Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle service management system, an unmanned aerial vehicle service management method, a readable storage medium and electronic equipment, so as to realize interconnection and intercommunication of different unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems.
In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides an unmanned aerial vehicle service management system for an unmanned aerial vehicle operator to manage an unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system is in communication connection with an outside airspace management center, the airspace management center is connected with at least two the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system, each the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module,
the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module is used for controlling a first target unmanned aerial vehicle to execute a first service, acquiring current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and sending the current flight information to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module;
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module is used for receiving current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle from the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and sending the current flight information to the airspace management center, receiving current flight information and/or prompt information of a second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a second service in other unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems from the airspace management center, and controlling the first target unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to execute the first service according to the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle and the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle;
the second service and the first service belong to services of different unmanned aerial vehicle operators, and the prompt message is used for prompting that the second target unmanned aerial vehicle is located in an airspace to be used by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle.
Optionally, the current flight information includes current location information,
at least one unmanned aerial vehicle of the unmanned aerial vehicle operator sends current flight information of the unmanned aerial vehicle to the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module is further used for responding to the demands of users of the unmanned aerial vehicle operators to determine a first service and the relevant position information of the first service, and determining a first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the first service in the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle according to the relevant position information of the first service and the current flight information of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
Optionally, the first target drone is further configured to receive current flight information of the second target drone, and send the current flight information of the second target drone to the airspace management center.
Optionally, when the first service is a delivery service, the system further includes: the ground is provided with a power distribution device,
the first target drone is further configured to control the ground delivery capacity device to perform at least a portion of the tasks of the delivery service in response to detecting the ground delivery capacity device.
Optionally, the system further comprises: the ground auxiliary facilities are arranged on the ground,
the ground auxiliary facility is in communication connection with the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module through a public network, is in communication connection with the first target unmanned aerial vehicle through a private network, and is used for forwarding information between the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module.
Optionally, the ground auxiliary facility is further configured to receive environment information detected by the first target drone, and send the environment information to the drone traffic management module, so that the drone traffic management module outputs the environment information to a user of the drone operator.
Optionally, the system further comprises:
a simulation module, configured to respond to a simulation request for the first service, where the simulation request includes the number W1 of first target drones required to execute the first service and respective flight paths of the first target drones, and simulate, according to the respective flight paths of the W1 first target drones, a dynamic process of the W1 first target drones executing the first service.
Optionally, the number of simulated first target drones is greater than the total number of drones actually owned by the drone operator.
Optionally, the current flight information includes current location information,
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module is further used for planning a flight path for the first target unmanned aerial vehicle according to the current position information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle, the current position information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the relevant position information of the first service, and sending the flight path to the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module is further configured to send an instruction for executing the first service and the flight path to the first target unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the first target unmanned aerial vehicle flies according to the flight path.
A second aspect of the present disclosure provides an unmanned aerial vehicle service management method, including:
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module receives current flight information of a first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a first service and sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and sends the current flight information to the airspace management center; and
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module receives current flight information and/or prompt information of a second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a second service, which is sent by the airspace management center;
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module controls the first target unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to execute the first service according to the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle and the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle;
the second service and the first service belong to services of different unmanned aerial vehicle operators, and the prompt message is used for prompting that the second target unmanned aerial vehicle is located in an airspace to be used by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle.
Optionally, the method further comprises: in response to a communication quality between the drone traffic management module and the first target drone dropping below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic management module receiving, by the airspace management center, current flight information of the first target drone forwarded by the second target drone; or in response to a communication quality between the drone traffic management module and the first target drone dropping below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic management module receives current flight information for the first target drone through a ground assist facility.
A third aspect of the present disclosure provides an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management method for an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method including:
a first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a first service establishes communication connection with a second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a second service;
the second target unmanned aerial vehicle sends current flight information to the first target unmanned aerial vehicle so that the first target unmanned aerial vehicle sends the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the second target unmanned aerial vehicle to an airspace management center;
the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module receives current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the second target unmanned aerial vehicle from an airspace management center, plans a flight path for the first target unmanned aerial vehicle according to the relevant position information of the first service and the current position information included in the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the second target unmanned aerial vehicle, and sends the flight path of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module.
Optionally, when the first service is a delivery 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 distribution capacity equipment to perform at least part of tasks of the distribution business.
