CN112478073B - Shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and charging method - Google Patents

Shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and charging method Download PDF

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CN112478073B
CN112478073B CN202011453925.3A CN202011453925A CN112478073B CN 112478073 B CN112478073 B CN 112478073B CN 202011453925 A CN202011453925 A CN 202011453925A CN 112478073 B CN112478073 B CN 112478073B
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Abstract

The invention relates to a charging platform and a charging method for a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle. The shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform comprises a landing platform, a charging module and a controller; the charging module comprises an outer barrel and a wireless charging assembly arranged in the outer barrel, wherein a plurality of guide grooves are formed in the outer barrel, and a plurality of bulges which are in sliding fit with the guide grooves are uniformly distributed at positions, close to the bottom end, on the outer side surface of the wireless charging assembly; the driving component of the charging module can drive the wireless charging component to ascend to the outside of the outer barrel or retract into the outer barrel under the guidance of the guide groove; when the wireless subassembly that charges rises to the urceolus outside, the wireless subassembly that charges docks with unmanned aerial vehicle's battery, realizes charging to the unmanned aerial vehicle battery. According to the invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform is arranged on the offshore platform or the ship deck, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle for performing offshore flight tasks can be charged in time when needing to be charged, and the applicability of the unmanned aerial vehicle in offshore monitoring or search and rescue is greatly improved.

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Shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and charging method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle charging, in particular to a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and a charging method.
Background
While unmanned aerial vehicles have become increasingly popular in the terrestrial sky, there are still huge application possibilities in the marine context. With the development of the unmanned aerial vehicle technology and the integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and the like, the unmanned aerial vehicle is expected to play more roles, create more possibilities and play more positive roles in future marine economy and activities. For example, the unmanned aerial vehicle can quickly identify sharks by means of an artificial intelligence technology, and can effectively monitor the real-time conditions of typhoons and sea waves by deploying and monitoring the unmanned aerial vehicle in offshore and important ocean areas, so that early warning is made. When an emergency occurs at sea, timely rescue is difficult and precious. And unmanned aerial vehicle can carry indispensable goods and materials or equip through modes such as multiple spot deployment, fast move out, explore or help exploring in earlier stage relevant sea area and emergency, carry out emergency assistance in earlier stage to the personnel that need the rescue.
However, at present, the endurance of unmanned aerial vehicle is always an important factor restricting the development of unmanned aerial vehicle, and on the one hand, the development of battery technology needs to be promoted, and on the other hand, when unmanned aerial vehicle is monitored at sea or is searched and rescued, how to charge unmanned aerial vehicle conveniently and quickly is also an important ring for promoting the marine application of unmanned aerial vehicle.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and a charging method, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can be conveniently and quickly charged during marine monitoring or search and rescue.
The invention is implemented through the following scheme, and provides a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform, which comprises a landing platform, a charging module and a controller; the unmanned aerial vehicle landing system is characterized in that the landing platform is arranged above the charging module and used for landing the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle needs to be charged and taking off after the charging is finished; the charging module comprises an outer barrel and a wireless charging assembly arranged in the outer barrel, wherein the outer barrel is provided with a plurality of guide grooves for guiding the internal wireless charging assembly to ascend and descend, and the guide grooves are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the outer barrel and are inclined to the axial direction of the outer barrel; one end of each guide groove, which is close to the lower end face of the outer barrel, is also connected with a locking groove, and the locking groove is used for limiting the wireless charging assembly inside the outer barrel in a non-charging state; the wireless charging assembly is approximately cylindrical, a plurality of bulges are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the wireless charging assembly close to the bottom end, the number of the bulges is consistent with that of the guide grooves, and the bulges are in sliding fit with the guide grooves and the locking grooves; the wireless charging assembly is arranged in the outer barrel through the matching of the plurality of bulges and the guide grooves and the locking grooves on the wall of the outer barrel; the charging module further comprises a driving component, and the driving component is used for driving the wireless charging component to ascend to the outside of the outer barrel or retract into the outer barrel under the guidance of the guide groove; when the wireless charging assembly rises to the outside of the outer barrel, the wireless charging assembly is in butt joint with a battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle is charged; the controller with unmanned aerial vehicle and the wireless intercommunication of charging platform is used for control charging platform's work is and is passed through communication subassembly and unmanned aerial vehicle communication.
