CN114132198B

CN114132198B - Unmanned aerial vehicle system and charging control method of unmanned aerial vehicle

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Publication number: CN114132198B
Application number: CN202111454566.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘凯; 金汉俊
Original assignee: Goertek Techology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Goertek Techology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-30
Filing date: 2021-11-30
Publication date: 2024-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-30
Also published as: CN114132198A

Abstract

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle system and a charging control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle system comprises a charging seat and the unmanned aerial vehicle, a containing space is arranged in the charging seat, and the charging seat is also communicated with a passing port of the containing space; the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a machine body, an electric control module and a monitoring module, wherein the machine body can extend into the accommodating space from the passing opening, the electric control module is arranged on the machine body and is electrically connected with the charging seat, the monitoring module is arranged on the machine body and is electrically connected with the electric control module, and the charging seat is further provided with a first light transmission part at a position corresponding to the monitoring module. According to the technical scheme, the unmanned aerial vehicle realizes the monitoring function in the charging state, so that the time period of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the charging state is fully utilized, and the effective working time of the unmanned aerial vehicle is prolonged.

Description

Unmanned aerial vehicle system and charging control method of unmanned aerial vehicle

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle system and a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Background

Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles with monitoring functions in the market generally face a common problem: due to the control of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the self weight, the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle needs to be arranged relatively smaller and can only accommodate less electric quantity. At this time, the duration of follow-up unmanned aerial vehicle at the during operation is shorter for unmanned aerial vehicle most of the time all need dock on the charging seat and charge. However, the unmanned aerial vehicle in the related art is stopped inside the charging seat to be charged, and the charging seat has a shading effect on the monitoring module on the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the monitoring module cannot monitor the surrounding environment outside the charging seat. That is, when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a charging state when being stopped on the charging seat, corresponding monitoring work cannot be performed, so that the effective working time of the unmanned aerial vehicle is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system, which aims to realize a monitoring function of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a charging state so as to improve the effective working time of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

In order to achieve the above object, the unmanned aerial vehicle system according to the present invention includes:

the charging seat is internally provided with a containing space and is also communicated with an over-yielding port of the containing space; and

unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle includes organism, electric control module and monitoring module, the organism can by let the mouth stretch into in the accommodation space, electric control module locates the organism, and electric connection in the charging seat, monitoring module locates the organism, and electric connection in electric control module, the charging seat is in corresponding monitoring module's position still is equipped with first printing opacity portion.

Optionally, the charging stand includes:

the support frame is provided with the accommodating space, the passing opening and the first light-transmitting part; and

and the charging part is arranged in the supporting frame, and the electric control module is electrically connected with the charging part.

Optionally, the support frame includes lower plate body, upper plate body and spliced pole, the upper plate body with lower plate body is relative setting, the spliced pole connect in the upper plate body with lower plate body, charging portion locates the lower plate body is towards the wall of upper plate body, the upper plate body is equipped with the mouth that lets, upper plate body, lower plate body and spliced pole still enclose and close and form accommodation space and intercommunication the printing opacity mouth of accommodation space, printing opacity mouth forms as first printing opacity portion;

And/or, the charging part is equipped with charging post and charging ring towards the wall of organism, charging ring encircles charging post sets up, the organism is towards the wall of charging part is equipped with two conductive posts, two conductive posts all electric connection in the monitoring module, two one of them conductive post is located the central point of organism puts, locates the central point conductive post with charging post looks adaptation, another conductive post with conductive ring looks adaptation, so that monitoring module electric connection in the charging part.

Optionally, defining that the unmanned aerial vehicle has an up-down direction, wherein the shooting direction of the monitoring module and the up-down direction form an included angle;

the unmanned aerial vehicle still includes the driving piece, the driving piece is located the organism, and with the monitoring module is connected, the driving piece can be used to drive the monitoring module is around the ascending central line of unmanned aerial vehicle upper and lower direction rotates, the charging seat is in corresponding the region of monitoring module's rotation orbit is formed with first printing opacity portion.

Optionally, the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a transmission assembly, the transmission assembly includes:

a driving gear connected to the driving member; and

And the driven gear is connected with the monitoring module and meshed with the driving gear.

Optionally, the machine body includes:

the machine body can extend into the accommodating space from the passing opening, the electric control module, the monitoring module and the driving piece are arranged in the machine body, and a second light transmission part is formed on the side wall of the machine body in a region corresponding to the rotation track of the monitoring module; and

and the propeller is connected to the upper end of the machine body.

Optionally, the inner side wall of the machine body is concavely provided with a mounting groove, the mounting groove is formed along the rotation track of the monitoring module in an extending way, and the groove wall of the mounting groove opposite to the groove opening of the mounting groove is formed into the second light transmission part at least in part of the area;

the unmanned aerial vehicle still includes the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket connect in the driving piece, and can be by the driving piece drive is centers on unmanned aerial vehicle upper and lower ascending central line rotates, the partial structure of mounting bracket still adapts to inlay and locates in the mounting groove, monitoring module install in the mounting bracket.

