KR102162127B1 - Drones with moving lights - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drone with a moving light, which enhances a lighting effect during drone performance by emitting the moving light with various patterns. To this end, the drone configured to realize a manual flight by wireless control or an autonomous flight by automatic navigation comprises: a gimbal device detachably installed at the lower part of a drone body so as to uniformly maintain a posture of a moving lighting device fixated on a holder; and the moving lighting device installed at the lower part of the holder of the gimbal device by a rotary plate driving motor and a rotary plate to be detached and attached and to be rotated, and provided with a plurality of rotatable moving lighting units with respect to front, rear, left and right directional axes so as to emit various types of moving lights from the drone in the air to the ground. Accordingly, a stable lighting effect can be acquired through posture control or rotation of the moving light in accordance with movement of the drone or shaking correction due to external effects, and the moving light is driven by an external power source so as to compensate for shortcomings of the drone and promote efficient performance.

Description

Drones with moving lights

The present invention relates to a drone equipped with a moving light, and more specifically, by installing a moving light under the body of a drone, it is possible to provide various types of moving lighting from a drone in the sky to the ground during a performance using a drone. Various lighting effects can be exhibited, and by installing moving lights to allow free rotation about the front and rear, left and right axes using a gimbal, attitude control according to the flight of the drone, rotation of the moving lights, or external influences can be prevented. It is possible to obtain a stable lighting effect through the shaking correction according to this, and by allowing an external power source to be used as the operating power of the moving lighting, increasing the flotation power according to the reduction of the battery weight of the drone and extending the flight time or flight time of the drone. It relates to a drone equipped with moving lighting that enables efficient performance during performance.

In general, drones have been used for military purposes such as aerial photography or aerial strikes by manual flight by remote control of a ground control system or autonomous flight using a satellite navigation system (GPS). Due to the expansion of distribution and the development of control technology using mobile communication terminals such as smartphones, not only in fields such as taking and delivering high-altitude images or pictures, collecting weather information, but also for prevention of spread of infectious diseases, quarantine, and pests. It is used in various fields, such as agricultural use for spraying pesticides for control, fire suppression use in high-rise buildings and deep mountains, and performance use to produce various performances in the sky.

Among them, in the case of drones for performances, multiple drones are being introduced to implement various performances required for performances, and using a beam project to emit LED beams or laser beams, and at the same time use a spray nozzle to generate mist or bubbles. By generating special effect materials, light is diffusely reflected by them to produce various performances.

However, in the case of drones for performances as described above, a variety of laser performances are performed by generating laser beams, fog, or bubbles while flying in the air. However, in the case of such a laser performance, a means for correcting the shaking caused by the movement of the drone is not provided at all Therefore, there is a possibility that the lights may flicker due to the movement of the drone, and the light is flickering from the drone in the sky to the ground, and it is impossible to visually display in various directions due to the movement of the drone and external influences. Actually, in the case of performances using lasers and LEDs, the lighting effect cannot be expressed in various ways.

KR 10-2014-0111786 A 2014.09.22 public KR 10-1753364 B1 2017.06.27 registration

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above problems, and the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to install moving lights under the body of a drone to perform various patterns of moving light from a drone in the sky to the ground during a performance using a drone. It is possible to improve the lighting effect during drone performances by allowing the light to be irradiated, and by installing moving lights using a gimbal, it is stable through posture control according to the movement of the drone, rotation of the moving lights, or shaking correction due to external influences. It is intended to provide a drone with moving lighting that enables the lighting effect to be obtained.

In addition, another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to increase the flotation power by reducing the weight of the battery by enabling the moving lights to be driven by an external power source, and thereby supplement the shortcomings of the drone by extending the flight time or flight time of the drone. It is intended to provide a drone equipped with moving lighting that can promote.

One embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is, a plurality of wing support arms are installed radially extending from the drone body, and a plurality of rotors and rotating blades are respectively installed at the tip of each wing support arm, and for wireless communication It is equipped with a GPS antenna for transmitting and receiving GPS information with a wireless transceiver, and wireless communication between the flight control unit through the wireless transceiver and the main control device or remote control device of the control center, and by controlling the motion of the rotor and the rotor with GPS information. In a drone that is configured to perform manual flight by maneuvering or autonomous flight by automatic navigation, a moving lighting device installed on the cradle is provided to be detachably installed on the lower portion of the drone body, and has a left and right rotation part of the gimbal, a rotation part before and after the gimbal, and a mount. It allows rotation about the front and rear, left and right axes so that it can be placed horizontally or vertically.It is equipped with a gimbal power supply unit and a remote gimbal control signal receiving unit, so that operation power is supplied from the gimbal power supply unit and the external gimbal control signal receiving unit A gimbal device for maintaining a constant posture of the moving lighting device fixed to the cradle by driving the gimbal left and right rotation units and the gimbal front and rear rotation units respectively or automatically according to a remote control signal; And a plurality of moving lighting units that are detachably and rotatably installed under the mount of the gimbal device by a rotating plate drive motor and a rotating plate and rotatable about the front and rear and left and right axes, and a lighting power supply unit and a remote lighting control signal receiving unit. Includes a moving lighting device that is supplied with operating power from the supply unit and drives a number of moving lighting units according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiver to irradiate various types of moving lights from drones in the sky to the ground. It is a drone with moving lighting.

The drone with the moving lighting according to the present invention further includes a cable connection part for directly receiving power from an external device on one side of the lighting power supply part of the moving lighting device, and a swivel joint capable of free rotation and detachment to the cable connection part, and The cable may be connected so that the control signal and operation power can be directly supplied from the ground control unit.

In addition, the drone with the moving lighting according to the present invention is detachably attached to one or both sides of the moving lighting unit and is fixedly installed, and soap bubbles or artificial objects according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiver. It may be configured to further include a special effect material generating device that generates at least one of special effect materials such as snow, fog, firecrackers, and other performance tools and discharges them to the outside.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a moving light that can rotate 360 degrees from a drone in the sky, so that various types of lighting effects can be obtained during a drone performance, and by installing moving lights using a gimbal, A stable moving lighting effect can be obtained by allowing the posture control according to the posture control and the shaking correction according to the rotation of the moving lighting to be performed automatically. Also, the flight time or flight time of the drone can be reduced by allowing the use of external power as the operating power of the moving lighting. As it can be extended, it provides the advantage of effectively performing drone performances.

In addition, according to the present invention, by simultaneously emitting at least one of special effect materials such as soap bubbles, artificial snow, haze, firecrackers, and other performance tools and moving lighting, it provides an advantage of maximizing the moving lighting effect during a drone performance. .

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a drone with moving lighting according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed view illustrating an excerpt of the main part of FIG. 1.
3 is a reference diagram illustrating a form of a laser beam that can be implemented by a moving lighting unit and a rotating plate in a drone equipped with a moving lighting according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a drone equipped with a moving light according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and effects thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Terms and words used in the present specification and claims are not limited to the usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventor is based on the principle that the concept of terms can be appropriately defined in order to explain his or her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Accordingly, it is understood that the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and there may be various equivalents and modifications that can replace them at the time of application shall.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall configuration of a drone equipped with a moving light according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed view illustrating the main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is As a reference diagram illustrating the form of a laser beam that can be implemented by a moving lighting unit and a rotating plate in a drone, a drone with a moving lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a gimbal device 20 and a moving lighting device 30 It may be configured to include, and may be directly connected to the ground control unit 40 through a cable 41. In addition, one side of the moving lighting device 30 further includes a special effect material generating device 50 for generating and emitting at least one of special effect materials such as soap bubbles, artificial snow, mist, firecrackers, and other performance tools. It can be implemented in an embodiment.

The drone with moving lighting according to each embodiment of the present invention is radially extended from the drone body 10 to have a plurality of wing support arms 11 installed, and a plurality of wing support arms 11 are installed at the tip of each wing support arm 11. A rotor 12 and a rotating blade 13 are respectively installed, and a wireless transceiver 16 for wireless communication, a GPS antenna 14 for transmitting and receiving GPS information, and a flight control unit 15 are mounted. By controlling the operation of the rotor 12 and the rotating blade 13 with wireless communication and GPS information between the flight controller 15 and the main control device or remote control device of the control center through manual flight or automatic navigation by wireless control It can be applied and implemented in drones that are configured to perform autonomous flight.