Further, the number of the guide grooves is 3.
Furthermore, the guide groove comprises a first guide groove and a second guide groove which are connected, the first guide groove and the second guide groove are in smooth transition, and the inclination angle of the first guide groove is larger than that of the second guide groove.
Further, the inclination angle of the first guide groove is 45 °, and the inclination angle of the second guide groove is 30 °.
Further, the guide groove further comprises a third guide groove smoothly connected to the upper end of the second guide groove, the third guide groove has an inclination angle gradually decreasing in the axial upward direction of the outer cylinder, and the inclination angle of the third guide groove is close to 0 ° at the uppermost end of the third guide groove.
Further, the driving assembly comprises a motor, a pinion fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor, and a gear structure arranged on the outer side wall of the outer barrel and close to the upper end, wherein the gear structure is meshed with the pinion, so that the motor can drive the outer barrel to rotate.
Furthermore, a foot rest landing area, a protective door and a slide rail for guiding the protective door to slide when the protective door is opened and closed are arranged on the lifting platform; the opening and closing of the guard door is actuated by an actuator and controlled by the controller.
Further, still be provided with signal transceiver on the platform of taking off and land, signal transceiver with unmanned aerial vehicle communication butt joint will the signal transmission that unmanned aerial vehicle descends gives the controller.
Furthermore, the charging platforms are arranged on the ship or the offshore platform and are provided with a plurality of charging platforms, and each charging platform is connected with the controller through a wireless communication link.
The invention also provides a method for charging the unmanned aerial vehicle by using the unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform, which comprises the following steps:
1) when the unmanned aerial vehicle in the flying state detects that the electric quantity is insufficient, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies back and is in butt joint with the controller in the flying process and sends a back flight signal and a charging request, and the controller detects the charging platform in the idle state after receiving the charging request and sends the charging platform to the unmanned aerial vehicle;
2) the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the platform information sent by the controller, flies to the platform and makes landing preparation; in the landing process, the unmanned aerial vehicle is communicated with the signal transceiver on the platform, and the landing area of the foot rest on the landing platform is identified through the visual identification system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the foot rest of the unmanned aerial vehicle can land in the landing area of the foot rest accurately;
3) after the landing is accomplished, the controller is given with the information transmission that unmanned aerial vehicle descends to the signal transceiver on this platform that takes off and land, and the guard gate on this platform that takes off and land is controlled to the controller is opened, and the operation of simultaneous control motor is through the transmission of gear to under the guide of the module urceolus guiding groove that charges, make the inside wireless subassembly that charges of urceolus rise, finally dock with the battery in the unmanned aerial vehicle organism, realize charging to unmanned aerial vehicle.
4) After the unmanned aerial vehicle finishes charging, the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off again according to the task requirement, and the controller monitors that the charging platform is in an idle state at the moment and prepares for next charging.
The shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform and the charging method have the following beneficial effects:
(1) when the unmanned aerial vehicle detects that the electric quantity is insufficient, the unmanned aerial vehicle can return to the unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform on the offshore platform or the ship to charge in time, the flight task can be continued after the charging is completed, and in the charging period of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight task can be executed through the relay of other unmanned aerial vehicles, so that the applicability of the unmanned aerial vehicle in offshore monitoring or search and rescue is greatly improved.
(2) By the sleeve type arrangement of the outer barrel of the charging module and the internal wireless charging assembly, when the wireless charging assembly is not used, the outer barrel effectively protects the internal charging circuit, and the wireless charging assembly is firmly limited in the outer barrel by the limiting effect of the locking groove on the outer barrel, so that the service life of the wireless charging assembly is prolonged; when the unmanned aerial vehicle charging device is used, the wireless charging assembly is lifted to the outside of the outer barrel through the arrangement of the guide groove on the outer barrel, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle is charged, and the operation is simple; and through the guiding groove that sets up the different inclination of multistage, the rising speed of the subassembly that effectively controls charges reduces the impact to unmanned aerial vehicle.