Optionally, the mounting frame comprises a mounting plate and a limiting ring, the mounting plate is connected with the driving piece, the inner side wall of the limiting ring is connected with the mounting plate, and the limiting ring is also adaptively embedded in the mounting groove;

The monitoring module comprises a circuit board and a camera, the circuit board is mounted on the mounting plate and electrically connected with the electronic control module, the camera is mounted on the circuit board, and the limiting ring is further provided with an exposure hole for the camera to extend into at a position corresponding to the camera.

Optionally, the electronic control module includes a battery module, a charging module and a control board, the battery module and the charging module are respectively and electrically connected to the monitoring module, the battery module is further electrically connected to the charging module, and the control board can be used for controlling the electrical conduction and blocking between the battery module and the monitoring module.

The invention also provides a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a machine body, and the battery module, the monitoring module, the charging module and the control panel which are arranged on the machine body, and the charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises the following steps:

the control board receives a charging signal of the unmanned aerial vehicle and blocks the electrical connection between the battery module and the monitoring module according to the charging signal;

and starting the charging module to charge the battery module and additionally supplying power to the monitoring module so that the monitoring module can execute a monitoring function.

Optionally, after the step of starting the charging module to charge the battery module and additionally powering the monitoring module to enable the monitoring module to perform the monitoring function, the charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes:

and when the control board detects that the battery module is charged, the charging module is blocked from charging the battery module.

Optionally, after the step of blocking the charging module from charging the battery module, the charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes:

and when the control board detects that the electric quantity of the battery module is smaller than a preset threshold value, starting the charging module to continuously charge the battery module.

when the control board receives the navigation instruction, the charging module is blocked from being electrically connected with the battery module and the monitoring module, and the battery module is conducted with the monitoring module.

According to the technical scheme, in the process that the unmanned aerial vehicle is parked on the charging seat, the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle can extend into the accommodating space of the charging seat from the passing opening of the charging seat, and then the electronic control module of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be electrically connected with the charging seat, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can charge in the charging seat. Meanwhile, the unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring module can supply power to the unmanned aerial vehicle through the electronic control module of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the outside surrounding environment of the charging seat can be monitored through the first light-transmitting part corresponding to the monitoring module on the charging seat. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle in this scheme has realized the monitor function when the state of charge for the time quantum of unmanned aerial vehicle when the state of charge has been fully utilized, thereby has improved unmanned aerial vehicle's effective operating time.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a unmanned aerial vehicle system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded view of the unmanned system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another schematic view of an exploded structure of the unmanned system of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a drone of the drone system of fig. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partial cross section of the unmanned aerial vehicle of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a partial cross-section of the drone of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a partial explosion configuration of the drone of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of another partial structure of the drone of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is another schematic view of another partial structure of the drone of FIG. 4;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention;

fig. 11 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention;

fig. 12 is a flowchart of a third embodiment of a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention;

fig. 13 is a flowchart of a fourth embodiment of a charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention.

Reference numerals illustrate:

reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name
				100	Unmanned aerial vehicle system	314	Second light-transmitting part
10	Charging stand	315	Propeller propeller
				11	Accommodating space	316	Paddle cover
13	Yielding opening	32	Electric control module
				15	A first light-transmitting part	321	Battery module
17	Supporting frame	323	Charging module
				171	Lower plate body	325	Control panel
173	Upper plate body	33	Monitoring module
				175	Connecting column	331	Circuit board
177	Light-transmitting port	333	Camera head
				19	Charging unit	34	Driving piece
191	Charging post	35	Transmission assembly
				193	Charging ring	351	Driving gear
30	Unmanned plane	353	Driven gear
				31	Body of machine	36	Mounting rack
311	Conductive column	361	Mounting plate
				312	Fuselage body	363	Limiting ring
313	Mounting groove	365	Exposing hole

