CN211731794U - Unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest, this unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a body; the first end part of the foot rest is provided with a transmission piece, and the first end part is rotatably connected to the body; the transmission device is arranged in the body and is meshed with the transmission part; at least one driving device arranged in the body; the transmission device can be driven by the driving device and drives the transmission part to rotate, so that the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle field especially relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest.
Background
The existing unmanned aerial vehicle can comprise a foot rest, and the foot rest can be used for supporting the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle lands. Specifically, to the unmanned aerial vehicle who installs the cloud platform in the organism bottom, the foot rest can also be used to protect the cloud platform camera isotructure of bottom when taking off and landing. In this case, the foot rest is generally longer than the vertical height of the pan/tilt camera to protect the bottom pan/tilt camera and other structures.
However, in the flight process of the existing unmanned aerial vehicle such as return flight and normal operation, the foot rest may touch other objects, which affects the flight safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Further, to the unmanned aerial vehicle who installs the cloud platform in the organism bottom, when cloud platform camera is rotatory about the level, probably see unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest, perhaps in order to avoid wearing to see the foot rest, can narrow the rotation angle of cloud platform camera, cause the limitation in the photographic operation.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, include: a body; the first end part of the foot rest is provided with a transmission piece, and the first end part is rotatably connected to the body; the transmission device is arranged in the body and is meshed with the transmission part; at least one driving device arranged in the body; the transmission device can be driven by the driving device and drives the transmission part to rotate, so that the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned foot rest includes: a support member connected to the second end of the horse for supporting the horse; the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion; and/or a body portion including a portion constituted by the first end portion and the second end portion.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned body includes accommodation space, and after above-mentioned foot rest rotated to the direction of being close to above-mentioned body and packed up the position, the main part of above-mentioned foot rest can be accomodate in above-mentioned accommodation space.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned body includes: and a support arm provided with the accommodation space, wherein a main body part of the foot rest can be accommodated in the accommodation space after the foot rest is rotated to a retracted position in a direction close to the support arm.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned body includes: an upper cover and a lower cover; wherein, the first ends of the foot rests are rotatably connected to the lower cover; the transmission device and at least one of the driving devices are disposed in a space formed between the upper cover and the lower cover.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned lower cover includes: the first end of the foot rest is rotatably connected to one end of the support arm close to the center of the lower cover.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned unmanned aerial vehicle still includes: a sensing device arranged at the bottom of the lower cover; after the foot rest rotates to the laying-down position in the direction away from the support arm, the distance between the second end part of the foot rest and the axis of the lower cover is larger than the distance between the sensing device and the axis of the lower cover; the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the driving devices is plural; the transmission member includes a worm wheel.
The transmission includes a plurality of transmission rods and a plurality of second gears.
Each of the above-described drive links includes: a worm and a first gear disposed at a first end of the worm; the worm of each drive rod is meshed with the worm wheel of the drive part in the corresponding foot rest.
Each of the second gears is provided on a corresponding one of the driving devices and is engaged with one of the first gears.
The plurality of second gears can be driven by the plurality of driving devices to rotate respectively so as to drive the plurality of first gears and the worms to rotate respectively, and the plurality of worms can drive the plurality of worm wheels to rotate respectively so as to enable the foot rest to rotate around the first end part.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the driving devices is one; the transmission member includes a worm wheel.
The transmission comprises a plurality of transmission rods, a gear ring and a second gear.
Each of the above-described drive links includes: a worm and a first gear disposed at a first end of the worm; the worm of each drive rod is meshed with the worm wheel of the drive part in the corresponding foot rest.
The ring gear is meshed with the plurality of first gears.
The second gear is provided on the drive device and is engaged with the ring gear.