The gimbal device 20 is detachably installed on the lower portion of the drone body 10, and includes a gimbal left and right rotation unit 21, a gimbal front and rear rotation unit 22, and a holder 23, and a moving lighting unit installed on the holder 23 (30) Allows rotation about the front-to-back, left-to-right axis so that it can lie horizontally or vertically. In addition, such a gimbal device 20 is provided with a gimbal power supply unit 24 composed of a rechargeable battery and a remote gimbal control signal receiving unit 25 for wirelessly receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal to operate from the gimbal power supply unit 24. According to the external remote control signal received through the remote gimbal control signal receiving unit 25 receiving power and driving the gimbal left and right rotation unit 21 and the gimbal front and rear rotation unit 22, respectively, or by automatically driving it to the cradle 23. The posture of the fixed moving lighting unit 30 is kept constant.

The moving lighting device 30 is detachably and rotatably installed under the cradle 23 of the gimbal device 20 by a rotating plate driving motor 31 and a rotating plate 32, and is rotatable about the front and rear and left and right directions. It is provided with a lighting power supply unit 34 consisting of four moving lighting units 33 and a rechargeable battery, and a remote lighting control signal receiving unit 35 for wirelessly receiving an RF signal to receive operating power from the lighting power supply unit 34. A plurality of moving lighting units 33 are driven according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiving unit 35 to irradiate various types of moving lights from drones in the sky to the ground.

In addition, the moving lighting device 30 may further include a cable connection part 36 for directly supplying power from an external device on one side of the lighting power supply unit 34, and in this case, the ground control unit ( The cable 41 connected to 40) may be connected so as to be freely rotated and detachably connected by the swivel joint 42 so that the control signal and operation power may be directly supplied from the ground control unit 40.

The rotating plate driving motor 31 is installed to be detachable and horizontally rotatable under the cradle 23 of the gimbal device 20.

The rotating plate 32 is formed of a circular plate (or flat plate) having a certain length (or width) so that the moving lighting unit 33 can rotate at a position with a certain radius around the rotation axis of the rotating plate driving motor 31 to drive the rotating plate. It is installed radially under the motor 31, and is installed so as to draw a concentric circle by horizontally rotating integrally with the rotary plate driving motor 31.

Two or three or more moving lighting units 33 are installed at equal intervals on the edge of the rotating plate 32, and when rotating the rotating plate 32, the circular light is emitted while integrally rotating horizontally with the rotating plate 32 Is configured to To this end, each of the moving lighting units 33 may include a left and right rotation motor 33a, a front and rear rotation motor 33b, and a beam emission unit 33c.

The left and right rotation motor 33a is installed to be horizontally rotatable to the left and right under the rotation plate 32, and rotates horizontally by its own power.

The front and rear rotation motor (33b) is supported and fixed by the rotation shaft of the left and right rotation motor (33a) and is installed to be horizontally rotated horizontally with the left and right rotation motor (33a) by the power of the left and right rotation motor (33a). It rotates vertically back and forth by power.

The beam emission unit 33c is supported and fixed by the rotation shaft of the front and rear rotation motor 33b, and is installed to be vertically rotated back and forth together with the front and rear rotation motor 33b by the power of the front and rear rotation motor 33b. Emits a laser beam.

Thereby, each of the moving lighting units 33 is horizontally rotated by the rotating plate 32 (i.e., revolution made at the point where the rotating plate is radially distant), and horizontally rotated by the left and right rotating motor 33a (that is, the point at which the rotating plate is radially distant) It is possible to radiate the irradiation direction of light 360 degrees through rotation made in (rotation), and forward and backward rotation by the forward and backward rotation motor 33b.

The special effect substance generating device 50 is detachably attached to one or both sides of each moving lighting unit 33 and fixedly installed, and soap according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiving unit 35 At least one of special effect materials such as drops, artificial snow, haze, firecrackers, and other performance tools is generated and released to the outside.