The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a particular posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In the present invention, unless specifically stated and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "affixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "affixed" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral body; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Furthermore, the description of "first," "second," etc. in this disclosure is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6 in combination, a unmanned aerial vehicle system 100 is provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle system 100 includes a charging stand 10 and an unmanned aerial vehicle 30, a containing space 11 is provided in the charging stand 10, and the charging stand 10 is further communicated with a passing port 13 of the containing space 11; the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 includes organism 31, electronic control module 32 and monitoring module 33, and the organism 31 can stretch into accommodation space 11 by letting mouthful 13 in, and electronic control module 32 locates organism 31 to electric connection is in charging seat 10, and monitoring module 33 locates organism 31, and electric connection in electronic control module 32, and charging seat 10 still is equipped with first printing opacity portion 15 in the position that corresponds monitoring module 33.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the charging stand 10 may be used to form the accommodating space 11 and the through hole 13, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 may stop through the through hole 13 into the accommodating space 11 after a period of time of flight operation. Meanwhile, the electronic control module 32 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 may be electrically connected with the charging stand 10, so that the charging stand 10 may charge the unmanned aerial vehicle 30. The charging stand 10 may have a substantially square or rectangular structure, so that the shape thereof is regular and the processing and the forming are facilitated. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the charging stand 10 may have a substantially cylindrical structure or other shape structure. Similarly, in order to further enhance the convenience of the processing and molding of the charging stand 10, the accommodating space 11 may be a cavity with a square structure, and the through hole 13 may be a square opening. Of course, in other embodiments, the accommodating space 11 and the passing opening 13 may be configured into other shapes and structures, and the shapes of the accommodating space 11 and the passing opening 13 are not particularly limited in this application, so as to ensure that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can extend into the accommodating space 11 from the passing opening 13 for charging. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 may have a part of the structure extending into the accommodating space 11, or may have all the structure extending into the accommodating space 11. The body 31 is a main structure of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, and may include a body 312 and a propeller 315 connected to the body 312. At this time, one end of the body 312 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 far away from the propeller 315 may extend into the accommodating space 11 from the passing port 13 of the charging stand 10, and the electronic control module 32 and the monitoring module 33 may be both disposed on the body 312. The electronic control module 32 may be electrically connected to the charging stand 10 to realize the charging operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30. Meanwhile, the electronic control module 32 can also supply power to the monitoring module 33 so that the monitoring module 33 can perform starting work. After the monitoring module 33 is started, the external environment of the charging stand 10 can be monitored through the first light-transmitting portion 15 on the charging stand 10, wherein the monitoring module 33 can be a camera 333, a millimeter wave radar or an ultrasonic sensor.

According to the technical scheme, in the process that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is parked on the charging seat 10, the body 31 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can extend into the accommodating space 11 of the charging seat 10 from the passing port 13 of the charging seat 10, and then the electronic control module 32 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can be electrically connected with the charging seat 10, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can charge in the charging seat 10. Meanwhile, the monitoring module 33 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can also supply power to the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 through the electronic control module 32 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, and the first light-transmitting part 15 corresponding to the monitoring module 33 on the charging seat 10 can monitor the external surrounding environment of the charging seat 10. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the scheme realizes the monitoring function in the charging state, so that the time period of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the charging state is fully utilized, and the effective working time of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is prolonged.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, a charging stand 10 includes a supporting frame 17 and a charging portion 19, wherein the supporting frame 17 is provided with a receiving space 11, an passing opening 13 and a first light-transmitting portion 15; the charging portion 19 is disposed in the supporting frame 17, and the electronic control module 32 is electrically connected to the charging portion 19.

In the present embodiment, the charging stand 10 forms the accommodation space 11 for accommodating the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 by the supporting frame 17, so that the charging portion 19 provided with the electric device does not need to be provided with a space for accommodating the unmanned aerial vehicle 30. At this time, the structure of the charging portion 19 itself is not easily damaged, and the supporting frame 17 and the charging portion 19 can be formed separately, thereby facilitating the improvement of the convenience of the processing and forming of the charging stand 10. Of course, it should be noted that, in other embodiments, the charging stand 10 may have only the charging portion 19, and the charging portion 19 may be relatively large to ensure that it can be used for accommodating the unmanned aerial vehicle 30.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, the supporting frame 17 includes a lower plate body 171, an upper plate body 173 and a connection post 175, the upper plate body 173 and the lower plate body 171 are disposed opposite to each other, the connection post 175 is connected to the upper plate body 173 and the lower plate body 171, the charging portion 19 is disposed on a wall surface of the lower plate body 171 facing the upper plate body 173, the upper plate body 173 is provided with a through hole 13, the upper plate body 173, the lower plate body 171 and the connection post 175 further enclose a receiving space 11 and a light transmitting hole 177 communicating with the receiving space 11, and the light transmitting hole 177 is formed as the first light transmitting portion 15.