The second gear can rotate under the drive of the driving device to drive the gear ring to rotate, the gear ring can drive the first gears and the worms to rotate, and the worms can respectively drive the worm wheels to rotate, so that the foot rest can rotate around the first end.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first end of the foot rest is provided with a mounting hole coaxial with the worm wheel; the body is provided with a mounting shaft; the mounting shaft is inserted into the mounting hole, so that the first end part is rotatably connected to the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned first end of above-mentioned foot rest includes: a first side wall, a second side wall, and a mounting groove between the first side wall and the second side wall; the worm wheel is fixed in the mounting groove, and the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with one mounting hole.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the second end of above-mentioned worm is provided with the spring, and wherein, above-mentioned second end is the one end relative with above-mentioned first end.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned drive arrangement includes the motor.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle still includes controlling means, is connected with above-mentioned drive arrangement, and wherein, above-mentioned controlling means is configured to respond to control command, controls above-mentioned drive arrangement drive above-mentioned transmission, drives above-mentioned driving medium and rotates to drive above-mentioned foot rest and rotate around above-mentioned first end.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned control command includes take-off instruction or landing instruction, and wherein, above-mentioned controlling means is configured as: in response to the takeoff instruction, after the preset time of the takeoff instruction is received, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part towards the direction close to the body; and/or in response to a landing instruction, after the landing instruction is received, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in a direction away from the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle is still including being used for detecting the distance sensor of distance between above-mentioned unmanned aerial vehicle and the below object, is configured into: when the distance sensed by the distance sensor is greater than or equal to a first preset distance, informing the control device to control the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction close to the body; and/or when the distance sensed by the distance sensor is smaller than the first preset distance, informing the control device to control the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction away from the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned control command includes the first regulation instruction and/or the second regulation instruction that come from external control end, and wherein, above-mentioned controlling means is configured as: responding to the first adjusting instruction, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part towards the direction close to the body; and/or in response to the second adjusting instruction, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction away from the body.
The utility model also provides an unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest, include: a first end part provided with a transmission part; the first end part is used for being rotatably connected to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the transmission piece is used for being meshed with a transmission device in the body; when the transmission piece is driven by the transmission device, the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission member includes a worm wheel. The first end portion is provided with a mounting hole coaxial with the worm wheel, the first end portion can be rotatably connected to the body through the mounting hole, and the foot rest can rotate around the axis of the mounting hole.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, above-mentioned first end includes: a first side wall, a second side wall, and a mounting groove between the first side wall and the second side wall; the worm wheel is fixed in the mounting groove, and the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with one mounting hole.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the foot rest further comprises a second end portion opposite to said first end portion, wherein said first end portion and said second end portion constitute a main body portion of said foot rest; and a support member connected to the second end portion for supporting the foot rest.
According to the above technical scheme, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has at least:
the foot rest can be automatically controlled to be retracted and extended through the transmission device and the driving device, so that the automatic control effect is realized, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is prevented from touching other objects due to the foot rest in the flying process; simultaneously, through setting up transmission and drive arrangement inside the unmanned aerial vehicle body for can reduce the comparatively important part of unmanned aerial vehicle too much expose externally, and guarantee that unmanned aerial vehicle's whole is comparatively pleasing to the eye.
The transmission part is arranged at the first end part of the foot rest, so that the transmission part is arranged on the foot rest body, the space of the foot rest is fully utilized, and the transmission part arranged at the first end part of the foot rest can be connected with the transmission device in the unmanned aerial vehicle body, so that the foot rest is more compact.
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fig. 1A and 1B schematically show the front view of the unmanned aerial vehicle foot rest when put down.
Fig. 2A and 2B schematically show the front view of the unmanned aerial vehicle foot rest when being folded.
Fig. 3 schematically shows the utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle's explosion diagram.
Fig. 4A and 4B schematically show a schematic view of a foot rest according to the invention.
Fig. 5 schematically shows a schematic view of the accommodating space provided on the support arm of the present invention.
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11-body, 12-foot rest, 13-transmission device, 14-driving device and 15-sensor;
111-upper cover, 112-lower cover, 113-paddle;
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121-support, 122-body portion;
1221-first side wall, 1222-second side wall, 1223-first end, 1224-second end, 1225-mounting hole, 1226-mounting groove;
131-drive rod, 132-gear ring, 133-second gear;
1311-worm, 1312-first gear, 1313-spring.
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the description is intended to be illustrative only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Moreover, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the concepts of the present invention.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment provides an unmanned aerial vehicle, and this unmanned aerial vehicle includes: unmanned aerial vehicle body, a plurality of foot rest, transmission and at least one drive arrangement. Wherein, transmission and at least one drive arrangement set up in the unmanned aerial vehicle body.
According to an embodiment of the invention, each foot rest may comprise a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The first end part is provided with a transmission piece and is rotatably connected to the body; the transmission device is engaged with the transmission member. The transmission device can be driven by the driving device and drives the transmission piece to rotate, so that the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
Fig. 1A and 1B schematically show the front view of the unmanned aerial vehicle foot rest when put down.