The operation of the drone equipped with the moving lighting according to the present invention configured as described above and the effects thereof will be described.

First, a remote control signal for drone flight and performance is generated from a main control device or a remote control device of a ground control center by at least one of a performance manager's operation or a preset performance scenario, and a wireless transceiver mounted on the drone body 10 When transmitted to the flight control unit 15 through (16), the flight control unit 15 controls the flight of the drone according to a remote control signal or a performance scenario previously stored in the memory, while the gimbal device 20 and the moving lighting device By controlling the operation of 30 and the special effect material generating device 50, it is possible to perform a three-dimensional performance by radiating moving lights and special effect materials rotating 360° from the drone body 10 in the sky.

That is, the flight control unit 15 wirelessly transmits the remote gimbal control signal and the remote lighting control signal to the gimbal device 20 and the moving lighting device 30, respectively, and the gimbal remote control signal receiving unit 25 of the gimbal device 20 And the lighting remote control signal receiving unit 35 of the moving lighting device 30 receives these remote control signals, respectively, and the gimbal power supply unit 24 of the gimbal device 20 and the lighting power supply unit 34 of the moving lighting device 30 Therefore, in the gimbal device 20, operation power is supplied to the gimbal left and right rotation unit 21 and the gimbal front and rear rotation unit 22, respectively, and in the moving lighting device 30, the rotation plate driving motor 31 and Operation power is supplied to the left and right rotation motors 33a, the front and rear rotation motors 33b, and the beam emission unit 33c of each moving lighting unit 33, respectively.

Afterwards, the flight control unit 15 pre-stores the rotating plate drive motor 31, the left and right rotating motors 33a, and the front and rear rotating motors 33b of each moving lighting unit 33 to emit moving lights in a remote control signal or memory. The left and right rotation motors 33a and the front and rear rotation motors 33b of each moving lighting unit 33 while horizontally rotating the beam emitting unit 33c to draw a concentric circle by the rotation plate driving motor 31 by driving according to the performed performance scenario. By operating the beam emitting unit 33c and outputting the LED or laser beam at the same time by rotating horizontally and vertically, 360 in the drone body flying in the sky as illustrated in (a) and (b) of FIG. It is possible to emit various types of moving LEDs or laser beams that rotate variously in the road direction.

In addition, by controlling the operation of the special effect substance generating device 50 at the same time as the LED or laser beam is emitted, these special effect substances are emitted by emitting at least one of special effect substances such as soap bubbles, artificial snow, mist, firecrackers, and other performance tools. It is possible to perform a three-dimensional performance by illumination by various types of moving LEDs or laser beams through diffuse reflection between the LEDs or laser beams intersecting them.

According to the present invention above, since it is possible to provide moving lighting capable of rotating 360 degrees in various forms in a performance drone, it is possible to obtain a variety of lighting effects during a drone performance. In addition, a gimbal is used to control the attitude according to the flight of the drone and It is possible to obtain a stable moving lighting effect because the shaking correction according to the rotation of the moving lighting can be performed automatically, and by allowing the use of external power as the operating power of the moving lighting, it is possible to extend the flight time or flight time of the drone. It provides the advantage of effectively performing drone performances.

In addition, according to the present invention, by simultaneously emitting at least one of special effect materials such as soap bubbles, artificial snow, haze, firecrackers, and other performance tools and moving lighting, it provides an advantage of maximizing the moving lighting effect during a drone performance.

10: drone body 11: wing support arm
12: rotor 13: rotating blade
14: GPS antenna 15: flight control unit
16: wireless transceiver 20: gimbal device
21: gimbal left and right rotation 22: gimbal front and rear rotation
23: cradle 24: gimbal power supply
25: remote gimbal control signal receiver 30: moving lighting device
31: rotary plate drive motor 32: rotary plate
33: moving lighting unit 33a: left and right rotation motor
33b: front and rear rotation motor 33c: beam emission unit
34: lighting power supply 35: remote lighting control signal receiver
36: cable connection part 40: ground control unit
41: cable 42: swivel joint
50: special effect substance generation device

Claims (5)