In the present embodiment, the supporting frame 17 is composed of the lower plate 171, the upper plate 173 and the connecting post 175, so that the structure of the supporting frame 17 is simpler, thereby being beneficial to improving the convenience of processing and forming. Meanwhile, the light-transmitting opening 177 has a relatively large hollow area and is relatively regular, so that the monitoring view angle of the monitoring module 33 and the convenience of molding the light-transmitting opening 177 are guaranteed. Moreover, the upper plate 173 can be abutted and limited on a structure (for example, connected to the upper end of the body 312 and covering the propeller cover 316 of the propeller 315) of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, which is not inserted into the accommodating space 11, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can be stably stopped on the charging seat 10 for charging, thereby being beneficial to improving the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the charging process. The number of the connecting posts 175 may be one, or may be plural, and in this case, the plurality of connecting posts 175 may be distributed at intervals around the peripheral edges of the lower plate 171 and the upper plate 173, so as to improve the strength of the overall structure of the support 17. In addition, it should be noted that, in other embodiments, the upper plate 173 and the lower plate 171 of the supporting frame 17 may be connected by a connecting plate, and the connecting plate may be disposed around the periphery of the upper plate 173 and the lower plate 171. At this time, the connection board may be made of a light-transmitting material at a position corresponding to the monitoring module, so as to form the first light-transmitting portion 15.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, a charging post 191 and a charging ring 193 are disposed on a wall of the charging portion 19 facing the body 31, the charging ring 193 is disposed around the charging post 191, two conductive posts 311 are disposed on a wall of the body 31 facing the charging portion 19, the two conductive posts 311 are electrically connected to the monitoring module 33, one of the two conductive posts 311 is located at a center position of the body 31, the conductive post 311 disposed at the center position is adapted to the charging post 191, and the other conductive post 311 is adapted to the conductive ring, so that the monitoring module 33 is electrically connected to the charging portion 19.

In the present embodiment, the charging structure on the charging portion 19 is a charging post 191 and a charging ring 193 disposed around the charging post 191, and the conductive structure on the body 312 of the body 31 is a conductive post 311 disposed at a central position and another conductive post 311 disposed off-center. So when fuselage 312 of unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is cylindrical shape structure, no matter from what kind of direction when descending in charging seat 10 on circumference 360, the conductive post 311 that is located central position on the fuselage 312 lower surface all can the butt joint charge post 191 in the electric seat main part, and the conductive post 311 that the off-centre that sets up on the fuselage 312 lower surface all can the butt joint charge ring 193 that encircles the charge post 191 setting on charging portion 19, thereby guaranteed unmanned aerial vehicle 30 and have not had the direction requirement when charging seat 10 dock, thereby improved the convenience of both docks.

Referring to fig. 4 and fig. 5 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is defined to have an up-down direction, and the shooting direction of the monitoring module 33 is set at an angle with the up-down direction; the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 further includes a driving member 34, where the driving member 34 is disposed on the body 31 and connected to the monitoring module 33, and the driving member 34 is configured to drive the monitoring module 33 to rotate around a center line of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in an up-down direction (wherein the up-down direction shown in fig. 5 is the up-down direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, and the rotation direction is the rotation direction of the monitoring module 33), and the charging stand 10 is formed with a first light-transmitting portion 15 in a region corresponding to a rotation track of the monitoring module 33.

In the present embodiment, the monitoring module 33 is driven to rotate around the center line of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the up-down direction by the driving member 34, so that the monitoring module 33 can monitor all directions in the circumferential direction along with the rotation. At this time, the viewing angle that the monitoring module 33 can monitor is relatively large, so that the monitoring effect of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 on the surrounding environment is improved. The specific type of the driving member 34 may be a motor, but may also be a rotary cylinder or other power source capable of driving rotation. Further, the driving member 34 may be configured to drive the monitoring module 33 to rotate within 360 ° so as to optimize the monitoring viewing angle of the monitoring module 33. Of course, the driving member 34 may also be configured to drive the monitor module 3313 to rotate within 90 °, 180 °, 270 °, or other angular ranges. The shooting direction of the monitoring module 33 is set at an angle with respect to the up-down direction, which means that the shooting direction of the monitoring module 33 may be horizontal, or may be inclined upward or downward. The charging stand 10 is formed with the first light-transmitting portion 15 in the area corresponding to the rotation track of the monitoring module 33, which means that the first light-transmitting portion 15 may be circumferentially disposed along the rotation track of the monitoring module 33 in the circumferential direction of the charging stand 10, so that the monitoring module 33 may be disposed corresponding to a portion of the first light-transmitting portion 15 when driven to any angle. In addition, the present application is not limited to this, and in other embodiments, when the driving member 34 is not provided to the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, a plurality of monitoring modules 33 may be provided to increase the monitoring angle of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 to the surrounding environment. At this time, the plurality of monitoring modules 33 may be wound around the circumference of the body 312 of the body 31 so that monitoring can be performed in various directions.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 further includes a transmission assembly 35, the transmission assembly 35 is in transmission connection with the driving member 34 and the monitoring module 33, and the driving member 34 drives the monitoring module 33 to rotate through the transmission assembly 35.