As shown in fig. 1A and 1B, a first end 1223 (refer to fig. 4A and 4B) of the foot rest 12 is rotatably connected to the drone body 11, and the foot rest 12 may be rotated downwardly about the first end 1223 and in a lowered position.
Fig. 2A and 2B schematically show the front view of the unmanned aerial vehicle foot rest when being folded.
As shown in fig. 2A and 2B, the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12 is rotatably connected to the drone body 11, and the foot rest 12 may be rotated upwardly about the first end 1223 and in a stowed position.
Through the utility model discloses an embodiment, can receive and release of automatic control foot rest through transmission and drive arrangement, has realized automated control's effect, has avoided unmanned aerial vehicle to touch other objects because of the foot rest at the flight in-process. Simultaneously, through setting up transmission and drive arrangement inside the unmanned aerial vehicle body for can reduce the comparatively important part of unmanned aerial vehicle too much expose externally, and guarantee that unmanned aerial vehicle's whole is comparatively pleasing to the eye.
Referring now to fig. 3, the present invention is further illustrated with respect to the drone 10 provided in fig. 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B.
Fig. 3 schematically shows the utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle's explosion diagram.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, unmanned aerial vehicle 10 includes: unmanned aerial vehicle body 11, a plurality of foot rests 12, transmission 13 and at least one drive arrangement 14.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 can include upper cover 111, lower cover 112 and paddle 113. Wherein each blade 113 may include a motor thereon.
In an alternative embodiment, the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12 is rotatably connected to the lower cover 112. For example, the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12 is rotatably connected to the lower edge of the lower cover 112. In an alternative embodiment, the lower cover 112 may include a plurality of arms 1121, for example, the lower cover 112 may include 4 arms 1121.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12 is rotatably connected to an end of the support arm 1121 near the center of the lower cover. Alternatively, the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12 may be rotatably connected to an end of the arm 1121 remote from the center of the lower cover.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment can set up four can be along the rotatory foot rest 12 of support arm direction in unmanned aerial vehicle body 11's bottom, and foot rest 12 open mode is vertical downwards, and four foot rests 12 can support downwards.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission 13 and the at least one driving device 14 may be disposed in a space formed between the upper cover 111 and the lower cover 112.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the foot frames 12 is not limited, and may include 1, 2, 3, or 4, for example. Wherein, in case the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 comprises 1 foot rest 12, it needs to be ensured that the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 can be supported based on 1 foot rest 12, for example, the support of the foot rest 12 can be designed as a triangle, a quadrangle, etc. Under the condition that unmanned aerial vehicle 10 includes a plurality of foot rests 12, can be with the even interval distribution of a plurality of foot rests 12 around unmanned aerial vehicle body 11.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1A, fig. 1B, fig. 2A, fig. 2B and fig. 3, four support arms 1121 are connected to the four corners at unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 center, and four support arms 1121 wholly can be the X shape, and the support arm 1121 end can be connected with paddle 113, and four support arms 1121 can intersect in central point.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, sensing device 15 such as the cloud platform camera that is used for controlling the rotation in pitch can be hung to the central bottom of unmanned aerial vehicle body 11, of course, the utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle 10 also can not hang and put sensing device 15.
In an optional embodiment, the drone 10 may include a sensing device disposed at the bottom of the lower cover of the drone body, in addition to the drone body, the plurality of foot rests, the transmission device, and the at least one driving device.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, sensing device can include cloud platform camera for example, or, sensing device can also include air quality detection sensor and so on.
As shown in fig. 1A, fig. 1B, fig. 2A and fig. 2B, according to the utility model discloses an embodiment can be at 11 centers of unmanned aerial vehicle body four support arms of corner connection, and motor and paddle can be connected to the support arm end, and four support arms are whole to be the X shape, and the support arm crosses in central point, and central bottom can hang and put the cloud platform camera that is used for controlling the rotation in every single move.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment can set up four foot rests 12 that can rotate along the support arm direction in the bottom, and the foot rest open mode is vertical downwards, and four foot rests 12 support downwards, with the protection of cloud platform camera in the centre. The bottom of the foot rest 12 is lower than the pan-tilt camera, so that the foot rest is ensured to contact the ground first when the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 lands. After the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 takes off, the foot rest 12 can be accommodated in the support arm or partially protrude out of the support arm under the driving of the driving device 14. At this moment, no foot rest is shielded in the visual angle of the tripod head, the rotating angle of the tripod head can be larger, and more shooting scenes can be met.