A plurality of wing support arms 11 are installed extending radially from the drone body 10, and a plurality of rotors 12 and rotating blades 13 are respectively installed at the tip of each wing support arm 11, and wireless communication The flight control unit 15 through the wireless transceiver 16 and the main control device or remote control device of the control center by mounting a wireless transceiver 16 for transmission and reception of GPS information and a GPS antenna 14 and a flight control unit 15 In a drone configured to perform manual flight by wireless control or autonomous flight by automatic navigation by controlling the operation of the rotor 12 and the rotating blade 13 with wireless communication and GPS information between,
The moving lighting device 30 installed on the mount 23 is provided to be detachably installed under the drone body 10, and includes a gimbal left and right rotation part 21, a gimbal front and rear rotation part 22, and a mount 23. It allows rotation about the front and rear, left and right axes so that it can be placed vertically, and is provided with a gimbal power supply unit 24 and a remote gimbal control signal receiving unit 25 to receive operation power from the gimbal power supply unit 24 and receive the remote gimbal. A moving lighting device fixed to the cradle 23 by driving the gimbal left and right rotation unit 21 and the gimbal front and rear rotation unit 22 respectively or automatically according to an external remote control signal received through the control signal receiving unit 25 A gimbal device 20 for maintaining a constant posture of 30; And
A plurality of moving lighting units 33 that are detachably and rotatably installed under the mount 23 of the gimbal device 20 and rotatable about the front and rear and left and right axes, and a lighting power supply unit 34 and a remote lighting control signal receiving unit (35) by receiving operation power from the lighting power supply unit (34) and driving the plurality of moving lighting units (33) according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiving unit (35) Consists of including; a moving lighting device 30 for irradiating various types of moving lights from drones in the sky to the ground,
The moving lighting device 30,
A rotating plate driving motor 31 mounted to be detachably and horizontally rotatable under the holder 23 of the gimbal device 20; And
Including; a rotary plate 32 radially installed to be horizontally rotatable under the rotary plate driving motor 31 so as to rotate horizontally integrally with the rotary plate driving motor 31,
A plurality of moving lighting units 33 of the moving lighting device 30,
It is installed at the edge of the rotary plate 32 at regular intervals and is installed to emit light in the form of a concentric circle while integrally horizontally rotating along the movement of the edge of the rotary plate when the rotary plate 32 rotates,
Each of the moving lighting units 33,
A left and right rotation motor (33a) which is installed to be horizontally rotatable under the edge of the rotation plate 32 so as to rotate horizontally by its own power while integrally horizontally rotating along the movement of the edge of the rotation plate when the rotation plate 32 is rotated;
It is supported and fixed by the rotation shaft of the left and right rotation motor (33a) and is installed to be horizontally rotated horizontally with the left and right rotation motor (33a) by the power of the left and right rotation motor (33a), but it rotates vertically back and forth by its own power. A rotating motor 33b; And
A beam emitting part that is supported and fixed by the rotation axis of the front and rear rotation motor 33b, is installed to be vertically rotated back and forth together with the front and rear rotation motor 33b by the power of the front and rear rotation motor 33b, and emits an LED or laser beam (33c); including,
Moving lighting, characterized in that it is configured to radiate the irradiation direction of light 360 degrees through horizontal rotation by the rotating plate 32, horizontal rotation by the left and right rotation motor 33a, and the front and rear rotation by the front and rear rotation motor 33b A drone equipped with. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving lighting device (30),
A cable connection part 36 for directly receiving power from an external device is formed on one side of the lighting power supply part 34,
Moving lighting, characterized in that a swivel joint 42 and a cable 41, which can be freely rotated and detachable, are connected to the cable connection part 36 to directly receive control signals and operation power from the ground control unit 40. A drone equipped with. delete delete The method of claim 1,
It is detachably attached to one or both sides of the moving lighting unit 33 and fixedly installed, and soap bubbles, artificial snow, fog, and firecrackers according to an external remote control signal received through the remote lighting control signal receiving unit 35 , A special effect material generating device 50 for generating at least one of the special effect materials including other performance tools and emitting to the outside; a drone with a moving lighting, characterized in that it further comprises.

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