(3) Through set up the foot rest landing area on the platform that takes off and land, make unmanned aerial vehicle can accurately land in this region, realize unmanned aerial vehicle's accurate descending to make the subassembly that charges and the accurate butt joint of unmanned aerial vehicle battery, and through the setting of guard gate, further played the guard action to the wireless subassembly that charges.
(4) A plurality of unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform constitute a charging network, and each charging platform's state is monitored by the controller, the at utmost improve charging platform's utilization ratio to whole charging network's maintainability has been improved.
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Figure 1 is the overall structure schematic diagram of on-board unmanned aerial vehicle platform that charges.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the outer cylinder of the charging module of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless charging assembly of the charging module of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the landing platform of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a flow chart of the charging method of the present invention.
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The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the invention provides a charging platform for a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle, which comprises a landing platform 1, a charging module 2 and a controller; the landing platform 1 is arranged above the charging module 2 and is used for landing the unmanned aerial vehicle during charging and taking off after charging is finished; the charging module 2 comprises an outer barrel 3 and a wireless charging assembly 4 arranged in the outer barrel, wherein a plurality of guide grooves 5 are uniformly distributed on the outer barrel 3 along the circumferential direction of the outer barrel, preferably, the number of the guide grooves is 3, and each guide groove is inclined to the axial direction of the outer barrel; preferably, the guide groove 5 comprises a first guide groove 5-1 and a second guide groove 5-2 which are connected, the first guide groove 5-1 and the second guide groove 5-2 are in smooth transition, the inclination angle of the first guide groove is larger than that of the second guide groove, preferably, the inclination angle of the first guide groove is 45 degrees, the inclination angle of the second guide groove is 30 degrees, and the inclination angle guides the included angle between the guide groove and the horizontal plane. In a preferred embodiment, the guide groove 5 further includes a third guide groove (not shown) smoothly connected to an upper end of the second guide groove 5-2, and the third guide groove is inclined at an angle gradually decreasing in an upward direction in the axial direction of the outer cylinder, and at an uppermost end of the third guide groove, the angle of inclination is close to 0 °.
A locking groove 6 is further connected to one end of each guide groove 5 close to the lower end face of the outer barrel, and the locking groove 6 is used for limiting the internal wireless charging component 4 in the outer barrel 3 in a non-charging state; the wireless charging assembly 4 is approximately cylindrical, a plurality of protrusions 7 are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the wireless charging assembly near the bottom end, the number of the protrusions 7 is consistent with that of the guide grooves 5, and the protrusions are in sliding fit with the guide grooves 5 and the locking grooves 6; the wireless charging assembly is internally provided with a wireless charging circuit. When the wireless charging assembly 4 is assembled, the plurality of protrusions 7 are matched with the guide grooves 5 and the locking grooves 6 on the outer cylinder wall, and the wireless charging assembly is arranged inside the outer cylinder 3.
With continued reference to fig. 1, the charging module 2 further comprises a driving assembly, the driving assembly comprises a motor 8, a pinion 9 fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor, and a gear structure 10 arranged on the outer side wall of the outer barrel 3 near the upper end, the gear structure 10 is meshed with the pinion 9, so that the outer barrel can be driven to rotate by the motor; the outer cylinder may be mounted on the deck of an offshore platform or vessel by means of a bearing arrangement. When the wireless charging assembly is used specifically, the motor 8 works to further drive the outer barrel 3 to rotate, the locking groove 6 on the outer barrel moves relative to the protrusion 7 on the wireless charging assembly, when the protrusion is located in the locking groove, the wireless charging assembly does not move, and the process is a restriction removing stage; urceolus 5 continues to rotate under motor 8's drive, and when arch 7 on the wireless subassembly 4 that charges got into slant ascending guiding groove 5 from horizontally locking groove 6, the wireless subassembly that charges rises to the urceolus outside under the guide of guiding groove, and then can charge the unmanned aerial vehicle of descending on platform 1, for doing benefit to the wireless subassembly that charges and the last battery 20 butt joint of unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle's battery setting is in the inside lower terminal surface department of unmanned aerial vehicle organism. Because the guiding groove is provided with the multistage that the degree of inclination is different, this embodiment has 3 sections, earlier through the great first guiding groove of inclination, makes wireless charging assembly rise fast, again through the less second guiding groove of inclination, third guiding groove, under the unchangeable circumstances of motor speed, the rising speed of wireless charging assembly slows down to reduce the impact to unmanned aerial vehicle when butt joint unmanned aerial vehicle's battery.
