JP7072125B1 - Flight management systems, systems, terminals and flight management methods - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time and effort for a user to fly a flight device communicating using a predetermined radio wave. SOLUTION: A flight management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes flight device identification information for identifying a flight device from a user terminal used by the user, a flight path desired for the flight of the flight device, and a flight path. A receiver 121 that receives application information including the desired flight date and time of the flight device, and based on the application information, permits the flight device to use a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path at the flight date and time. To make the flight device fly along the flight path to the flight device corresponding to the flight device identification information, provided that the judgment unit 122 determines whether or not the flight device is used, and the judgment unit determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted. It has a transmission unit 124 for transmitting flight information. [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

The present invention relates to flight management systems, systems, terminals and flight management methods for managing flight information of flight devices.

Patent Document 1 accepts input of an area for flying a flight device such as a drone and a purpose of flight, creates a flight path according to the accepted area and purpose, and controls the flight of the flight device according to the created flight path. The system is disclosed.

International Publication No. 2018/198313

In order to control the flight of a drone over a wide area, the use of a drone that communicates using a predetermined radio wave such as a mobile communication network is being considered. On the other hand, if the number of drones in the sky increases, the amount of communication using the radio waves increases, which may affect the communication of mobile phones and the like on the ground. Therefore, it is conceivable to limit the number of drones flying at the same time by accepting an application from the user for the flight device to use a predetermined radio wave.

However, when an application for the flight device to use a predetermined radio wave is required in addition to inputting information about a flight path in a system as in Patent Document 1, the time and effort for the user to fly the flight device increases. There is a problem.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to reduce the time and effort required to fly a flight device that communicates using a predetermined radio wave.

The flight management system according to the first aspect of the present invention has a receiving unit for receiving user identification information for identifying a user and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of a flight device, and the above-mentioned. The receiving unit has a determination unit for determining whether or not the flight area is a communicable area, and the receiving unit determines that the flight area is a communicable area, and then the area information. Receives route information including the flight route of the flight device designated in the flight area indicated by the above, and stores the route information in the storage unit in association with the user identification information.

The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path and the flight date and time at which the flight device is desired to fly, and the flight management system allows the flight device to receive the flight device at the flight date and time. Further, it may have a transmission unit for transmitting power control information for controlling the power of radio waves transmitted to the base station.

The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path and the flight date and time desired for the flight of the flight device, and also receives the actual information including the route or date and time that the flight device flew, and said. The determination unit may determine whether or not the flight device deviates from the flight path or the flight date and time by comparing the route information with the actual result information.

The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path, the flight device identification information for identifying the flight device, and the flight date and time when the flight device is desired to fly, and the determination unit receives the route information. Based on the route information, it is determined whether or not the flight device corresponding to the flight device identification information permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path at the flight date and time, and the flight management system Further has a transmission unit that transmits information including a reason for not permitting the use of the radio wave to the terminal used by the user, provided that the determination unit determines that the use of the radio wave is not permitted. May be good.

The flight management system is for causing the flight device to fly along the flight path to the flight device corresponding to the flight device identification information, provided that the determination unit determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted. It may further have a transmitter for transmitting flight information of.

The system of the second aspect of the present invention includes a terminal used by the user and a flight management system capable of communicating with the terminal, wherein the terminal includes user identification information for identifying the user and a flight device. The flight management system transmits the area information indicating the flight area for setting the flight path of the flight management system, and the flight management system has a receiving unit for receiving the user identification information and the area information, and the flight area. The receiving unit has a determination unit for determining whether or not the flight area is communicable, and the receiving unit indicates the area information after the determination unit determines that the flight area is a communicable area. It receives the route information including the flight route of the flight device designated in the flight area and wants to fly, and stores the route information in the storage unit in association with the user identification information.