According to an embodiment of the invention, after the foot rest 12 is rotated away from the support arm to the lowered position, the distance between the second end 1224 (see fig. 4A and 4B) of the foot rest 12 and the axis of the lower cover is larger than the distance between the sensing means 15 and the axis of the lower cover, wherein the second end 1224 is opposite to the first end 1223.
Through the embodiment of the utility model, the tripod can be opened before landing to protect the tripod head camera; the device can be retracted after flying, and the visual angle of the tripod head camera can be prevented from being shielded.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, each foot rest 12 may include a support member 121 and a main body portion 122.
Fig. 4A and 4B schematically show a schematic view of a foot rest according to the invention.
As shown in fig. 4A and 4B, the support member 121 is connected to the second end 1224 of the stand 12 for supporting the stand 12. Wherein the supporting member 121 may be detachably coupled to the body portion 122, or the supporting member 121 may be integrally formed with the body portion 122.
The body portion 122 includes a portion made up of a first end 1223 and a second end 1224, the second end 1224 being opposite the first end 1223.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, each foot rest 12 may not include the supporting member 121, but only the main body portion 122.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 can include accommodation space, and after foot rest 12 rotated to the direction of being close to unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 to the position of packing up, the main part 122 of foot rest 12 can be accomodate in accommodation space.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle body 11's accommodation space can be located lower cover 112 at least. Alternatively, the accommodation space of the drone body 11 may be located in the space formed by the upper cover 111 and the lower cover 112.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the main body 122 of the foot rest 12 is received in the receiving space as shown in fig. 2A and 2B.
Through including accommodation space at unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 last equipment for hold foot rest 12, make full use of the space of unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 itself, reduced unmanned aerial vehicle's size, make unmanned aerial vehicle more exquisite pleasing to the eye. Can avoid the main part 122 of foot rest 12 to expose externally, further reduce the risk that unmanned aerial vehicle runs into other objects at the flight in-process, improve unmanned aerial vehicle flying stability.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 schematically illustrates a schematic diagram of the support arm of the present invention with accommodating space.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, can set up accommodation space 1122 on the support arm 1121 of unmanned aerial vehicle body 11. After the foot rest 12 is rotated to the retracted position in a direction approaching the arm 1121, the main body portion 122 of the foot rest 12 can be accommodated in the accommodating space 1122.
Through setting up accommodation space 1122 on the support arm 1121 of unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 for the main part 122 of foot rest 12 can be accomodate in accommodation space 1122 after packing up, make full use of the space of unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 itself, reduced unmanned aerial vehicle's size, make unmanned aerial vehicle more exquisite pleasing to the eye. Can avoid the main part 122 of foot rest 12 to expose externally, further reduce the risk that unmanned aerial vehicle runs into other objects at the flight in-process, improve unmanned aerial vehicle flying stability.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the driving device 14 may comprise a motor. The motor can be connected with a battery, and the motor can be driven to rotate by the power supplied by the battery.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the driving devices 14 may include one or more. The number of the driving means 14 may be matched to the number of the foot rests 12 to be driven.
In an alternative embodiment, the driving device 14 may correspond to a plurality of foot rests 12, i.e. one driving device 14 is used for driving a plurality of foot rests 12. For example, when the drone 10 includes 4 foot rests 12, the number of drives 14 may be 1. For another example, when the drone 10 includes 4 foot rests 12, the number of drives 14 may be 2, each drive 14 being for driving 2 foot rests 12.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the driving devices 14 is taken as one example, and the description will be made on the case where 1 driving device 14 drives a plurality of foot rests 12.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown with reference to fig. 3, 4A and 4B, the transmission 13 includes one or more transmission rods 131, a ring gear 132 and a second gear 133. Wherein, the number of the transmission rods 131 can be determined according to the number of the foot rests 12. For example, 4 foot rests 12 may correspond to 4 drive rods 131.