In this embodiment, the transmission assembly 35 is arranged such that the driving member 34 and the monitoring module 33 do not need to be directly connected. At this time, the driving member 34 and the monitoring module 33 can be mounted at a proper position in a relatively portable manner, so that the requirements for the mounting positions of the driving member 34 and the monitoring module are reduced, and the convenience in mounting the driving member 34 and the transmission assembly 35 is improved. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the monitoring module 33 is directly connected to the driving member 34 and driven to rotate.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission assembly 35 includes a driving gear 351 and a driven gear 353, wherein the driving gear 351 is connected to the driving member 34; the driven gear 353 is connected to the monitoring module 33 and is engaged with the driving gear 351.

In this embodiment, the driving member 34 drives the driving gear 351 to rotate, the driving gear 351 can drive the driven gear 353 meshed with the driving gear 351 to rotate, and the driven gear 353 and the monitoring module 33 realize the driving rotation of the monitoring module 33. The driving gear 351 and the driven gear 353 form the transmission assembly 35, so that the monitoring module 33 can be controlled to have a relatively proper rotation speed by adjusting the transmission ratio of the driving gear 351 and the driven gear 353 to ensure the shooting monitoring effect on the surrounding environment. Specifically: since the gear ratio is a reduction effect when it is greater than 1, the gear ratio is equal to the inverse ratio of the diameters of the driving gear 351 and the driven gear 353. The diameter of the driving gear 351 can be set smaller than the diameter of the driven gear 353. At this time, the speed of the monitor module 33 driven to rotate is reduced to facilitate control of the rotation speed, so as to avoid that the monitor module 33 cannot perform clear shooting and monitoring on the surrounding environment due to too fast driving of the monitor module 33. Of course, it should be noted that the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the transmission assembly 35 may also include a driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a conveyor belt. At this time, the driving pulley is connected to the driving member 34, the driven pulley is connected to the monitoring module 33, and the conveyor belt is sleeved on the driving pulley and the driven pulley.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, the body 31 includes a body 312 and a propeller 315, the body 312 can extend into the accommodating space 11 from the through hole 13, the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving element 34 are all disposed in the body 312, and a second light transmitting portion 314 is formed on a side wall of the body 312 in a region corresponding to a rotation track of the monitoring module 33; a propeller 315 is attached to the upper end of the body 312.

In this embodiment, the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving element 34 are all disposed in the body 312, so that the body 312 can isolate and protect the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving element 34, and the damage possibility of the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving element 34 caused by foreign objects is reduced, thereby being beneficial to prolonging the service lives of the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving element 34. The second light-transmitting portion 314 on the side wall of the body 312 may be disposed around the body 312 to correspond to a movement track of 360 ° of rotation of the monitoring module 33, so that when the monitoring module 33 rotates to any position, shooting and monitoring of the surrounding environment can be achieved through the second light-transmitting portion 314. The second transparent portion 314 may be formed by preparing a transparent material at a position corresponding to the monitoring module 33 on the side wall of the body 312, or may be formed by directly opening. In addition, it should be noted that, in other embodiments, the electronic control module 32, the monitoring module 33 and the driving member 34 may be disposed on the outer side wall of the body 312, and may be covered by other covers.

Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 7 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, a mounting groove 313 is formed in a recess on an inner side wall of the body 312, the mounting groove 313 is formed along a rotation track of the monitoring module 33, and at least a partial area of a groove wall of the mounting groove 313 opposite to the groove opening is formed as a second light transmission part 314; the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 further comprises a mounting frame 36, the mounting frame 36 is connected to the driving member 34 and can be driven by the driving member 34 to rotate around the central line of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the up-down direction, part of the structure of the mounting frame 36 is also adaptively embedded in the mounting groove 313, and the monitoring module 33 is mounted on the mounting frame 36.

In this embodiment, a part of the structure of the mounting frame 36 is adapted to be embedded in the mounting groove 313, so that the mounting frame 36 can only rotate along the extending direction of the mounting groove 313 when the driving member 34 drives the mounting frame 36 to rotate. So improved the stability of mounting bracket 36 in the rotation in-process to be favorable to improving the stability of the control of the monitoring module 33 of installing on mounting bracket 36, reduce its and take place to rock and influence shooting monitor effect's possibility. At the same time, the arrangement of the mounting frame 36 makes it possible for the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 to also facilitate the arrangement of the driven gear 353 in the transmission assembly 35 when the transmission assembly 35 is included, i.e. the driven gear 353 can be mounted on the mounting frame 36.

Referring to fig. 5, 7, 8 and 9, in an embodiment of the invention, the mounting frame 36 includes a mounting plate 361 and a limiting ring 363, the mounting plate 361 is connected to the driving member 34, an inner sidewall of the limiting ring 363 is connected to the mounting plate 361, and the limiting ring 363 is further adapted to be embedded in the mounting groove 313; the monitoring module 33 includes a circuit board 331 and a camera 333, the circuit board 331 is mounted on the mounting board 361 and electrically connected to the electronic control module 32, the camera 333 is mounted on the circuit board 331, and the limiting ring 363 is further provided with an exposure hole 365 for the camera 333 to extend into at a position corresponding to the camera 333.

