JP2019027122A - Port for drone - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a port for drones capable of being easily installed in an outside space of a building, such as a common corridor, for multiple dwelling houses, hospitals, and/or other buildings to allow delivery using the drones to be carried out safely and reliably.SOLUTION: A drone port 1 is provided with: a fixing member 10 fixable between an outside floor F of a building and a ceiling part C, or on an outside hand rail of the building; and a stage 20 comprising a flat surface 21 on which goods are received from a drone D, wherein the stage 20 is arranged in a manner that it can move and return within a predetermined distance in a generally horizontal direction by rotating about the fixing material 10 in a condition that the flat surface 21 is kept in a horizontal state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a drone port that can be used for delivery of luggage by a drone in an apartment house, a hospital, or other buildings during a disaster.

As the drone (small unmanned aerial vehicle) functions are improved, various demonstration experiments are being carried out in addition to shooting, surveying, monitoring, etc., as well as the practical use of delivery services for pharmaceuticals, products and other goods, and the transportation of various types of luggage. It's getting on.
Patent Document 1 describes a delivery system using a drone in which a delivery vehicle carries a drone together with a delivery baggage for delivery.
By the way, when carrying and delivering a bag by a drone, a flat land such as a garden can be considered as a place for delivering a bag by a drone.
However, in the case of buildings such as apartment buildings, even if each unit has a balcony or shared corridor, these are generally narrow and have handrails, etc., so they should be used as they are as baggage delivery places. Is not easy.
And if an elevator in a housing complex stops due to a power outage due to a disaster such as an earthquake, the stairs will be used to transport supplies such as drinking water and medicines to the upper floor, and many elderly people will live. The work is difficult in multi-family housing and mid-high-rise / high-rise buildings.
Even if the above transportation work is carried out by drone, as mentioned above, it is not easy to use the common hallway and balcony of the existing apartment complex as a place for delivering luggage, and there is no space where drone can land easily and safely. .

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-153337

  The present invention provides a drone port that can be easily installed in a space outside a building such as a shared corridor in a housing complex, a hospital, or other buildings, and that can safely and reliably deliver a package by a drone. The purpose is to do.

(1) A fixing member that can be fixed between an outdoor floor and a ceiling of the building or a handrail outside the building;
A stage having a flat portion for receiving luggage from the drone,
The stage is provided so as to be able to move and return by a predetermined distance in a substantially horizontal direction by rotating and / or sliding with respect to the fixing member while maintaining the horizontal state of the plane portion. It is a drone port that features it.
(2) The stage is provided so as to be foldable from a horizontal state to a substantially vertical state so that the flat surface portion is located along the inner side surface of the handrail outside the building.
(3) A guard portion is provided at the edge of the stage to prevent the cargo received from the drone from dropping.

(1) The drone port according to the present invention can be installed and used by fixing a fixing member between an outdoor floor and a ceiling of the building or a handrail outside the building.
The stage provided on the fixing member is provided so as to be movable and returnable in a substantially horizontal direction by rotating and / or sliding with respect to the fixing member while maintaining the horizontal state of the flat surface portion. Therefore, when handing over luggage by a drone, the handrail becomes an obstacle by moving the stage at a predetermined position (in the corridor or landing side: the inner side of the handrail, etc.) to the outer space such as the handrail. Without a drone landing or baggage release safely and reliably.
Further, after the drone releases the luggage, the stage can be returned to a predetermined position, so that the person can safely receive the luggage without getting out of the body from the handrail or the like.
(2) The stage is constructed so that it can be folded from a horizontal state to a substantially vertical state so that the plane part is located along the inner side surface of the handrail outside the building. It is possible to avoid the port stage from sticking out into the space such as the common corridor.
(3) With the configuration in which the guard portion for preventing the fall of the load received from the drone is provided at the edge of the stage, the danger of the load falling from the stage can be prevented.

1 is a side view of a drone port 1 of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a side view of drone port 1 of Example 2. It is a perspective view of drone port 1 of Example 2. 6 is a side view of the drone port 1 of Embodiment 3. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a drone port 1 of Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a side view of the drone port of Example 4. It is a side view of the drone port of Example 4. It is a side view (folded state) of the drone port of Example 4. It is a perspective view (folded state) of the drone port of Example 4. It is a perspective view of the drone port of Example 4.

  The drone port includes a fixing member that can be fixed between an outdoor floor and a ceiling part of the building or a handrail outside the building, and a stage having a flat part for receiving a load from the drone. In the state where the horizontal state of the flat portion is maintained, the fixed member is provided so as to be movable and returned by a predetermined distance in the substantially horizontal direction by rotating and / or sliding with respect to the fixing member.