Referring to fig. 4A and 4B, each of the transmission rods 131 may include: a worm 1311, and a first gear 1312 provided at a first end of the worm 1311. Each worm 1311 meshes with the worm wheel of the transmission in the corresponding foot rest 12.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a spring 1313 may be provided at a second end of the worm 1311, the second end being an end opposite to the first end.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the ring gear 132 may be meshed with a plurality of first gears 1312.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a second gear 133 is provided on the driving device 14 and is engaged with the ring gear 132.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, second gear 133 can rotate under drive arrangement 14's drive to drive ring gear 132 and rotate, ring gear 132 can drive a plurality of first gears 1312 and worm 1311 and rotate, and a plurality of worms 1311 can drive the worm wheel rotation of a plurality of foot rests 12 respectively, so that foot rest 12 can rotate around first end 1223.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, ring gear 132 can set up the central authorities at unmanned aerial vehicle body 11. Through the utility model discloses an embodiment, after unmanned aerial vehicle 10 takes off, can be under drive arrangement 14's drive, second gear 133 mechanical transmission central gear ring 132, central gear ring 132 mechanical transmission drives a plurality of first gears 1312 and worm 1311 and rotates, and a plurality of worms 1311 can drive the worm wheel rotation of a plurality of foot rests 12 respectively, and then control foot rest 12 is rotatory along support arm 1121 direction. The utility model discloses a drive ring gear 132 through single drive arrangement 14, and then four independent foot rests 12 of drive receive and release. Can effectively practice thrift drive arrangement 14's quantity, reduce cost alleviates unmanned aerial vehicle 10's whole weight, and then promotes unmanned aerial vehicle 10's duration.
The reverse self-locking characteristic is achieved through the worm and worm gear transmission, namely, the worm gear of the foot rest 12 can only be driven by the worm 1311 to rotate, the worm 1311 cannot be driven by the worm gear of the foot rest 12 to rotate, and therefore the unmanned aerial vehicle foot rest folding and unfolding device has the reverse safe self-locking function.
As shown in fig. 4A and 4B, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission member of the foot rest 12 may include a worm gear 123, a mounting hole 1225 coaxial with the worm gear 123 may be provided at the first end 1223 of the foot rest 12, and the unmanned aerial vehicle body 11 is provided with a mounting shaft; the first end 1223 is rotatably connected to the drone body 11 by inserting the mounting shaft into the mounting hole 1225.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first end 1223 of the foot rest may comprise a first sidewall 1221, a second sidewall 1222, and a mounting slot 1226 between the first sidewall 1221 and the second sidewall 1222; the worm wheel 123 is fixed in the mounting groove 1226, and the first side wall 1221 and the second side wall 1222 each have a mounting hole 1225.
Through the utility model discloses an embodiment through fixing the worm wheel in the mounting groove, has realized setting up the driving medium on the foot rest body, make full use of the space of foot rest itself, can be so that under the condition that the driving medium that sets up through the first end of foot rest is connected with this internal transmission of unmanned aerial vehicle, it is compacter.
In another alternative embodiment, the drive means 14 are in a one-to-one correspondence with the foot rests 12, i.e. one drive means 14 is used to drive one foot rest 12. For example, when the drone 10 includes 2 foot rests 12, the number of drives 14 may also be 2. For example, when the drone 10 includes 4 foot rests 12, the number of drives 14 may also be 4.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, taking 4 driving devices 14 as an example, 1 driving device 14 drives 1 foot rest 12.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission member of the foot rest 12 may comprise a worm gear 123.
The transmission 13 may include a plurality of transmission rods 131 and a plurality of second gears 133. Each of the driving levers 131 may include: a worm 1311, and a first gear 1312 provided at a first end of the worm 1311.
The worm 1311 of each transmission rod 131 engages with the worm wheel 123 in a corresponding one of the foot rests 12.
Each of the second gears 133 is provided on a corresponding one of the driving devices 14, and each of the second gears 133 is directly meshed with one of the first gears 1312.
The second gears 133 can be driven by the corresponding driving devices 14 to rotate respectively to drive the first gears 1312 and the worms 1311 to rotate respectively, and the worms 1311 can drive the worm gears of the corresponding stands 12 to rotate respectively, so that the stands 12 can rotate around the first end 1223.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, in order to realize the automatic function of packing up or putting down of foot rest 12 of unmanned aerial vehicle 10, unmanned aerial vehicle 10 can also be including being used for controlling the automatic controlling means who packs up or put down of foot rest 12.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, controlling means can be connected with drive arrangement 14, and wherein, controlling means is configured to respond to control command, controls drive arrangement 14 and drives transmission 13, and the driving medium rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, transmission 13 can include second gear 133, and this second gear 133 can be connected with drive arrangement 14's one end, and under the circumstances of this gear revolve of controlling means control drive arrangement 14 drive, can drive the driving medium rotation of foot rest 12 to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223. Alternatively, the transmission 13 may also comprise a transmission rod 131 and a gear ring 132, etc.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the control command may be, for example, a takeoff command or a landing command, or a first adjustment command or a second adjustment command from an external control end.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, under the condition of control command for taking off the instruction, controlling means is configured to respond to the instruction of taking off, after receiving the preset time of taking off the instruction, controls 14 drive transmission 13 of drive arrangement, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223 to the direction of pressing close to the body.