The terminal of the third aspect of the present invention is a terminal capable of communicating with a flight management system for managing flight information of a flight device, and includes user identification information for identifying a user who uses the terminal. It has a transmission unit that transmits area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of the flight device to the flight management system, and the transmission unit allows the flight management system to communicate with the flight area. After determining that it is an area, route information including the flight path of the flight device designated within the flight area indicated by the area information is transmitted to the flight management system.

The flight management method of the fourth aspect of the present invention includes a step of receiving user identification information for identifying a user executed by a processor and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of a flight device. In the flight area indicated by the area information after the step of determining whether or not the flight area is a communicable area and the step of determining whether the flight area is a communicable area. It has a step of receiving the route information including the flight route desired to fly by the flight device specified in the above, and a step of associating the route information with the user identification information and storing it in a storage unit.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the time and effort for the user to fly a flight device that communicates using a predetermined radio wave can be reduced.

It is a schematic diagram of the flight management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram of the flight management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram of the flight application screen for accepting the input of application information in a user terminal. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the method which the determination part calculates the number of flight apparatus. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the method which the determination part determines whether or not the flight path F is included in the radio wave map. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the information sent and received between a flight management system and a flight apparatus. It is a figure which shows the sequence of the flight management method performed by a flight management system.

[Overview of Flight Management System 1]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a flight management system 1 according to the present embodiment. The flight management system 1 is a computer that receives application information regarding the flight of the flight device 3 from the user terminal 2 and transmits flight information for flying the flight device 3 to the flight device 3. The flight management system 1 is a single device or a plurality of devices. Further, the flight management system 1 may be one or a plurality of virtual servers operating on the cloud, which is a collection of computer resources.

The user terminal 2 is a computer used by the user. The user terminal 2 is, for example, an information terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer. The user is, for example, a person who controls, manages, or owns the flight device 3. The user terminal 2 has a display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying information and an operation unit such as a touch panel for receiving an operation by the user. The user terminal 2 transmits / receives information to / from the flight management system 1 by wireless communication.

The flight device 3 is an unmanned flight device such as a drone that flies along a flight path designated by a user and performs predetermined work. The work performed by the flight device 3 is, for example, transportation of objects along the flight path, imaging around the flight path, release of objects (pesticides, etc.) in the flight path, output of information (voice, light, etc.) in the flight path, and the like. be.

The outline of the process executed by the flight management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described below. From the user terminal 2, the flight management system 1 obtains flight device identification information for identifying the flight device 3, a flight path in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly, and a flight date and time in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly. Receive the application information including ((1) in Fig. 1).

Based on the received application information, the flight management system 1 determines whether or not the flight device 3 permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path at the flight date and time ((2) in FIG. 1). .. The predetermined radio wave is a radio wave that can be used by the flight device 3 for communication.

The flight management system 1 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted, and the flight information for causing the flight device 3 to fly along the flight path to the flight device 3 corresponding to the flight device identification information included in the application information. Is transmitted ((3) in FIG. 1). The flight information is information that automatically flies the flight device 3 along the flight path, or information that assists the user in flying the flight device 3 along the flight path. The flight device 3 communicates using the permitted radio waves while flying along the flight path.

As described above, the flight management system 1 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not the flight device 3 is permitted to use the radio wave by receiving the application information regarding the flight of the flight device 3 from the user terminal 2. Above, the flight device 3 is flown. Therefore, since it is not necessary for the user to separately set the flight path and apply for using the radio wave, the flight management system 1 causes the user to fly the flight device 3 that communicates using the predetermined radio wave. You can reduce the time and effort for this.

[Configuration of flight management system 1]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the flight management system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the arrows indicate the main data flows, and there may be data flows other than those shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, each block shows not a hardware (device) unit configuration but a functional unit configuration. Therefore, the block shown in FIG. 2 may be mounted in a single device, or may be mounted in a plurality of devices separately. Data can be exchanged between blocks via any means such as a data bus, a network, and a portable storage medium.