Referring to fig. 4, a foot stool landing area 11, a protective door 12 and a slide rail 13 for guiding the protective door to slide when the protective door is opened and closed are arranged on the lifting platform 1. In a preferred embodiment, the protection door 12 includes two symmetrical left and right parts. The opening and closing of the guard door is actuated by an actuator and controlled by a controller.
For realizing accurate descending of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a signal transceiver 14 is further arranged on the take-off and landing platform, the signal transceiver 14 is in communication butt joint with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a signal for descending the unmanned aerial vehicle is sent to the controller. Set up vision recognition system in addition on the unmanned aerial vehicle for the foot rest landing area 11 on the platform is descended in the discernment, thereby make descending that unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest can be accurate in foot rest landing area 11, thereby open the back when guard gate 12, wireless charging assembly 4 can with the battery 20 accuracy butt joint in the unmanned aerial vehicle, accomplish the work of charging of unmanned aerial vehicle battery.
The controller is used for controlling the work of charging platform and through communication subassembly and unmanned aerial vehicle communication for receive unmanned aerial vehicle's signal or send the signal to unmanned aerial vehicle.
The charging platforms are arranged on the ship or the offshore platform and can be provided with a plurality of charging platforms, and each charging platform is connected with the controller through a wireless communication link, so that the controller can monitor the state of each charging platform and is in an idle state or a charging state.
Based on the charging platform, the invention also provides an unmanned aerial vehicle charging method, which comprises the following steps:
when the unmanned aerial vehicle in the flying state detects that the electric quantity is insufficient, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies back and is in butt joint with the controller in the flying process and sends a back flight signal and a charging request, and the controller detects an idle charging platform after receiving the charging request and sends the idle charging platform to the unmanned aerial vehicle;
the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the platform information sent by the controller, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle flies to the platform and makes landing preparation; in the landing process, the unmanned aerial vehicle is communicated with the signal transceiver on the platform, and the landing area of the foot rest on the landing platform is identified through the visual identification system, so that the foot rest of the unmanned aerial vehicle can land in the landing area of the foot rest accurately;
after the landing is accomplished, the controller is given with the information transmission that unmanned aerial vehicle descended to the signal transceiver on this take-off and landing platform, and the guard gate on this take-off and landing platform of controller control is opened, and the simultaneous control motor operation is through the transmission of gear to under the guide of the module urceolus guiding groove that charges, make the inside wireless subassembly that charges of urceolus rise, finally with the internal battery butt joint of unmanned aerial vehicle fuselage, realize charging to unmanned aerial vehicle.
After the unmanned aerial vehicle finishes charging, the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off again according to the task requirement, and the controller monitors that the charging platform is in an idle state at the moment and prepares for next charging.
As a preferred embodiment, when a certain unmanned aerial vehicle charges on the charging platform, the controller can control the unmanned aerial vehicle which has been charged on other platforms to take off and continue to execute the flight task, so that the function of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the field of offshore monitoring is exerted to the greatest extent. In addition, according to task needs, a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles can be controlled to simultaneously execute flight tasks.
The embodiments described above are intended to facilitate one of ordinary skill in the art in understanding and using the present invention. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications to these embodiments may be made, and the generic principles described herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the inventive faculty. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, and those skilled in the art should make improvements and modifications within the scope of the present invention based on the disclosure of the present invention.