According to the embodiment of the utility model, the size of predetermineeing the time does not do the injecing, can leave ground required time according to unmanned aerial vehicle and confirm. For example, after the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the takeoff instruction, it generally takes 30 seconds before the unmanned aerial vehicle leaves the ground, and therefore, the preset time may be greater than 30 seconds, for example, 35 seconds, and the like. For another example, after the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the takeoff command, it generally takes 10 seconds before the unmanned aerial vehicle leaves the ground, and therefore, the preset time may be greater than 10 seconds, for example, 15 seconds, and so on. Through the embodiment of the utility model discloses an embodiment can avoid unmanned aerial vehicle as far as possible at the in-process that takes off, because the premature packing up of foot rest leads to unmanned aerial vehicle to take off unstable problem.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, under the condition that control command is the landing instruction, controlling means is configured as responding to the landing instruction, after receiving the landing instruction, and control drive arrangement 14 drives transmission 13, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223 to the direction of keeping away from the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, after receiving the descending instruction, controlling means can control 14 drive transmission 13 of drive arrangement at once, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate to the direction of keeping away from the body around first end 1223. Wherein, this length of time can be confirmed according to the required time of consuming of unmanned aerial vehicle landing to ground from the present position.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, after receiving the descending instruction, controlling means also can control 14 drive transmission 13 of drive arrangement after the extension is for a certain time, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223 to the direction of keeping away from the body. Wherein, this length of time can be confirmed according to the required time of consuming of unmanned aerial vehicle landing to ground from the present position.
For example, after the drone receives the landing command, if it takes 100 seconds to land on the ground, the certain time period may be 50 seconds. For another example, after the drone receives the landing command, if it takes 50 seconds to land on the ground, the certain time period may be 10 seconds. Through the embodiment of the utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle can avoid as far as possible in descending process, because the premature putting down of foot rest leads to the foot rest to touch the problem of other objects.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, controlling means can respond to take-off instruction or descending instruction to realize that unmanned aerial vehicle 10's foot rest 12 is automatic to be packed up or the function of putting down, reached the effect that automatic control foot rest packed up or put down.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, unmanned aerial vehicle 10 can also be including being used for detecting the distance sensor of distance between unmanned aerial vehicle 10 and the below object. According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, distance sensor can set up in the bottom of unmanned aerial vehicle 10, for example, distance sensor can set up on unmanned aerial vehicle 10's lower cover 112. The utility model discloses do not inject the position that sets up of distance sensor on unmanned aerial vehicle.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, when the distance that distance sensor sensing was greater than or equal to first preset distance, distance sensor can inform 14 drive transmission 13 of controlling means control drive arrangement, and the drive medium rotates to drive foot rest 12 rotates around first end 1223 to the direction of pressing close to the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, when the distance that distance sensor sensing was less than first preset distance, distance sensor can inform 14 drive transmission 13 of controlling means control drive arrangement, and the drive disk rotates to drive foot rest 12 rotates around first end 1223 to the direction of keeping away from the body. The first preset distance may be preset.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, distance sensor can send the distance that senses to controlling means, and it determines when to control drive arrangement 14 drive transmission 13 according to the distance that receives to sense by controlling means. Alternatively, the distance sensor may directly send a control command to the control device, which determines when to control the drive device 14 to drive the transmission 13 according to the control command.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, under the condition of control command for the first regulation instruction that comes from the external control end, controlling means is configured as responding to first regulation instruction, controls 14 drive transmission 13 of drive arrangement, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate to the direction of pressing close to the body around first end 1223.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, under the control command is the second regulation instruction's that comes from the external control end the condition, controlling means is configured as responding to the second regulation instruction, controls 14 drive transmission 13 of drive arrangement, drives the driving medium and rotates to drive foot rest 12 and rotate around first end 1223 to the direction of keeping away from the body.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, external control end can send the regulation instruction to controlling means to realize that unmanned aerial vehicle 10's foot rest 12 is automatic to be packed up or the function of putting down, reached the effect that individualized control foot rest was packed up or put down.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, external control end for example can be unmanned aerial vehicle's remote controller, perhaps, external control end also can be with unmanned aerial vehicle communication connection's mobile terminal and so on.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment still provides an unmanned aerial vehicle's foot rest, include: a first end portion provided with a transmission member; the first end portion is used for being rotatably connected to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the transmission piece is used for being meshed with a transmission device in the body; when the transmission piece is driven by the transmission device, the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