The flight management system 1 has a storage unit 11 and a control unit 12. The storage unit 11 is a storage medium including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive, and the like. The storage unit 11 stores in advance the program executed by the control unit 12. Further, the storage unit 11 stores the application information regarding the flight device 3 received from the user terminal 2, and also stores the billing information including the amount to be charged to the user.

The control unit 12 includes a reception unit 121, a determination unit 122, a generation unit 123, a transmission unit 124, and a billing unit 125. The control unit 12 is, for example, a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and by executing a program stored in the storage unit 11, the reception unit 121, the determination unit 122, the generation unit 123, the transmission unit 124, and the billing unit Functions as 125. Each unit of the control unit 12 may be separately mounted in a plurality of devices constituting the flight management system 1.

The configuration for the flight management system 1 to execute the process according to the present embodiment will be described below. The receiving unit 121 includes flight device identification information for identifying the flight device 3 from the user terminal 2, a flight path in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly, and a flight date and time in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly. Receive application information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a flight application screen for accepting input of application information on the user terminal 2. The user terminal 2 accepts the designation of the flight path F on the flight application screen. The user terminal 2 accepts, for example, a linear route designated on the map displayed on the flight application screen as the flight route F. Further, even if the user terminal 2 accepts the flightable area (the area shown by the broken line in FIG. 3) designated on the map and the linear route designated in the area as the flight path F. good. Further, the user terminal 2 may accept the designation of the three-dimensional flight path F including the position and altitude.

Specifically, the user terminal 2 first accepts the creation of a flight area, which is a flightable area, on the map. The flight management system 1 determines whether or not the created flight area is within a radio wave map indicating a communicable position described later. When the flight management system 1 determines that the flight area is within the radio wave map, the flight management system 1 stores the flight area and the user identification information for identifying the user of the user terminal 2 in the storage unit 11 in association with each other. Then, the user terminal 2 accepts the designation of the flight path F in the flight area determined to be in the radio wave map.

Further, on the flight application screen, the user terminal 2 displays the flight device identification information (aircraft in FIG. 3) of the flight device 3, the speed at which the flight device 3 is flown, the altitude at which the flight device 3 is flown, and the flight device 3. Accepts the designation of the flight date and time (period in FIG. 3) to be flown. The flight device identification information may be information that can identify an individual of the flight device 3, or may be information that can identify the type (model) of the flight device 3. The flight date and time is, for example, a period specified by the start date and time and the end date and time.

Further, the user terminal 2 may accept the designation of wireless device information regarding the wireless device used by the flight device 3 for wireless communication. The radio device information includes, for example, information indicating the specifications of the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) included in the flight device 3, or information regarding the radio station included in the flight device 3.

In the flight management system 1, the receiving unit 121 receives the information input in the user terminal 2 as application information. The receiving unit 121 stores the application information received from the user terminal 2 in the storage unit 11 in association with the user identification information for identifying the user who uses the user terminal 2.

Based on the application information received by the receiving unit 121, the determining unit 122 determines whether or not the flight device 3 permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying along the flight path at the flight date and time. The predetermined radio wave is, for example, a radio wave that can be used by the flight device 3 for communication, and is a radio wave in the frequency range assigned to the communication carrier associated with the flight management system 1. That is, does the telecommunications carrier permit the flight device 3 that communicates using the radio waves in the frequency range assigned to the telecommunications carrier itself using the flight management system 1 to use the radio waves? Judge whether or not.

The determination unit 122 uses radio waves, for example, on the condition that the number of flight devices 3 flying in an area including at least a part of the flight path included in the application information is equal to or less than a predetermined value on the flight date and time included in the application information. Is determined to be permitted.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method in which the determination unit 122 calculates the number of flight devices 3. The determination unit 122 has the number of flight devices 3 flying in the area R including at least a part of the flight path included in the application information at the flight date and time included in the application information, that is, the number of flight devices 3 having the same flight path and flight date and time. Is calculated. The area R is, for example, an area in which one or more flight devices 3 communicate with the same base station B using a predetermined radio wave (that is, a radio wave to be determined by the determination unit 122), that is, one base station B. Is an area for communicating with one or more flight devices 3 using predetermined radio waves. The storage unit 11 stores in advance the area information indicating the area R for each base station B.