In this embodiment, the mounting frame 36 may be embedded in the mounting groove 313 by the ring-shaped limiting ring 363 in a more suitable manner, so that the mounting frame 36 may be directly rotatably connected to the mounting groove 313 without providing any other rotational connection structure, thereby facilitating the rotational installation of the mounting frame 36. At the same time, such arrangement also increases the abutment area of the mounting bracket 36 and the mounting groove 313, thereby contributing to further improvement in the stability of mounting the mounting bracket 36 on the body 312 and the stability of movement during rotation. And through the mounting plate 361 arranged on the inner side of the mounting frame 36, the mounting position for mounting the driven gear 353 in the monitoring module 33 and the transmission assembly 35 can be better given, so that the convenience of mounting is improved. In addition, since the monitoring module 33 is disposed inside the limiting ring 363, the exposing hole 365 disposed on the limiting ring 363 can allow the camera 333 to extend into and be exposed, so that the exposed camera 333 can perform shooting monitoring through the second light-transmitting portion 314. At this time, the camera 333 can be limited by the exposing hole 365, so that the stability of the installation of the monitoring module 33 is improved. Of course, it should be noted that, in other embodiments, the mounting frame 36 may include only the limiting ring 363, or be configured in other shapes and structures, so as to be rotatably connected to the body 312, and the monitoring module 33 may be installed.

Referring to fig. 6, in an embodiment of the invention, the electronic control module 32 includes a battery module 321, a charging module 323, and a control board 325, wherein the battery module 321 and the charging module 323 are electrically connected to the monitoring module 33, the battery module 321 is further electrically connected to the charging module 323, and the control board 325 can be used for controlling the electrical conduction and blocking between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33.

In this embodiment, when the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is parked on the charging stand 10 for charging, the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33 can be blocked by the control board 325. So that the battery module 321 is charged only by the charging module 323 and does not supply power to the monitoring module 33, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can efficiently complete the charging work. Meanwhile, a part of current can be split out through the charging module 323 to supply power to the monitoring module 33, so that the monitoring module 33 can work normally. Note that, the principle of the charging module 323 for supplying current in a split manner is a conventional technology, so the specific structure of the charging module 323 will not be described in detail here. The control board 325 may be only used to control the electrical conduction or blocking between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, and may of course be further used to control the operation of other electric devices of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, or may be said to function as the main control board of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30. The two conductive posts 311 disposed on the body 312 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 may be electrically connected to the charging module 323. In addition, in other embodiments, the charging module 323 is also capable of being directly electrically connected to the monitoring module 33 through the battery module 321. At this time, when the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is parked on the charging stand 10 for charging, the control board 325 ensures that the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33 is conducted, so that the battery module 321 can supply power to the monitoring module 33, and the monitoring module 33 can be ensured to work normally.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6 in combination, in an embodiment of the invention, the battery module 321, the charging module 323 and the control board 325 are all located in the body 312 below the monitoring module 33, and the driving element 34 is located in the body 312 above the monitoring module 33.

In the present embodiment, the battery module 321, the monitoring module 33, the charging module 323, and the control board 325 are all located below the monitoring module 33 in the main body 312, and the driving member 34 is located above the monitoring module 33 in the main body 312, so that the several can be orderly distributed in the up-down direction, thereby being beneficial to improving the installation compactness. Meanwhile, since the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is electrically connected with the charging stand 10, the battery module 321, the charging module 323 and the control board 325 are disposed at the position below the monitoring module 33, i.e. in the lower end of the body 312, so that the electrical connection between the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 and the charging stand 10 and the electrical connection convenience between the internal battery module 321, the charging module 323 and the control board 325 can be improved due to the close proximity. Of course, it should be noted that, in other embodiments, the battery module 321, the charging module 323, the control board 325 and the driving member 34 may be disposed in the lower end of the body 312, or the control board 325 may be disposed in the upper end of the body 312 alone.

The present invention also provides a charging control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle, please refer to fig. 4 to 7 in combination, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 includes a body 31, a battery module 321, a charging module 323, a control board 325 and a monitoring module 33, which are disposed on the body 31, and in an embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 10, the charging control method of the unmanned aerial vehicle includes the following steps:

step S10, the control board 325 receives the charging signal of the unmanned aerial vehicle and blocks the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33 according to the charging signal;

in step S20, the charging module 323 is started to charge the battery module 321 and additionally power the monitoring module 33, so that the monitoring module 33 can perform the monitoring function.