The transmission part is arranged at the first end part of the foot rest, so that the transmission part is arranged on the foot rest body, the space of the foot rest is fully utilized, and the transmission part arranged at the first end part of the foot rest can be connected with the transmission device in the unmanned aerial vehicle body, so that the foot rest is more compact.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the driving medium includes the worm wheel, first end be provided with the coaxial mounting hole of worm wheel, first end accessible the mounting hole rotationally is connected to the body, the foot rest can wind the axis of mounting hole rotates.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, first end includes: a first side wall, a second side wall, and a mounting slot between the first side wall and the second side wall; the worm wheel is fixed in the mounting groove, and the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with one mounting hole.
Through the utility model discloses an embodiment through fixing the worm wheel in the mounting groove, has realized setting up the driving medium on the foot rest body, make full use of the space of foot rest itself, can be so that under the condition that the driving medium that sets up through the first end of foot rest is connected with this internal transmission of unmanned aerial vehicle, it is compacter.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the foot rest still includes: a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end and the second end comprise a body portion of the foot rest; and the supporting piece is connected with the second end part and is used for supporting the foot rest.
It should be noted that, for the specific description of the foot rest in this embodiment, reference may be made to the descriptions of fig. 1A, fig. 1B, fig. 2A and fig. 2B, fig. 3, fig. 4A and fig. 4B, which are not repeated herein.
It is obvious to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the above described functions. For the specific working process of the device described above, reference may be made to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein again.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; under the condition of no conflict, the characteristics of the utility model can be combined at will; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The above-mentioned embodiments, further detailed description of the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
The use of ordinal numbers such as "first," "second," "third," etc., in the specification and claims to modify a corresponding element does not by itself connote any ordinal number of the element or any ordering of one element from another or the order of manufacture, and the use of the ordinal numbers is only used to distinguish one element having a certain name from another element having a same name. It should also be noted that directional terms, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc., used in the embodiments are only directions referring to the drawings, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Throughout the drawings, like elements are represented by like or similar reference numerals. Conventional structures or constructions will be omitted when they may obscure the understanding of the present invention.
Claims (21)
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a body;
the first end part of the foot rest is provided with a transmission part, and the first end part is rotatably connected to the body;
the transmission device is arranged in the body and is meshed with the transmission piece;
at least one drive device disposed within the body;
the transmission device can be driven by the driving device and drives the transmission piece to rotate, so that the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
2. The drone of claim 1, wherein the foot rest comprises:
a support member, wherein the support member is connected to the second end of the foot rest for supporting the foot rest; the second end is opposite the first end; and/or
A body portion including a portion made up of the first end and the second end.
3. The drone of claim 2, wherein the body includes an accommodation space in which a main portion of the foot rest is receivable upon rotation of the foot rest to a stowed position in a direction proximate the body.
4. A drone according to claim 3, wherein the body comprises:
the foot rest comprises a support arm, wherein the accommodating space is formed in the support arm, and after the foot rest rotates to a retracted position in a direction close to the support arm, the main body part of the foot rest can be accommodated in the accommodating space.
5. A drone according to claim 1 or 4, characterised in that the body comprises:
an upper cover and a lower cover;
wherein first ends of the plurality of foot rests are rotatably connected to the lower cover; the transmission device and at least one of the driving devices are arranged in a space formed between the upper cover and the lower cover.
6. The drone of claim 5, wherein the lower cover comprises:
the first end of the foot rest is rotatably connected to one end of the support arm close to the center of the lower cover.
7. The drone of claim 6, further comprising:
the sensing device is arranged at the bottom of the lower cover;
after the foot rest rotates to the put-down position in the direction away from the support arm, the distance between the second end of the foot rest and the axis of the lower cover is greater than the distance between the sensing device and the axis of the lower cover; the second end is opposite the first end.