The determination unit 122 extracts flight position information (that is, on the flight path at predetermined intervals) corresponding to the flight path included in the application information received by the reception unit 121, for example, based on the area information stored in the storage unit 11. One or more base stations covering each flight position are extracted based on the position). Then, the determination unit 122 calculates the number of flight devices 3 that fly while communicating with the extracted one or a plurality of base stations in the same time zone as the flight date and time included in the application information received by the reception unit 121. The example of FIG. 4 shows a situation in which three flight devices 3 fly in the area R associated with the base station B at the same time.

The determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted when the number of flight devices 3 calculated for each of the specified one or a plurality of regions R is equal to or less than a predetermined value (for example, three), and when not, the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted. Judge that the use of radio waves is not permitted. As a result, the flight management system 1 can limit the number of flight devices 3 that communicate with the base station B at the same time, and reduce the influence that may be given to the mobile phone on the ground that communicates with the base station B.

Further, the flight management system 1 may be a system in which a plurality of telecommunications carriers are integrated by connecting to the systems of a plurality of different telecommunications carriers (communication carriers). In this case. The receiving unit 121 receives application information including a flight date and time and a flight route from a user terminal 2 under the jurisdiction of a plurality of telecommunications carriers. The determination unit 122 calculates the number of flight devices 3 having the same flight path and flight date and time by the above method based on the application information of a plurality of telecommunications carriers, and whether or not the calculated number is equal to or less than a predetermined value. To judge.

Further, the determination unit 122 may determine that the use of radio waves is permitted on condition that the flight route including the application information is included in the radio wave map indicating the position where radio waves can be communicated. The determination unit 122 may be conditioned on only one of the fact that the number of flight devices 3 flying in the same area is equal to or less than a predetermined value and that the radio wave map includes the flight path, and both are conditioned. May be.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method in which the determination unit 122 determines whether or not the flight path F is included in the radio wave map M. The radio wave map M is information indicating whether or not the flight device 3 can communicate using a predetermined radio wave (that is, a radio wave to be determined by the determination unit 122) for each position and altitude. The radio wave map M is, for example, a table as a three-dimensional map in which the position and altitude generated by simulating the communication availability or radio wave intensity for each position and altitude and the communication availability or radio wave intensity are associated with each other. Will be done. The storage unit 11 stores the radio wave map M in advance.

The determination unit 122 compares, for example, the radio wave map M stored in the storage unit 11 with each point of the flight path included in the application information. The determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted when the radio wave map M includes each point of the flight route, and determines that the use of radio waves is not permitted otherwise. As a result, the flight management system 1 can confirm that the applied flight path F is included in the radio wave map M, and can reduce the possibility that the flight device 3 cannot communicate using a predetermined radio wave during flight.

The determination unit 122 may determine, under other conditions, whether or not the flight device 3 permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path on the flight date and time. The determination unit 122 uses radio waves, for example, when the length of the flight date and time period included in the application information is equal to or longer than a predetermined value, or when the flight date and time period included in the application information includes a predetermined flight prohibition time zone. May be determined not to allow.

Further, the determination unit 122 may determine whether or not to permit the use of a predetermined radio wave of the flight device 3 based on the communication method and frequency supported by the radio station included in the flight device 3. In this case, the determination unit 122 determines the communication method and frequency supported by the radio station of the flight device 3 based on the information of the radio station included in the radio device information associated with the flight device identification information of the flight device 3. Identify. The communication method is, for example, LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication, 5G communication, or the like. Then, the determination unit 122 determines that the flight device 3 permits the use of the predetermined radio wave on condition that the specified communication method and frequency satisfy the predetermined condition (for example, it can be used in the flight path). .. As a result, the flight management system 1 can permit the use of radio waves based on the communication method and frequency supported by the radio station of the flight device 3.

