the response information; if the target charging station cannot be selected from the response information, the matching condition is regenerated, and charging resource request information is generated and sent to the server side again by using the regenerated matching condition and the current position information; otherwise, selecting and obtaining the target charging station.

20. A charging station, wherein the charging station is disposed on a stationary object, comprising:

the power supply unit is used for detecting that the unmanned aerial vehicle moves to the position of the charging station when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and supplying power to the unmanned aerial vehicle;

21. The charging station of claim 20, further comprising:

the authentication unit is used for acquiring authentication information sent by a server side when the charging station is used as a target charging station of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and carrying out authentication operation with the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the authentication information.

22. The charging station of claim 21,

or,

23. A charge control system, comprising: the system comprises M charging stations, an unmanned aerial vehicle and a server, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; wherein,

the unmanned aerial vehicle is used for sending static information for registration to the server; sending charging resource request information to a server side; acquiring response information which is fed back by the server side and aims at the charging resource request information, wherein the response information comprises at least one candidate charging station; selecting a target charging station based on the response information, moving to the position of the target charging station and acquiring electric power;

correspondingly, the server is also used for acquiring the charging start information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target charging station; acquiring charging end information and use electric quantity information sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle and a target charging station; and determining charge information corresponding to the charging operation based on the charging start information, the charging end information, the using electric quantity information, the owner information of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the owner information of the target charging station.

24. The system of claim 23,

25. The system of claim 23,