Example 1
A drone port 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a fixing member 10 that can be fixed between a floor F outside the building and a ceiling C (floor on the upper floor), and a plane for receiving luggage from the drone. And a stage 20 having a portion 21.
The fixing member 10 is a columnar shape having fixing portions 10a and 10b that come into contact with the floor F and the ceiling C at both ends, has a height adjustment function, and has a floor F and a ceiling C outside the building. It is supported and fixed between. The figure shows an example in which the fixing member 10 is installed slightly near the handrail 60 in the shared hallway 50.
An arm 22 connected to the stage 20 is rotatably supported at an intermediate portion of the fixing member 10, and the stage 20 maintains the horizontal state of the flat surface portion 21, and the fixing member 10 is used as an axis. It rotates with respect to the fixed member 10. Various rotating mechanisms can be adopted. A rotating part may be provided in a part of the stage 20 without providing the arm 22.
The configuration of the stage 20 will be described in the description related to the second embodiment.

(how to use)
The stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° in the horizontal direction from a position inside the handrail 60 (shown by a solid line in FIG. 1) and moved to the outside of the handrail 60 (shown by a broken line). A lock mechanism in the moved state may be provided. After the baggage from the drone D is received by the flat portion 21 of the stage 20, the stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° and returned to the position inside the handrail 60.
As a result, when handing over the baggage by the drone, the landing of the drone and the release of the baggage are performed safely and reliably without the handrails being an obstacle, and the baggage released from the drone D Luggage can be safely received without getting out of the handrail 60.

(Example 2)
The drone port 1 of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 includes a fixing member 10 that can be fixed to a handrail 60 outside the building, and a stage 20 having a flat surface portion 21 for receiving luggage from the drone.
The illustrated handrail 60 is an aluminum lattice-shaped handrail 60, and the fixing member 10 is supported and fixed to the handrail 60 using bolts, nuts, and other fixing tools 11. The illustrated example shows a configuration in which the fixing member 10 can be fitted and fixed from above the handrail 60. The shape, mounting (fixing) structure, material, and the like of the fixing member 10 are not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected.
An arm 22 connected to the stage 20 is rotatably supported on the upper portion of the fixing member 10, and the stage 20 rotates about the upper portion of the fixing member 10 as an axis.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stage 20 is a member having a certain area capable of taking off and landing the drone or delivering the baggage by the drone, and the stage 20 has a plane portion 21 for receiving the baggage from the drone, A guard portion 23 is provided at the edge. The guard part 23 can be a SUS wire or other horizontal member, or a rising wall part. A handle 24 is provided at a corner or a peripheral portion of the stage 20 so as to be grasped by a hand when the stage 20 is rotated, and the stage 20 can be easily moved using the handle 24.
Further, the flat portion 21 of the stage 20 can be plate-shaped, lattice-shaped, porous, or net-shaped, and various materials can be used. Normally, the stage 20 is rectangular, but it may be circular or other shapes.

(how to use)
The stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° from a position inside the handrail 60 (a state indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2), and moved to the outside (state indicated by a broken line) of the handrail 60. The moved state is shown in the perspective view of FIG. After the baggage from the drone D is received by the flat portion 21 of the stage 20, the stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° and returned to the position inside the handrail 60.

(Example 3)
The drone port 1 according to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 includes a fixing member 10 that can be fixed to a handrail 60 outside the building, and a stage 20 having a flat surface portion 21 for receiving a load from the drone.
The illustrated handrail 60 is an RC handrail 60, and the fixing member 10 is supported and fixed to the handrail 60 by using bolts and other fixing tools 11.

(how to use)
The stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° from a position inside the handrail 60 (a state indicated by a solid line in FIG. 4), and moved to the outside of the handrail 60 (a state indicated by a broken line). The moved state is shown in the perspective view of FIG. After the baggage from the drone D is received by the flat portion 21 of the stage 20, the stage 20 is rotated about 180 ° and returned to the position inside the handrail 60.

Example 4
The drone port 1 of Example 4 shown to FIGS. 6-10 is equipped with the fixing member 10 which can be fixed to the handrail 60 outside the building of the building, and the stage 20 which has the plane part 21 for receiving a load from a drone.
Unlike the above-described embodiments, the stage 20 can move and return in a substantially horizontal direction by a predetermined distance by sliding rather than rotating with respect to the fixing member 10 while maintaining the horizontal state of the flat portion 21. Is provided.

The fixing member 10 includes a pair of left and right mounting portions 12 fixed to the handrail 60 and a pair of left and right rotating portions 13 provided on the upper portion of the mounting portion 12 so as to be rotatable with respect to the mounting portion 12. I have. In the illustrated example, the rotation unit 13 is attached to the attachment unit 12 via a spacer 14 and a rotation table unit 15 connected to the spacer 14. For fixing the attachment portion 12 to the handrail 60, bolts and nuts or other appropriate fixtures can be used (not shown).
The rotating unit 13 is provided with a stage 20 via a frame portion 24 that surrounds the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 in a U shape. The plane part 21 is slidably held with respect to the frame part 24.

  Thus, the frame portion 24 is substantially removed from the horizontal state so that the rotating portion 13 rotates and the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 held by the frame portion 24 is positioned along the inner surface of the handrail 60. It is provided so as to be foldable in a vertical state (see FIGS. 8 and 9).