The generation unit 123 generates flight information for flying the flight device 3 along the flight path included in the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted. The flight information is, for example, information for automatically flying the flight device 3 along the flight path. In this case, the flight information includes the flight path and the flight date and time at which the flight device 3 automatically flies.

Further, the flight information may be information for assisting the user to fly the flight device 3 along the flight path. In this case, the flight information includes a flight path through which the flight device 3 flies in response to an operation by the user.

The transmission unit 124 transmits the flight information generated by the generation unit 123 to the flight device 3 corresponding to the flight device identification information included in the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining information transmitted and received between the flight management system 1 and the flight device 3. The flight device 3 flies based on the flight information received from the flight management system 1. When the flight device 3 receives flight information for automatically flying the flight device 3 along the flight path, the flight device 3 automatically flies the flight path included in the flight information at the flight date and time included in the flight information.

When the flight device 3 receives flight information for assisting the user to fly the flight device 3 along the flight path, the flight device 3 receives a start instruction for starting the flight on the user terminal 2. The flight device 3 flies on the flight path included in the flight information when the start instruction is received from the user terminal 2. Further, the flight device 3 may move forward, backward, or stop on the flight path according to the instruction received from the user terminal 2.

The flight device 3 communicates using the permitted radio waves while flying in the flight path. The flight device 3 is actually in flight or after the flight is completed, the flight device identification information (aircraft ID) of the flight device 3, the radio device information regarding the radio device used by the flight device 3, and the flight device 3 actually. The actual information including the flight route and the date and time is transmitted to the flight management system 1. In the flight management system 1, the receiving unit 121 receives the performance information from the flight device 3 and stores it in the storage unit 11 in association with the flight device identification information.

In this way, the flight management system 1 determines whether or not to permit the use of radio waves based on the application information received from the user terminal 2, and then flies the flight device 3. Therefore, the flight management system 1 can reduce the time and effort for the user to fly the flight device 3 that communicates using a predetermined radio wave.

The flight management system 1 may revoke the permission to use the radio wave to the flight device 3 when the base station fails or fails after permitting the use of the predetermined radio wave of the flight device 3. Therefore, the transmission unit 124 does not transmit flight information to the flight device 3 when a failure or failure occurs in a base station with which the flight device 3 may communicate in the flight path. Further, when the flight information has already been transmitted to the flight device 3, the transmission unit 124 transmits an instruction for deleting the flight information to the flight device 3, control information for preventing the flight, or flies to the user terminal 2. Send a message to ban. As a result, the flight management system 1 can suppress a situation in which the flight device 3 cannot communicate with the base station during flight.

Further, the transmission unit 124 transmits information to the user terminal 2 including the reason why the determination unit 122 does not permit the use of radio waves based on the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is not permitted. You may. The reasons for not permitting the use of radio waves are, for example, that the number of flight devices 3 flying in the area R is larger than a predetermined value, that the flight path F is not included in the radio wave map M, and that the flight date and time is long. It is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, or the period of the flight date and time includes a predetermined flight prohibition time zone. As a result, the flight management system 1 can notify the user of the reason why the flight device 3 is not permitted to fly, and can accept the application for flying the flight device 3 again.

The billing unit 125 determines the amount to be charged to the user based on the actual information stored in the storage unit 11. The billing unit 125 includes, for example, the time that the flight device 3 flew, the distance that the flight device 3 flew, the number of times the user applied, the number of times that the flight device 3 flew, and the number of the flight devices 3 that flew. , The amount of money is calculated based on at least one of the types (models) of the flight device 3. Further, the billing unit 125 may change the mode of the calculation formula for calculating the amount of money according to the use for flying the flight device 3, such as personal use, corporate use, transportation use, monitoring use, and the like.

The billing unit 125 generates billing information including the determined amount and stores it in the storage unit 11. Further, the billing unit 125 may transmit the generated billing information to a billing server or the like that executes billing to the user. As a result, the flight management system 1 can charge the user who flew the flight device 3 using this system according to the actual flight record of the flight device 3.