8. The drone of claim 1, wherein:
the number of the driving devices is multiple;
the transmission member includes: a worm gear;
the transmission device includes:
a plurality of drive links, each said drive link comprising: a worm and a first gear disposed at a first end of the worm; the worm of each transmission rod is meshed with the worm wheel of the transmission part in the corresponding foot rest;
a plurality of second gears, each of which is provided on a corresponding one of the driving devices and is engaged with one of the first gears;
the plurality of second gears can be driven by the plurality of driving devices to rotate respectively so as to drive the plurality of first gears and the worms to rotate respectively, and the plurality of worms can drive the plurality of worm gears to rotate respectively so as to enable the foot rest to rotate around the first end part.
9. The drone of claim 1, wherein:
the number of the driving devices is one;
the transmission member includes: a worm gear;
the transmission device includes:
a plurality of drive links, each said drive link comprising: a worm and a first gear disposed at a first end of the worm; the worm of each transmission rod is meshed with the worm wheel of the transmission part in the corresponding foot rest;
a ring gear engaged with the plurality of first gears;
the second gear is arranged on the driving device and is meshed with the gear ring;
the second gear can be in drive arrangement's drive is down rotated to drive the ring gear rotates, the ring gear can drive a plurality ofly first gear and the worm rotates, and is a plurality of the worm can drive a plurality ofly respectively the worm wheel rotates, so that the foot rest can wind first end rotates.
10. A drone according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that:
the first end part of the foot rest is provided with a mounting hole which is coaxial with the worm wheel;
the body is provided with a mounting shaft; the mounting shaft is inserted into the mounting hole, so that the first end portion is rotatably connected to the body.
11. A drone according to claim 10, characterised in that:
the first end of the foot rest comprises: a first side wall, a second side wall, and a mounting slot between the first side wall and the second side wall;
the worm wheel is fixed in the mounting groove, and the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with one mounting hole.
12. A drone according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the second end of the worm is provided with a spring, wherein the second end is the end opposite the first end.
13. The drone of claim 1, wherein the drive means comprises: an electric motor.
14. The drone of claim 1, further comprising:
the control device is configured to respond to a control instruction and control the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end.
15. A drone according to claim 14, wherein the control instructions include takeoff instructions or landing instructions, wherein the control device is configured to:
responding to the takeoff instruction, and after receiving the preset time of the takeoff instruction, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction close to the body; and/or
And responding to a landing instruction, and after the landing instruction is received, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission part to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction away from the body.
16. The drone of claim 14, further comprising: a distance sensor for detecting a distance between the drone and an underlying object, configured to:
when the distance sensed by the distance sensor is greater than or equal to a first preset distance, the control device is informed to control the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction close to the body; and/or
When the distance sensed by the distance sensor is smaller than the first preset distance, the control device is informed to control the driving device to drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction far away from the body.
17. A drone according to claim 14, wherein the control instructions comprise first and/or second adjustment instructions from an external control terminal, wherein the control device is configured to:
responding to the first adjusting instruction, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission device, driving the transmission piece to rotate, and driving the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction close to the body; and/or
And responding to the second adjusting instruction, controlling the driving device to drive the transmission device and drive the transmission piece to rotate so as to drive the foot rest to rotate around the first end part in the direction far away from the body.
18. A foot rest of an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a first end portion provided with a transmission member;
the first end portion is used for being rotatably connected to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the transmission piece is used for being meshed with a transmission device in the body; when the transmission piece is driven by the transmission device, the foot rest can rotate around the first end part.
19. A foot rest according to claim 18, wherein the transmission comprises:
the first end portion is provided with a mounting hole coaxial with the worm wheel, the first end portion can be rotatably connected to the body through the mounting hole, and the foot rest can rotate around the axis of the mounting hole.
20. A foot rest according to claim 19, wherein the first end portion comprises:
a first side wall, a second side wall, and a mounting slot between the first side wall and the second side wall;
the worm wheel is fixed in the mounting groove, and the first side wall and the second side wall are respectively provided with one mounting hole.
21. A foot rest according to claim 18, further comprising:
a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end and the second end comprise a body portion of the foot rest; and
and the supporting piece is connected with the second end part and is used for supporting the foot rest.
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