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1. A method for charging an unmanned aerial vehicle by using a shipborne unmanned aerial vehicle charging platform, wherein the charging platform comprises a landing platform, a charging module and a controller; the landing platform is arranged above the charging module and used for landing the unmanned aerial vehicle when charging is needed and taking off after charging is completed; the charging module comprises an outer barrel and a wireless charging assembly arranged in the outer barrel, wherein a plurality of guide grooves for guiding the wireless charging assembly to ascend and descend are uniformly distributed in the outer barrel along the circumferential direction of the outer barrel, and each guide groove is inclined to the axial direction of the outer barrel; one end of each guide groove, which is close to the lower end face of the outer barrel, is also connected with a locking groove, and the locking groove is used for limiting the wireless charging assembly inside the outer barrel in a non-charging state; the wireless charging assembly is approximately cylindrical, a plurality of bulges are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the wireless charging assembly close to the bottom end, the number of the bulges is consistent with that of the guide grooves, and the bulges are in sliding fit with the guide grooves and the locking grooves; the wireless charging assembly is arranged in the outer barrel through the matching of the plurality of bulges and the guide grooves and the locking grooves on the wall of the outer barrel; the charging module further comprises a driving component, and the driving component is used for driving the wireless charging component to ascend to the outside of the outer barrel or retract into the outer barrel under the guidance of the guide groove; when the wireless charging assembly rises to the outside of the outer barrel, the wireless charging assembly is in butt joint with a battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle is charged; the controller is wirelessly communicated with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging platform, and is used for controlling the work of the charging platform and communicating with the unmanned aerial vehicle through the communication assembly;
the number of the guide grooves is 3; the guide grooves comprise a first guide groove and a second guide groove which are connected with each other, the first guide groove and the second guide groove are in smooth transition, and the inclination angle of the first guide groove is larger than that of the second guide groove; the inclination angle of the first guide groove is 45 degrees, and the inclination angle of the second guide groove is 30 degrees; the guide groove further comprises a third guide groove which is smoothly connected with the upper end of the second guide groove, the inclination angle of the third guide groove is gradually reduced along the axial direction of the outer cylinder, and the inclination angle of the third guide groove is close to 0 degree at the uppermost end of the third guide groove;
the driving assembly comprises a motor, a pinion fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor and a gear structure arranged on the outer side wall of the outer barrel and close to the upper end of the outer barrel, and the gear structure is meshed with the pinion so as to drive the outer barrel to rotate through the motor;
the lifting platform is provided with a foot rest landing area, a protective door and a sliding rail for guiding the protective door to slide when the protective door is opened and closed; the opening and closing of the protective door are actuated by an actuator and controlled by the controller;
the take-off and landing platform is also provided with a signal transceiver, the signal transceiver is in communication butt joint with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a signal for landing the unmanned aerial vehicle is sent to the controller;
the charging platforms are arranged on a ship or an offshore platform and are provided with a plurality of charging platforms, and each charging platform is connected with the controller through a wireless communication link;
the method comprises the following steps:
1) when the unmanned aerial vehicle in the flying state detects that the electric quantity is insufficient, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies back and is in butt joint with the controller in the flying process and sends a back flight signal and a charging request, and the controller detects the charging platform in the idle state after receiving the charging request and sends the charging platform to the unmanned aerial vehicle;
2) the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the platform information sent by the controller, flies to the platform and makes landing preparation; in the landing process, the unmanned aerial vehicle is communicated with the signal transceiver on the platform, and the landing area of the foot rest on the landing platform is identified through the visual identification system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the foot rest of the unmanned aerial vehicle can land in the landing area of the foot rest accurately;
3) after landing is completed, a signal transceiver on the landing platform sends information of landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a controller, the controller controls a protective door on the landing platform to be opened, and meanwhile, a motor is controlled to operate, the wireless charging assembly in the outer barrel ascends under the guidance of the outer barrel guide groove of the charging module through transmission of a gear, and is finally butted with a battery in the unmanned aerial vehicle body, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle is charged;
4) after the unmanned aerial vehicle finishes charging, the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off again according to the task requirement, and the controller monitors that the charging platform is in an idle state at the moment and prepares for next charging.
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