[Sequence of flight management methods]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a sequence of flight management methods executed by the flight management system 1. The user terminal 2 accepts input of application information on the flight application screen (S11). Specifically, the user terminal 2 first accepts the creation of a flight area, which is a flightable area, on the map. The flight management system 1 determines whether or not the created flight area is within a radio wave map indicating a communicable position described later. When the flight management system 1 determines that the flight area is within the radio wave map, the flight management system 1 stores the flight area and the user identification information for identifying the user of the user terminal 2 in the storage unit 11 in association with each other. Then, the user terminal 2 accepts the designation of the flight path F in the flight area determined to be in the radio wave map.

The receiving unit 121 includes flight device identification information for identifying the flight device 3 from the user terminal 2, a flight path in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly, and a flight date and time in which the flight device 3 is desired to fly. Receive application information.

Based on the application information received by the receiving unit 121, the determining unit 122 determines whether or not the flight device 3 permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path at the flight date and time (S12). The determination unit 122 uses radio waves, for example, on the condition that the number of flight devices 3 flying in an area including at least a part of the flight path included in the application information is equal to or less than a predetermined value on the flight date and time included in the application information. Is determined to be permitted. Further, the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted, for example, on the condition that the flight route including the application information is included in the radio wave map indicating the position where radio waves can be communicated.

The generation unit 123 generates flight information for flying the flight device 3 along the flight path included in the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted (S13). The flight information is, for example, information for automatically flying the flight device 3 along the flight path, or information for assisting the user to fly the flight device 3 along the flight path.

The transmission unit 124 transmits the flight information generated by the generation unit 123 to the flight device 3 corresponding to the flight device identification information included in the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted (the transmission unit 124 transmits the flight information generated by the generation unit 123. S14). The flight device 3 flies based on the flight information received from the flight management system 1. The flight device 3 communicates using the permitted radio waves while flying in the flight path. The flight device 3 transmits the actual information including the route and the date and time when the flight device 3 actually flew to the flight management system 1 during the flight or after the flight is completed (S15).

In the flight management system 1, the receiving unit 121 receives the performance information from the flight device 3 and stores it in the storage unit 11 in association with the flight device identification information. The billing unit 125 determines the amount to be charged to the user based on the actual information stored in the storage unit 11. The billing unit 125 includes, for example, the time that the flight device 3 flew, the distance that the flight device 3 flew, the number of times the user applied, the number of times that the flight device 3 flew, and the number of the flight devices 3 that flew. , The amount of money is calculated based on at least one of the types (models) of the flight device 3. The billing unit 125 generates billing information including the determined amount and stores it in the storage unit 11 (S16).

[Effect of embodiment]
The flight management system 1 according to the present embodiment receives application information including the flight path and flight date and time of the flight device 3 from the user terminal 2, and determines whether or not to permit the use of radio waves based on the received application information. do. Then, the flight management system 1 transmits flight information for flying the flight device 3 along the flight path to the flight device 3 on condition that it is determined that the use of radio waves is permitted. Therefore, since it is not necessary for the user to separately set the flight path and apply for using the radio wave, the flight management system 1 causes the user to fly the flight device 3 that communicates using the predetermined radio wave. You can reduce the time and effort for this.

As a result, for example, an environment in which drones can fly in urban areas and mountainous areas covered by wireless networks will be created. It will be possible to contribute to "Let's make" and Goal 10 "Let's eliminate inequality between people and countries".

[First modification]
In this modification, the process executed by the flight management system 1 when the user periodically flies the flight device 3 along the same flight path will be described. The receiving unit 121 receives from the user terminal 2 application information including a periodic flight date and time indicating that the flight device 3 repeatedly flies in the flight path. The periodic flight date and time is specified by, for example, a combination of a period specified by the start time and the end time and a time interval such as every day, every week, every month, and the like.

Based on the application information received by the receiving unit 121, the determination unit 122 receives a predetermined radio wave when the flight device 3 flies a predetermined time before each predetermined flight date and time (for example, one day before). Determine whether to allow use. That is, the determination unit 122 determines whether or not to permit the use of radio waves at each scheduled date and time before the scheduled flight of the flight device 3 arrives.

The generation unit 123 uses the flight device 3 along the flight path included in the application information, provided that the flight device 3 determines that the determination unit 122 permits the use of radio waves before each predetermined time of the periodic flight date and time. Generate flight information to fly. The transmission unit 124 corresponds to the flight device identification information included in the application information, provided that the flight device 3 determines that the determination unit 122 permits the use of radio waves before each predetermined time of the periodic flight date and time. The flight information generated by the generation unit 123 is transmitted to the device 3.

As a result, the user can periodically fly the flight device 3 along the same flight path with one application, so that the flight management system 1 is a flight in which the user communicates using a predetermined radio wave. It is possible to reduce the time and effort required to repeatedly fly the device 3.

[Second modification]
In this modification, the flight management system 1 determines whether or not the flight device 3 has deviated from the previously applied flight path or flight date and time, and feeds back the determination result to the user terminal 2.

The determination unit 122 deviates from the flight path or the flight date and time by comparing the application information stored in the storage unit 11 with the actual information stored in the storage unit 11 corresponding to the application information. Judge whether or not. The determination unit 122 may make a determination before the flight of the flight device 3 or may make a determination during or after the flight of the flight device 3. The determination unit 122 deviates from the flight path when the difference between the flight path included in the application information and the route included in the actual information (for example, the magnitude of the difference in the shape of the path) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. If not, it is determined that the flight device 3 has not deviated from the flight path.

Further, the determination unit 122 flies when the difference between the flight date and time included in the application information and the date and time included in the actual information information (for example, the total value of the difference between the start date and time and the difference between the end date and time) is equal to or more than a predetermined value. It is determined that the device 3 has deviated from the flight date and time, and if not, it is determined that the flight device 3 has not deviated from the flight date and time.

The transmission unit 124 transmits information corresponding to the determination result of whether or not the flight device 3 by the determination unit 122 deviates from the flight path or the flight date and time to the user terminal 2. As a result, the flight management system 1 can notify the user whether or not the flight device 3 deviates from the applied flight route or flight date and time, and can urge the user to protect the application information.

Further, when the determination unit 122 determines that the flight device 3 deviates from the application flight path or flight date and time before or during the flight of the flight device 3, the transmission unit 124 is delayed from the application flight date and time (for example,). When the flight device 3 is out of the flight path), the alert information may be transmitted to the user terminal 2 associated with the flight device 3.

Further, when the determination unit 122 determines that the flight device 3 deviates from the applied flight path or flight date and time before the flight of the flight device 3, the permission to use the radio wave is revoked for the flight device 3 before the flight. You may. In this case, the transmission unit 124 does not transmit flight information to the flight device 3. Further, when the flight information has already been transmitted to the flight device 3, the transmission unit 124 transmits an instruction for deleting the flight information to the flight device 3, control information for preventing the flight, or flies to the user terminal 2. Send a message to ban. As a result, the flight management system 1 can urge the user to protect the application information.

[Third modification example]
In this modification, the flight management system 1 controls the flight of the flight device 3 based on the application information, and also controls the transmission power of the radio wave transmitted by the flight device 3 to the base station. The generation unit 123 generates power control information for controlling the power of the radio wave transmitted by the flight device 3 to the base station, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted. The power control information is, for example, information instructing to suppress the transmission power of radio waves at the flight date and time.