(how to use)
If it demonstrates from the state (FIG. 8, 9) folded so that the plane part 21 of the stage 20 may be located along the inner surface of the handrail 60, the rotation part 13 is rotated from this state, and the stage 20 is moved. Turn about 270 °. Then, the frame portion 24 that holds the flat portion 21 of the stage 20 is held in a state of being positioned on the upper surface of the handrail 60, and the horizontal state of the flat portion 21 of the stage 20 is maintained (see FIGS. 6 and 10). ).
In this state, the luggage from the drone D can be received by the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20.
Since the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 is slidably held with respect to the frame portion 24, after receiving the luggage 70, the stage 20 is slid to the inside of the handrail 60 to move to the position inside the handrail 60. (See FIG. 7).
As a result, when handing over the baggage by the drone, the landing of the drone and the release of the baggage are performed safely and reliably without the handrails being an obstacle, and the baggage 70 released from the drone D is Can safely receive the luggage without getting out of the handrail 60.
If the state shown by the broken line in FIG. 7 is used as a starting point, the stage 20 provided on the fixing member 10 slides with respect to the fixing member 10 while maintaining the horizontal state of the flat surface portion 21, thereby substantially horizontal direction. 7 after moving a predetermined distance (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 7 or the state shown in FIG. 6), and after receiving the package from the drone, it can be returned to the state shown by the broken line in FIG.

The slide structure of the stage 20 is not limited to the configuration provided by providing the frame portion 24 as described above. For example, the stage 20 may be directly attached to the rotating portion 13 so as to be slidable without providing the frame portion 24. Various configurations may be employed for the slide mechanism. In short, it is important that the stage 20 is configured to be slidable in a state where the horizontal state of the flat portion 21 of the stage 20 is maintained.
In the above embodiment, the stage 20 is rotated by rotating the rotating unit 13 from the state in which the flat part 21 of the stage 20 is folded so as to be positioned along the inner surface of the handrail 60 (FIGS. 8 and 9). By rotating about 270 °, the frame portion 24 holding the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 is held in a state of being positioned on the upper surface of the handrail 60, and the horizontal state of the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 is maintained ( 6 (see FIGS. 6 and 10). For example, the planar portion 21 of the stage 20 is rotated from a state where the flat portion 21 is folded along the inner side surface of the handrail 60 (FIGS. 8 and 9). By rotating the portion 13 and rotating the stage 20 by about 90 °, the flat surface portion 21 of the stage 20 becomes horizontal (the horizontal state can be maintained by providing a lock mechanism or the like). From that state, The stage 20 may be configured to move horizontally to the outside of the handrail 60.

The drone port according to the present invention is usually stored in a disaster prevention storage warehouse or the like as a temporary type, and can be installed at the time of a disaster or other necessity, or can be brought in from outside. Of course, it can also be used as a permanent drone port.
In the event of a disaster, it can be used not only for transporting cargo from the ground to the drone port on the upper floor, but also for unloading garbage and unnecessary materials from the drone port to the ground.
It can be used as a temporary drone port when a drone is used for raising and lowering construction supplies, not only at the time of a disaster, but also at the time of renovation of a building such as an apartment house or a hospital.
It is also possible to configure so that each part of the fixed member and stage can be assembled and disassembled.
It can be installed and used in various places in existing apartments and other buildings such as common hallways, staircase landings, balconies, and common hallways in the void.
The embodiment in which the stage 20 rotates or slides with respect to the fixed member 10 has been described. However, it is important that the stage 20 can move horizontally, and the stage 20 may be configured to move with both rotation and slide operations. .
Moreover, although the structure which moves the stage 20 manually was shown, rotation and / or a slide of the stage 20 can also be electrically driven using a motor.
The slide in the horizontal movement of the stage 20 can use a gear or can use an elastic structure member.
A lighting fixture that illuminates the stage 20 may be added, or a drone charging system (using sunlight) may be added.

  As mentioned above, although the form for inventing was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to what was mentioned above, It can add and change suitably in the range of the summary of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drone port 10 Fixing member 11 Fixing tool 12 Mounting part 13 Rotating part 20 Stage 21 Plane part 23 Guard part 24 Handle 50 Shared corridor 60 Handrail 70 Luggage F Floor C Ceiling part D Drone

Claims (3)

A fixing member that can be fixed between an outdoor floor and a ceiling of the building, or a handrail outside the building;
A stage having a flat portion for receiving luggage from the drone,
The stage is provided so as to be able to move and return by a predetermined distance in a substantially horizontal direction by rotating and / or sliding with respect to the fixing member while maintaining the horizontal state of the plane portion. Features
Drone port.   2. The drone port according to claim 1, wherein the stage is provided so as to be foldable from a horizontal state to a substantially vertical state so that the planar portion is positioned along an inner side surface of a handrail outside the building.   The drone port according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a guard portion is provided at an edge of the stage to prevent the cargo received from the drone from dropping.

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