In this embodiment, when the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is parked on the charging stand 30, the control board 325 can receive the charging signal of the unmanned aerial vehicle and block the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, so that the battery module 321 does not supply power to the monitoring module 33. At this time, in the process of starting the charging module 323 to charge the battery module 321, it is ensured that the battery module 321 is only charged by the charging module 323 and is not discharged toward the monitoring module 33, thereby ensuring effective charging of the battery module 321. Furthermore, the charging module 323 can also tap off part of the current to directly supply power to the monitoring module 33, so that the monitoring module 33 can perform the corresponding monitoring function. Therefore, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the scheme ensures the effective charging in the charging state, and simultaneously realizes the monitoring function, thereby improving the effective working time of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The charging signal of the unmanned aerial vehicle received by the control panel 325 may be a charging signal instruction sent by the mobile terminal of the user; of course, when the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is parked on the charging stand 30, the proximity sensor detects that the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 and the charging stand are in the opposite position, and then sends a charging signal instruction to the control panel 325. After that, the control board 325 may start the charging module 323 to operate, charge the battery through the charging module 323, and also divide a part of current to supply power to the monitoring module 33 during the process of charging the battery, so as to ensure that the monitoring module 33 can perform the monitoring operation.

Further, based on the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the above embodiment, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 11, step S20, the charging module 323 is started to charge the battery module 321, and the monitoring module 33 is additionally powered, so that after the monitoring module 33 can perform the monitoring function, the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes the following steps:

in step S30a, when the control board 325 detects that the battery module 321 is charged, the charging module 323 is blocked from charging the battery module 321.

In this embodiment, when the control board 325 detects that the battery module 321 is fully charged, the charging module 323 can be blocked from charging the battery module 321, thereby providing a power-off protection effect for the battery. When the control board 325 detects that the battery module 321 is not fully charged, the state in which the charging module 323 charges the battery module 321 is maintained, so that the battery module 321 can be more quickly charged. The control board 325 may detect the electric power of the battery module 321 through an electric power sensor or a multimeter. And the detection of the electric quantity of the battery module 321 may be real-time detection, so as to ensure the accuracy of the detection of the completion of charging the battery module 321. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and the detection of the electric quantity of the battery module 321 may be performed at a preset frequency, for example, five-minute detection, ten-minute detection, twenty-minute detection, or the like, so as to reduce the working loss of the detection of the completion of the charging of the battery module 321.

Further, based on the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the above embodiment, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 12, in step S30a, when the control board 325 detects that the charging of the battery module 321 is completed, the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle after blocking the charging module 323 from charging the battery module 321 further includes the following steps:

in step S40, when the control board 325 detects that the electric quantity of the battery module 321 is less than the preset threshold value, the charging module 323 is started to continuously charge the battery module 321.

It is understood that, when the control board 325 detects that the charging of the battery module 321 is completed at step S30a, the blocking charging module 323 charges the battery module 321. After that, the battery module 321 still supplies power to some electric devices such as the control board 325, and the charging module 323 stops supplying power to the battery module 321, so that the electric quantity of the charging module 323 is reduced. At this time, when the electric quantity of the battery module 321 is detected to be smaller than the preset threshold value by the control board 325, the charging module 323 is started to continuously charge the battery module 321, so that the electric quantity of the battery module 321 can be timely supplemented, and the battery module 321 can have sufficient electric quantity to ensure the endurance time of the unmanned aerial vehicle when the subsequent unmanned aerial vehicle 30 leaves the charging seat 30. The preset threshold may be a preset power value, for example, may be 95%, 90% or 85% of the maximum power that the battery module 321 can accommodate, and the specific value of the preset threshold is not limited in this application.

Further, based on the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the above embodiment, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 13, in step S20, the charging module 323 is started to charge the battery module 321, and the monitoring module 33 is additionally powered, so that after the monitoring module 33 can perform the monitoring function, the method for controlling the charging of the unmanned aerial vehicle further includes the following steps:

step S30b: when the control board 325 receives the navigation instruction, it blocks the electrical connection between the charging module 323 and the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, and conducts the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33.