The transmission unit 124 transmits the power control information generated by the generation unit 123 to the flight device 3 corresponding to the flight device identification information included in the application information, provided that the determination unit 122 determines that the use of radio waves is permitted. .. The flight device 3 adjusts the transmission power of the radio wave transmitted to the base station while flying on the flight path based on the power control information received from the flight management system 1. As a result, the flight management system 1 can control the transmission power of the flight device 3 at the flight date and time, and can prevent the communication of the flight device 3 from interfering with the base station near the flight path.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in any unit. Also included in the embodiments of the present invention are new embodiments resulting from any combination of the plurality of embodiments. The effect of the new embodiment produced by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment together.

The processor of the flight management system 1, the user terminal 2, and the flight device 3 is the main body of each step (process) included in the flight management method shown in FIG. 7. That is, the processors of the flight management system 1, the user terminal 2, and the flight device 3 read a program for executing the flight management method shown in FIG. 7 from the storage unit, and execute the program to execute the flight shown in FIG. 7. Execute the management method. Some of the steps included in the flight management method shown in FIG. 7 may be omitted, the order between the steps may be changed, and a plurality of steps may be performed in parallel.

1 Flight management system 12 Control unit 121 Reception unit 122 Judgment unit 123 Generation unit 124 Transmission unit 125 Billing unit 2 User terminal 3 Flight device

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A receiver that receives user identification information for identifying a user and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of a flight device.
A determination unit that determines whether or not the flight area is a communicable area,
Have,
The receiving unit includes the flight path desired to fly the flight device designated within the flight area indicated by the area information after the determination unit determines that the flight area is a communicable area. The route information is received, and the route information is associated with the user identification information and stored in the storage unit.
Flight management system. The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path and the flight date and time at which the flight device is desired to fly.
The flight device further includes a transmission unit for transmitting power control information for controlling the power of radio waves transmitted by the flight device to the base station at the flight date and time.
The flight management system according to claim 1. The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path and the flight date and time desired for the flight of the flight device, and also receives the actual information including the route or date and time that the flight device flew.
The determination unit determines whether or not the flight device deviates from the flight path or the flight date and time by comparing the route information with the actual result information.
The flight management system according to claim 1. The receiving unit receives the route information including the flight path, the flight device identification information for identifying the flight device, and the flight date and time when the flight device is desired to fly.
Based on the route information, the determination unit determines whether or not the flight device corresponding to the flight device identification information permits the use of a predetermined radio wave when flying on the flight path at the flight date and time. ,
The determination unit further includes a transmission unit that transmits information including a reason for not permitting the use of the radio wave to the terminal used by the user, provided that the determination unit determines that the use of the radio wave is not permitted.
The flight management system according to claim 1. On condition that the determination unit determines that the use of the radio wave is permitted, the flight information for flying the flight device along the flight path is transmitted to the flight device corresponding to the flight device identification information. Has more transmitters,
The flight management system according to claim 4. Includes a terminal used by the user and a flight management system capable of communicating with the terminal.
The terminal transmits user identification information for identifying the user and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of the flight device to the flight management system.
The flight management system
A receiving unit that receives the user identification information and the area information, and
A determination unit that determines whether or not the flight area is a communicable area,
Have,
The receiving unit includes the flight path desired to fly the flight device designated within the flight area indicated by the area information after the determination unit determines that the flight area is a communicable area. The route information is received, and the route information is associated with the user identification information and stored in the storage unit.
Has a system. A terminal that can communicate with a flight management system for managing flight information of flight equipment.
It has a transmission unit that transmits user identification information for identifying a user who uses the terminal and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of the flight device to the flight management system.
After the flight management system determines that the flight area is a communicable area, the transmitter determines the flight path of the flight device designated within the flight area indicated by the area information. Sending the included route information to the flight management system,
Terminal. The processor runs,
A step of receiving user identification information for identifying a user and area information indicating a flight area for setting a flight path of a flight device.
A step of determining whether or not the flight area is a communicable area,
After the flight area is determined to be a communicable area in the determination step, the route information including the flight path desired to fly by the flight device designated within the flight area indicated by the area information is obtained. Steps to receive and
A step of associating the route information with the user identification information and storing it in a storage unit,
Have a flight management method.

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