A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides an unmanned aerial vehicle service management method for a ground auxiliary facility, where the ground auxiliary facility is in communication connection with a first target unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle service management module, and the method includes:
the ground auxiliary facility receives current flight information sent by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle;
the ground auxiliary facility sends the current flight information to the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
the ground auxiliary facility receives an instruction for executing a first service and a flight path of a first target unmanned aerial vehicle, which are sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
the ground auxiliary facility sends the first target drone an instruction to execute the first service and a flight path of the first target drone.
Optionally, before the ground assist facility receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone, the method further comprises:
the first target unmanned aerial vehicle detects the communication quality between the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
responsive to the communication quality being below a predetermined threshold, the first target drone establishing a communication connection with the ground assist facility over a proprietary network;
and the ground auxiliary facility establishes communication connection with the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module through a public network.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
the ground auxiliary facility receives environmental information detected by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle;
the ground auxiliary facility sends the environmental information to the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module outputs the environmental information to a user of an unmanned aerial vehicle operator.
A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method of the second to fourth aspects of the present disclosure.
A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, comprising:
a memory having a computer program stored thereon;
a processor for executing the computer program in the memory to implement the steps of the method of the second to fourth aspects.
By adopting the technical scheme, the airspace management center can be connected with a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems, an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module in the unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems can receive the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle from the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and send the current flight information to the airspace management center, and receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the second service in other unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems from the airspace management center. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module in the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system can receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of the unmanned aerial vehicle in other unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems through the airspace management center, and interconnection and intercommunication of different unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems are realized.
Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.
First, the service management system for an unmanned aerial vehicle provided by the present disclosure is explained. The unmanned aerial vehicle service management system is in communication connection with an outside airspace management center, the airspace management center is connected with at least two unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems, and each unmanned aerial vehicle service management system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module. In the present disclosure, an airspace management center is connected to two unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems as an example. In practical application, the airspace management center can be connected with a larger number of unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems according to actual demands, and the disclosure does not limit the unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a drone traffic management system, according to an example embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the airspace management center 30 may be connected to the drone traffic management system 10 and the drone traffic management system 20, respectively. The drone service management system 10 may include a drone service management module 101 and a drone traffic management module 102, and the drone service management system 20 may include a drone service management module 201 and a drone traffic management module 202. It should be noted that the functions of the drone traffic management module 101 and the drone traffic management module 201 are the same, and the functions of the drone traffic management module 102 and the drone traffic management module 202 are the same, and the following description is given by taking the drone traffic management module 101 and the drone traffic management module 102 as an example.
The unmanned aerial vehicle service management module 101 is configured to control the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 to execute the first service, acquire current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103, and send the current flight information to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102. Each unmanned aerial vehicle service management system has an unmanned aerial vehicle to be managed, and therefore the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module 101 controls the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 to execute the first service, acquires current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103, and sends the current flight information to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 when receiving the first service issued by the unmanned aerial vehicle operator.
The unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 is communicatively connected to the airspace management center 30, and is configured to receive current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 from the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 101 and send the current flight information to the airspace management center 30, so that an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module (e.g., the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 202 in fig. 1) in another unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management system may obtain the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 that executes the first service from the airspace management center 30. Likewise, the drone traffic management module in the other drone traffic management system (e.g., drone traffic management module 202 in fig. 1) may also send current flight information for the second target drone 203 executing the second traffic to the airspace management center 30. Thus, the airspace management center 30 stores the current flight information of the target drone performing each service.
It should be noted that the second service and the first service belong to different services of the drone operator. For example, as shown in fig. 1, if the first drone operator 50 is a drone distribution operator, the first service is a distribution service, and if the second drone operator 60 is a drone forest fire prevention operator, the second service is a forest fire prevention service.
In one embodiment, the airspace management center 30 stores the current flight information of the target drone executing each service and will forward the current flight information of the target drone executing each service to the drone service management system. In this embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 may receive current flight information of a second target unmanned aerial vehicle 203 executing a second service in other unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management systems (e.g., the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management system 20 in fig. 1) from the airspace management center 30, and then control the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 to fly to execute the first service according to the received current flight information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle 203 and the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103.
It should be noted that, in order to ensure the flight safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight range of the unmanned aerial vehicle, that is, the airspace used by the unmanned aerial vehicle, is generally defined, for example, the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system registers the airspace management with the airspace management center 30 and applies to manage the airspace used by the unmanned aerial vehicle managed by the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system, so that the airspace management center 30 can allocate the airspace used by the unmanned aerial vehicle managed by the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system for each unmanned aerial vehicle service management. Therefore, in another embodiment, the airspace management center 30 may also determine whether the second target drone is located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone, according to the current flight information of the first target drone and the current flight information of the second target drone.
For example, the airspace management center 30 may determine, from the current flight information of the second target drone 203, whether the second target drone 203 is currently located within the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103, or predict whether there is a possibility that the second target drone 203 is located within the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103, and so on. And when it is determined that the second target drone 203 is currently located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103, or it is estimated that the second target drone 203 may be located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103, the airspace management center 30 may send a prompt message to the drone traffic management module 102, where the prompt message is used to prompt that the second target drone 203 is located in the airspace to be used by the first target drone 103. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 receives the prompt information, and controls the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 to fly to execute the first service according to the prompt information and the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103. For example, the first target drone 103 may be controlled to travel at a lower speed to avoid a collision with the second target drone 203.
In addition, after receiving the prompt message, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 may further acquire current flight information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle 203 located in the airspace to be used by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 from the airspace management center 30, and then adjust the control on the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 in time according to the current flight information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle 203 and the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103, thereby avoiding collision of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and improving the flight safety of the unmanned aerial vehicles. It should be noted that, the control of the first target drone 103 may be specifically adjusted according to actual conditions, and the disclosure does not specifically limit this.
By adopting the technical scheme, the airspace management center can be connected with a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems, an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module in the unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems can receive the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle from the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and send the current flight information to the airspace management center, and receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the second service in other unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems from the airspace management center. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module can receive the current flight information and/or prompt information of the unmanned aerial vehicle in other unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems through the airspace management center, and interconnection and intercommunication of different unmanned aerial vehicle service management systems are realized. In addition, unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module can also further control the flight of first target unmanned aerial vehicle in order to carry out first business according to the current flight information and/or the reminder information of second target unmanned aerial vehicle and the current flight information of first target unmanned aerial vehicle, like this, avoids unmanned aerial vehicle to bump, has improved unmanned aerial vehicle's flight safety.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 may also be communicatively connected to other service platforms 40 (e.g., weather service platforms, air control area platforms), so that the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 may perform path adjustment or planning with reference to weather and air control areas when adjusting or planning a flight path.
In the present disclosure, the current flight information may include at least one of a current flight speed, current position information, and a current flight path.
In one embodiment, the current flight information includes current location information, and at least one drone of the drone operator sends current flight information of the drone to the drone traffic management module; the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module is also used for responding to the demands of users of unmanned aerial vehicle operators, determining the first service and the relevant position information of the first service, and determining a first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the first service in at least one unmanned aerial vehicle according to the relevant position information of the first service and the current flight information of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
For example, as shown in fig. 1, assuming that the first drone operator 50 is a drone distribution operator, when a user of the drone distribution operator needs to perform a distribution service by using a drone, the drone service management module 101 may determine that a service to be performed is a distribution service and determine related location information of the distribution service accordingly. The related position information of the distribution service may include fetching position information, article delivering position information, and the like. Then, the drone service management module 101 determines, according to the current position information, the article taking position information, and/or the article delivery position information of the drone, a first target drone 103 that determines to execute the first service among the at least one drone. For example, the drone traffic management module 101 may determine the drone closest to the pick-up location and/or the item delivery location as the first target drone 103.
Correspondingly, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 is further configured to plan a flight path for the first target unmanned aerial vehicle according to the current position information of the second target unmanned aerial vehicle 203, the current position information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103, and the relevant position information of the first service, and send the flight path to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 101. Then, after receiving the flight path of the first target drone 103, the drone traffic management module 101 sends an instruction for executing the first traffic and the flight path to the first target drone 103, so that the first target drone 103 flies according to the flight path. The path planning may be performed by using the existing related art, and the present disclosure does not specifically limit this, as long as it is ensured that the first target drone 103 does not collide with the second target drone 203 in the process of executing the first service according to the planned flight path.
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, bluetooth, or the like. Like this, when one of them first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 communicates with unmanned aerial vehicle business management module 101 unusually, can also realize communicating with unmanned aerial vehicle business management module 101 through other first target unmanned aerial vehicles 103, ensure the reliability of communication between unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle business management module.
In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the first target drone 103 executing the first service may also establish a communication connection with the second target drone 203 executing the second service, so that the first target drone 103 is further configured 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 may send its own current flight information to the airspace management center 30 via the drone traffic management module 201 and the drone traffic management module 202 in the drone traffic management system 20, or send its own current flight information to the airspace management center 30 via the first target drone 103, the drone traffic management module 101 and the drone traffic management module 102 in the drone traffic management system 10. In practical applications, the second target drone 203 may preferably send its current flight information to the airspace management center 30 via the drone traffic management module 201 and the drone traffic management module 202 in the drone traffic management system 20. When the communication quality between the second target drone 203 and the drone traffic management module 201 decreases to be lower than a predetermined threshold, the second target drone 203 sends its current flight information to the airspace management center 30 via the first target drone 103, the drone traffic management module 101 in the drone traffic management system 10, and the drone traffic management module 102.
Similarly, when the communication quality between the first target drone 103 and the drone traffic management module 101 decreases to be lower than the predetermined threshold, the first target drone 103 may also send its current flight information to the airspace management center 30 via the second target drone 203, the drone traffic management module 201 in the drone traffic management system 20, and the drone traffic management module 202. In this way, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module 102 may acquire the current flight information of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle 103 from the airspace management center 30.
By adopting the technical scheme, the target unmanned aerial vehicles executing different services can communicate with each other, so that communication channels between the unmanned aerial vehicles and the unmanned aerial vehicle service management modules and the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management modules are increased, and the communication reliability of the unmanned aerial vehicle service management system is further ensured.
When the first transaction is a delivery transaction, the unmanned aerial vehicle transaction management system 10 can further include a ground delivery capacity device 104. As shown in fig. 2, when detecting the ground distribution capacity equipment 104, the first target drone 103 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. The ground distribution capacity device 104 may be, for example, an unmanned transport rail, a distribution robot, an unmanned distribution vehicle, or the like.
Specifically, the first target drone 103 may establish a communication connection with the ground distribution capacity device 104 when detecting the ground distribution capacity device 104, and automatically dock with the ground distribution capacity device 104, and after the docking is successful, may deliver the delivered items to the ground distribution capacity device 104, so as to deliver the items to the appointed delivery location through the ground distribution capacity device 104. In one embodiment, after the first target drone 103 delivers the delivery items to the ground delivery capacity device 104 and sends the appointed location information of the delivery location to the ground delivery capacity device 104, the first target drone 103 may end the delivery service and return to the drone hangar (the hangar where the drones are stored), and then the delivery service is performed only by the ground delivery capacity device 104. In another embodiment, after the first target drone 103 delivers the delivery items to the ground delivery capacity device 104, it still flies according to the flight path, so that the ground delivery capacity device 104 follows the first target drone 103 to complete the delivery service. Therefore, the flexibility of the unmanned aerial vehicle for executing the distribution service is improved, and the efficiency of the unmanned aerial vehicle for executing the distribution service is improved.
As shown in fig. 2, the system 10 may also include a ground support facility 105. The ground support facility 105 may be in communication connection with the drone service management module 101 through a public network, and in communication connection with the first target drone 103 through a private network, for forwarding information between the first target drone 103 and the drone service management module 101. Wherein, the ground auxiliary facility 105 may be an unmanned airplane hangar, an unmanned airplane takeoff platform, an unmanned airplane landing platform, a facility of an unmanned airplane food taker communicating with the unmanned airplane, and so on. The public network may include bluetooth, serial port, wireless fidelity (WiFi), USB, ethernet (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, etc.) communication networks, etc., and the private network may include software radio, peer-to-peer communication networks, etc.
As shown in fig. 2, the first target drone 103 typically communicates with the drone traffic management module 101 using a public network through a public network interface. Since the ground assist 105 may often access the public network with low latency and high bandwidth, the ground assist 105 communicates with the drone traffic management module 101 through the public network, and the first target drone 103 communicates with the ground assist 105 through a proprietary interface using a proprietary network.
In the present disclosure, the first target drone 103 in the drone traffic management system 10 may communicate directly with the drone traffic management module 101, or may also communicate with the drone traffic management module 101 via the ground assist facility 105.
Specifically, the ground auxiliary facility 105 receives current flight information sent by the first target drone 103, and sends the current flight information to the drone traffic management module 101. And the ground auxiliary facility 105 receives the instruction for executing the first service and the flight path of the first target drone 103 sent by the drone service management module 101, and sends the instruction for executing the first service and the flight path of the first target drone 103 to the first target drone 103. As such, information is forwarded between the first target drone 103 and the drone traffic management module 101 through the ground assist facility 105. The flexibility and reliability of communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module are improved.
In general, the longer the communication link, the greater the probability of transmission data loss, and thus, in this disclosure, the first target drone 103 may prefer to communicate directly with the drone traffic management module 101. However, in the event that the first target drone 103 is in communication anomaly with the drone traffic management module 101, information may be forwarded between the first target drone 103 and the drone traffic management module 101 using the ground assist facility 105.
Illustratively, the first target drone 103 detects the quality of communication between the first target drone 103 and the drone traffic management module 101; in response to the communication quality being below a predetermined threshold, the first target drone 103 establishes a communication connection with the ground assist facility 105 over the proprietary network; the ground auxiliary facility 105 establishes 101 a communication connection with the drone traffic management module over a public network. Information is then forwarded between the first target drone 103 and the drone traffic management module 101 through the ground assist facility 105.
In addition, the first target drone 103 also has a function of detecting environmental information, for example, in the power overhaul business, the first target drone may detect a location where a power failure occurs, in the forest fire prevention business, the first target drone may detect a fire point, and the like.
When the first target drone 103 detects the environmental information, the ground auxiliary facility 105 may also receive the environmental information detected by this first target drone 103 and send the environmental information to the drone service management module 101, so that the drone service management module 101 outputs the environmental information to the user of the drone operator, which is convenient for the user to learn the environmental information.
The ground support facility 105 may also provide an interface for other unmanned vehicle systems to charge, or to cooperate with a police system to provide a service to monitor the surrounding environment, or to cooperate with a mobile communication system to provide a better communication system service, and so forth.
Considering that the drone traffic management system is a complex application with high reliability requirement, sometimes it is necessary to simulate the process of the service executed by the drone through simulation to check the efficiency of the service executed by the drone, therefore, as shown in fig. 2, the drone traffic management system 10 may further include a simulation module 106, configured to respond to a simulation request for the first service, where the simulation request includes the number W1 of first target drones required to execute the first service and the respective flight paths of the first target drones, and simulate the dynamic process of executing the first service by the W1 first target drones according to the respective flight paths of the W1 first target drones.
Since the efficiency of executing the service is related to the number of first target drones executing the service and the planned flight path, the number W1 of first target drones 103 executing the first service and the flight path of each first target drone 103 are included in the service simulation request. The simulation module 106, after receiving the simulation request for the first service, simulates W1 first target drones 103 to execute the dynamic process of the first service according to the flight paths of the W1 first target drones 103. Therefore, the efficiency of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the first service can be detected by simulating the dynamic process of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing the first service.
Under the general condition, the number of unmanned aerial vehicles that unmanned aerial vehicle operator actually owns is limited, however, some businesses need the unmanned aerial vehicle of more quantity to carry out in coordination, in order to predict the efficiency of this unmanned aerial vehicle of more quantity carries out the business in coordination, can adopt this simulation module 106 simulation this unmanned aerial vehicle of more quantity to fly, consequently, in an embodiment, the quantity of the first target unmanned aerial vehicle of simulation is greater than the unmanned aerial vehicle's that unmanned aerial vehicle operator actually owns the total number.
In addition, according to actual requirements, the joint operation of the simulation execution service and the actual execution service can be realized. For example, the number W1 of first target drones required to execute the first service, the total number of drones actually owned by the drone operator is W2, and the number W3 of first target drones to be simulated (W3 — W1-W2) is determined, so that the drone service management module 101 may control the flight of W2 drones actually owned by the drone operator, and at the same time, the simulation module 106 may simulate the flight of W3 first target drones to be simulated, so as to detect the process of executing the service jointly by the actual flight of W2 drones and the simulated flight of W3 first target drones.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, the drone traffic management system 10 may also include a ground station 107. It is worth mentioning that the drone traffic management system 20 in fig. 2 may also include a simulation module, ground support facilities and the like, ground stations and the like, which are not shown in fig. 2.
Based on the same invention concept, the invention also provides an unmanned aerial vehicle service management method. Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for traffic management of an unmanned aerial vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment, where the method is applied to the traffic management system of the unmanned aerial vehicle in fig. 1 or fig. 2, the traffic management system of the unmanned aerial vehicle is in communication connection with an external airspace management center, the airspace management center is connected with at least two traffic management systems of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and each traffic management system of the unmanned aerial vehicle includes: unmanned aerial vehicle service management module and unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include the following steps.
In step 301, an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module receives current flight information of a first target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a first service, which is sent by an unmanned aerial vehicle service management module, and sends the current flight information to an airspace management center; and
in step 302, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management module receives current flight information and/or prompt information of a second target unmanned aerial vehicle executing a second service, which is sent by the airspace management center;
in step 303, the drone traffic management module controls the first target drone to fly to execute the first service according to the current flight information and/or the prompt information of the second target drone and the current flight information of the first target drone;
the second service and the first service belong to services of different unmanned aerial vehicle operators, and the prompt message is used for prompting that the second target unmanned aerial vehicle is located in an airspace to be used by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle.
Optionally, in response to a communication quality between the drone traffic management module and the first target drone dropping below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic management module receiving, by the airspace management center, current flight information of the first target drone forwarded by the second target drone; or in response to a communication quality between the drone traffic management module and the first target drone dropping below a predetermined threshold, the drone traffic management module receives current flight information for the first target drone through a ground assist facility.
Fig. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating another drone traffic management method applied to the first target drone 103 and the second target drone 203 shown in fig. 1, according to an example embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include the following steps.
In step 401, a first target drone executing a first service establishes a communication connection with a second target drone executing a second service;
in step 402, the second target drone sends current flight information to the first target drone, so that the first target drone sends the current flight information of the first target drone and the second target drone to an airspace management center;
in step 403, the first target drone receives a flight path sent by the drone traffic management module, where the drone traffic management module receives current flight information of the first target drone and the second target drone from an airspace management center, plans a flight path for the first target drone according to the relevant position information of the first service and the current position information included in the current flight information of the first target drone and the second target drone, and sends the flight path of the first target drone to the drone traffic management module.
Optionally, when the first service is a delivery 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 distribution capacity equipment to perform at least part of tasks of the distribution business.
Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating another drone traffic management method according to an example embodiment, which is applied to the ground auxiliary facility 105 shown in fig. 2, the ground auxiliary facility 105 being communicatively connected to the first target drone 103, the drone traffic management module 101. As shown in fig. 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 auxiliary facility sends the current flight information to the drone traffic management module;
in step 503, the ground auxiliary facility receives an instruction for executing a first service and a flight path of a first target drone, which are sent by the drone service management module;
in step 504, the ground assist facility sends instructions to execute the first transaction and a flight path of the first target drone to the first target drone.
Optionally, before the ground assist facility receives the current flight information sent by the first target drone, the method further comprises:
the first target unmanned aerial vehicle detects the communication quality between the first target unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module;
responsive to the communication quality being below a predetermined threshold, the first target drone establishing a communication connection with the ground assist facility over a proprietary network;
and the ground auxiliary facility establishes communication connection with the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module through a public network.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
the ground auxiliary facility receives environmental information detected by the first target unmanned aerial vehicle;
the ground auxiliary facility sends the environmental information to the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle service management module outputs the environmental information to a user of an unmanned aerial vehicle operator.
With regard to the method in the above-described embodiment, the detailed manner of each step has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the system, and will not be elaborated herein.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device in accordance with an example embodiment. As shown in fig. 6, the electronic device 600 may include: a processor 601 and a memory 602. The electronic device 600 may also include one or more of a multimedia component 603, an input/output (I/O) interface 604, and a communications component 605.
The processor 601 is configured to control the overall operation of the electronic device 600, so as to complete all or part of the steps in the above-mentioned unmanned aerial vehicle service management method. The memory 602 is used to store various types of data to support operation at the electronic device 600, such as instructions for any application or method operating on the electronic device 600 and application-related data, such as contact data, transmitted and received messages, pictures, audio, video, and so forth. The Memory 602 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile Memory device or combination thereof, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), magnetic Memory, flash Memory, magnetic disk or optical disk. The multimedia components 603 may include a screen and audio components. Wherein the screen may be, for example, a touch screen and the audio component is used for outputting and/or inputting audio signals. For example, the audio component may include a microphone for receiving external audio signals. The received audio signal may further be stored in the memory 602 or transmitted through the communication component 605. The audio assembly 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, such as a keyboard, mouse, buttons, etc. These buttons may 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 a combination of one or more of them, which is not limited herein. The corresponding communication component 605 may therefore include: Wi-Fi module, Bluetooth module, NFC module, etc.
In an exemplary embodiment, the electronic Device 600 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described drone traffic management method.
In another exemplary embodiment, a computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the drone traffic management method described above is also provided. For example, the computer readable storage medium may be the memory 602 described above including program instructions executable by the processor 601 of the electronic device 600 to perform the drone traffic management method described above.
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be separately described in this disclosure.
In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.