In this embodiment, when the control board 325 receives the navigation instruction, the electrical connection between the charging module 323 and the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33 can be automatically blocked, and the battery module 321 is switched to supply power to the monitoring module 33 in time, that is, the normal power supply mode state of the subsequent unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the flying process is achieved, so that the efficiency of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 in the flying process is improved. When the control board 325 receives the navigation command, it blocks the electrical connection between the charging module 323 and the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, and conducts the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, which may be performed after the battery module 321 is charged, or may be performed after the battery module 321 is charged with a part of electricity. That is, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can receive the navigation command at any time when it is parked on the charging stand 30 to perform the charging operation, and performs the processes of blocking the electrical connection between the charging module 323 and the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33, and conducting the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33. In addition, the navigation instruction received by the control board 325 may be a navigation instruction sent by the user mobile terminal. Further, the unmanned aerial vehicle's mission of taking off a journey can include two kinds: an automatic cruise monitoring mode and a remote cruise monitoring mode. When the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is in the automatic cruise monitoring mode, a preset cruise path can be set according to a path on which the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 needs to cruise by matching with a positioning system such as a mechanism radar on the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, and the preset cruise path is stored in the unmanned aerial vehicle 30. Then, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 may fly according to the preset cruising path. And when abnormal conditions appear in the monitored environment in the cruising monitoring process, the abnormal conditions can be timely uploaded to the internal system of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30, and an alarm is automatically given. When the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 is in the remote control cruising monitoring mode, a user can connect the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 through the mobile terminal and control the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 to fly to a position to be monitored for monitoring. Meanwhile, the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 can upload the shot and monitored information to an internal system of the unmanned aerial vehicle 30 and synchronize to a mobile terminal of a user for display.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 13, the charging control process of the unmanned aerial vehicle may specifically be: the control board 325 receives the charging signal of the unmanned aerial vehicle and blocks the electrical connection between the battery module 321 and the monitoring module 33 according to the charging signal. The charging module 323 is then activated to charge the battery module 321 and additionally power the monitoring module 33 so that the monitoring module 33 can perform the monitoring function. After that, when the control board 325 detects that the battery module 321 is charged, the blocking charging module 323 charges the battery module 321. And then, when the control board 325 detects that the electric quantity of the battery module 321 is smaller than the preset threshold value, the charging module 323 is started to continuously charge the battery module 321.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by the description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A drone system, comprising:

The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a machine body, an electric control module and a monitoring module, wherein the machine body can extend into the accommodating space from the passing opening, the electric control module is arranged on the machine body and is electrically connected with the charging seat, the monitoring module is arranged on the machine body and is electrically connected with the electric control module, and the charging seat is further provided with a first light transmission part at a position corresponding to the monitoring module;

the charging seat comprises a supporting frame and a charging part, wherein the supporting frame is provided with the accommodating space, the yielding opening and the first light-transmitting part; the charging part is arranged in the supporting frame, and the electric control module is electrically connected with the charging part;

the support frame comprises a lower plate body, an upper plate body and a connecting column, wherein the upper plate body and the lower plate body are oppositely arranged, the connecting column is connected with the upper plate body and the lower plate body, the charging part is arranged on the wall surface of the lower plate body facing the upper plate body, the upper plate body is provided with the passing opening, the upper plate body, the lower plate body and the connecting column are also enclosed to form the accommodating space and a light transmission opening communicated with the accommodating space, and the light transmission opening is formed into the first light transmission part;

And/or, the charging part is equipped with charging post and charging ring towards the wall of organism, charging ring encircles charging post sets up, the organism is towards the wall of charging part is equipped with two conductive posts, two conductive posts all electric connection in the monitoring module, two one of them conductive post is located the central point of organism puts, locates the central point conductive post with charging post looks adaptation, another conductive post with charging ring looks adaptation, so that monitoring module electric connection in the charging part.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is defined to have an up-down direction, and the shooting direction of the monitoring module is arranged at an angle to the up-down direction;

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 2, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle further comprises a transmission assembly comprising:

A driving gear connected to the driving member; and

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 2, wherein the body comprises:

and the propeller is connected to the upper end of the machine body.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 4, wherein the fuselage has an inside wall recessed to form a mounting groove extending along the rotational locus of the monitoring module, the mounting groove being formed as the second light-transmitting portion at least in part of the area of the groove wall facing the notch thereof;

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 5, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a mounting plate and a stop collar, the mounting plate being connected to the driver, the inner sidewall of the stop collar being connected to the mounting plate, the stop collar further adapted to be embedded within the mounting groove;

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the electronic control module comprises a battery module, a charging module, and a control board, the battery module and the charging module are electrically connected to the monitoring module, the battery module is further electrically connected to the charging module, and the control board is operable to control electrical conduction and blockage between the battery module and the monitoring module.

8. The utility model provides a charge control method of unmanned aerial vehicle, its characterized in that, unmanned aerial vehicle includes organism and locates battery module, monitoring module, the module and the control panel of charging of organism, unmanned aerial vehicle's charge control method includes:

9. The method of controlling charging of a drone of claim 8, wherein after the step of starting the charging module to charge the battery module and additionally powering the monitoring module to enable the monitoring module to perform a monitoring function, the method of controlling charging of a drone further comprises:

10. The method of controlling charging of a drone of claim 9, wherein after the step of blocking the charging module from charging the battery module, the method of controlling charging of a drone further comprises:

11. The method of controlling charging of a drone of claim 8, wherein after the step of starting the charging module to charge the battery module and additionally powering the monitoring module to enable the monitoring module to perform a monitoring function, the method of controlling charging of a drone further comprises: