KR20180003727A - Stalker drone - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a stalker drone comprises: a flight module generating flyable lift; a communications unit obtaining a position of a terminal; a control unit controlling the flight module to be moved to a position of the terminal; and a capturing unit capturing an image near the terminal while tracking the terminal in accordance with a command of the communications unit or the control unit.

Description

STAKKER DRONE

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a stalkerdron and a method of managing the same,

CCTV cameras for road traffic monitoring and life crime prevention are installed all over the roads and alleys.

Usually, the CCTV camera is installed in a proprietorship or in the support of various lighting fixtures. At this time, the CCTV camera installed on the ground fixed to the ground can capture only a limited area, so that a blind spot where the view of CCTV can not be obtained occurs. Therefore, despite the installation of a CCTV camera, crime in a blind spot where the view of the CCTV camera is insufficient is not available in advance.

In addition, since the images photographed by the CCTV camera are provided to a remote central control room instead of being provided to a user passing through the area, there is a problem that a user passing through an accident site is difficult to cope with an accident in advance.

Korean Patent Registration No. 1581795 discloses an LED street lamp having a built-in CCTV camera. However, the related art is limited in that the CCTV camera is fixed in a specific area and the limitation of not displaying the photographed image data to the user I have.

Korean Patent Registration No. 1581795

The present invention is intended to provide a stokerardon and a method of managing the same in which the user follows the user in the air and photographs the user's surroundings.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, It will be possible.

The stoker drone of the present invention comprises a flight module for generating a flyable lift; A communication unit for acquiring a position of the terminal; A controller for controlling the flight module to move to a position of the terminal; A photographing unit for photographing an image of the periphery of the terminal while following the terminal according to a command from the communication unit or the control unit; . ≪ / RTI >

The communication unit may transmit the image data photographed by the photographing unit to a server capable of communicating with the terminal or directly to the terminal.

The stoker drone of the present invention follows the portable terminal held by the user in the air and can take an image of the vicinity of the terminal or the holder of the terminal. The images obtained from the stoker drone may include the user having the terminal and the surrounding situation.

Stalkerron flying in the air can shoot terminals and users in real time unlike ordinary CCTV.

Since the image data shot by the stoker drone is transmitted to the server, it can cope with urgent situation where the police officer or the firefighter needs to be dispatched. In addition, since the image data is also provided as a terminal to be photographed, the holder of the terminal can grasp the surrounding situation in advance and avoid an accident area in advance.

Further, since the user can steer the stoker drone, which is shooting the terminal, using the terminal, it is possible to confirm the shooting data of the area to be grasped in advance. You can also enjoy the feeling of driving the drones, which are difficult to access on a regular basis.

1 is a block diagram showing a stoker drone of the present invention.
2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the stoker drone of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a method for managing the stoker drone of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The sizes and shapes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience. In addition, terms defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Definitions of these terms should be based on the content of this specification.

1 is a block diagram showing a stoker drone of the present invention.

The stoker drone 110 shown in FIG. 1 may include a flight module 119, a communication unit 111, a grasping unit 113, a control unit 115, and a photographing unit 117.

The flight module 119 may generate a flyable lift.

In one example, the flight module 119 may include a propeller that generates lift that floats by rotation, a motor or an engine that rotates the propeller. In addition, the flight module 119 may include a support or a case for supporting the propeller. At this time, the communication unit 111, the control unit 115, and the photographing unit 117 may be installed in the support unit or the case.

Since the flight module 119 is remotely controlled from a remote location, control can be easily designed. As an example, the flight module 119 may be provided with a plurality of propellers and a plurality of motors.

The flight module 119 can be made of a quad-copter, usually with four propellers.

The advantage of the quad-copter is that it is very easy to control because its operating principle is very simple compared to the conventional helicopter type.

The quad-copter centers on two propellers facing each other in the same direction among the four propellers while the other two propellers are rotated in opposite eaves. In addition, the quad-copter can control the up, down and left-right directional change by simply adjusting the rotational speed of each propeller. Therefore, the quad-copter may be suitable for the flight module 119 controlled by radio waves of an external remote controller.

The communication unit 111 is an element installed in the flight module 119 and can acquire the position of the terminal 10. [

The communication unit 111 can acquire the position of the terminal 10 through the terminal 10 or acquire the position of the terminal 10 from the server 130. The communication unit 111 may communicate with the terminal 10 or the server 130 wirelessly.

For example, the flight module 119 may be located outside the coverage area of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth that can directly communicate with the terminal 10 at the beginning of the operation. In this case, the communication unit 111 can not grasp the position of the terminal 10 through communication with the terminal 10. Instead, the location information of the terminal 10 can be received from the server 130 which can grasp the GPS (Global Positioning System) location information of the terminal 10.

When the flight module 119 accesses the terminal 10 using the location information received from the server 130, the receiver can directly communicate with the terminal 10 using Bluetooth or the like. When the Bluetooth is used, the position of the terminal 10 can be accurately grasped unlike the GPS information which is interfered by a weather condition, a building or the like or is distorted due to a reflection signal.

The communication unit 111 may transmit the position information of the terminal 10 received from the server 130 or the terminal 10 to the control unit 115.

The control unit 115 may control the flight module 119 to move to the position of the terminal 10. [ At this time, the grasping section 113 may be additionally used for controlling the flight module 119. The grasping unit 113 can grasp the current position of the flight module 119.

The control unit 115 can set the movement path of the flight module 119 using the position of the terminal 10 and the position of the flight module 119. [ Then, the control unit 115 can move the flight module 119 along the movement route.

The moving route of the flight module 119 needs to be updated in real time in consideration of the case where the holder of the terminal 10 moves and the case where the flight module 119 moves. The location of the terminal 10 or the location of the flight module 119 may be updated in real time for real-time update of the travel route.

The photographing unit 117 can be driven when the flight module 119 arrives at the upper side of the terminal 10 using the current position of the terminal 10 and the current position of the flight module 119. [ The photographing unit 117 can photograph the terminal 10 when the flight module 119 moves to the position of the terminal 10. [

The photographing unit 117 can photograph an image of the periphery of the terminal while following the terminal according to a command from the communication unit or the control unit.

The photographing unit 117 photographs the terminal 10 to be actually tracked, but the corresponding image data includes the holder of the terminal 10. Therefore, from the standpoint of the user, the stoker drone is in a state of photographing himself / herself in real time.

A closed circuit television (CCTV) is implemented by the photographing unit 117 which photographs itself in the air. Since the flight module 119 has a limited movement restriction, there is an advantage that there is almost no blind spot compared with the CCTV fixed on the landing platform.

The communication unit 111 can transmit the image data photographed by the photographing unit 117 to the server 130. The administrator of the server 130 monitors the video data and can contact the police, the fire department, the hospital, etc. in the event of an emergency. In some cases, the server 130 may be installed directly in a police station, a fire station, a hospital, or the like.

When the image data photographed by the photographing unit 117 is transmitted only to the server 130, the holder of the terminal 10 can not grasp the surrounding situation in advance like the general CCTV. In order to solve this problem, the communication unit 111 can directly transmit the image data to the terminal 10. [ If it is difficult to directly communicate with the terminal 10, the communication unit 111 can transmit the image data to the server 130 capable of communicating with the terminal 10.

The server 130 can receive the identification number of the terminal 10 to be monitored together with the video data from the communication unit 111. [ The server 130 can distinguish the specific terminal from another terminal using the identification number and transmit the video data to the specific terminal.

The user can confirm the video data received from the server 130 or the communication unit 111 using the terminal 10. [ The user can grasp the surrounding situation using his / her image data and cope with the accident in advance.

In addition, when image data is displayed on the terminal 10, the user can recognize that the flight module 119 requested by the user has arrived normally.

2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the stoker drone of the present invention.

The control unit 115 may turn off the photographing unit 117 before the flight module 119 reaches the upper side of the terminal 10 in order to prevent unnecessary waste of electric power. When the flying module 119 arrives above the terminal 10, the control unit 115 can turn on the photographing unit 117 and the optical axis of the photographing unit 117 at this time can be perpendicular to the ground have.

Since only the top view of the user is displayed in the image data photographed on the optical axis perpendicular to the ground, it is difficult for the user to confirm whether he or she has been photographed. Further, since the video data itself is located at the center of the video data, it may be difficult to grasp the situation away from the viewer at a distance.

In order to photograph the user at various angles or to photograph a position distant from the user, the flight module 119 is preferably controlled by the user within a limited range.

For example, the communication unit 111 can communicate with the terminal 10 when the flight module 119 moves to the position of the terminal 10. At this time, the control unit 115 may move the flight module 119 within a setting range not largely deviating from the monitoring purpose of the terminal 10, under the control of the terminal 10 that communicates with the terminal 10.

The setting range at this time may be set to a range in which direct communication between the communication unit 111 and the flight module 119 is possible. If the flight module 119 is out of the communication coverage of the terminal 10 under the control of the user operating the terminal 10, the control right of the flight module 119 is automatically switched to the controller 115, To the server 130 that manages the server 119. At this time, the controller 115 or the server 130 may move the flight module 119 back to the position of the terminal 10.

Since the user is provided with a part of the control of the flight module 119, the user can feel the fun of flying the flight module 119 or can take various images by using the flight module 119.

On the other hand, when the user of the terminal 10 and the owner of the flight module 119 are different, a fee for using the flight module 119 is required. A management method of the stokeruron is required in order to deal with the management and usage fee of the flight module 119. [

3 is a flowchart showing a method for managing the stoker drone of the present invention.

The method for managing the stoker drone of the present invention may correspond to the operation of the server 130 for managing the stoker drone.

When the request of the flight module 119 for the specific terminal is received (S 510), the server 130 can search for the stoker drone around the specific terminal (S 520).

The request of the flight module 119 may be made through a specific terminal to be monitored or through another terminal. In the former case, for example, a senior citizen or a woman may request the flight module 119 himself for security purposes. In the latter case, or when the elderly or female guardian requests the flight module 119 for the party.

The server 130 may first search for the nearest flight module 119 from a particular terminal. If the searched flight module 119 is monitoring another terminal, then it can search for a flight module 119 close to a particular terminal. The server 130 may transmit the location information of the specific terminal to the corresponding flight module 119 when it is detected that the airplane module 119 is closest to the specific terminal and is not currently being sensed (S530).

The location information of the specific terminal may be acquired through a GPS module provided in the specific terminal.

The flight module 119 that has acquired the location information of the specific terminal will move to a specific terminal (S 540). When the photographing unit 117 provided in the flight module 119 arrives at a specific terminal, the specific terminal is photographed at step S 550 and the image data of the photographing unit 117 can be transmitted to the server 130 S 560).

The server 130 may display the image data on the display when the image data of the specific terminal is received from the flight module 119 that has moved to the location of the specific terminal (S 560). The administrator of the server 130 can check the safety of the owner of the specific terminal while monitoring the image data displayed on the display.

Meanwhile, when the image data is received from the flight module 119, the server 130 may charge the usage fee of the flight module 119 to the terminal 10 (S 570). The stoker drone of the present invention fulfills the task of moving the flight module 119 to the position of the terminal 10 and shooting the terminal 10 with the camera. Therefore, it is preferable that the server 130 adds billing starting from the output time of the video data corresponding to the time when the count is completed.

In addition, the server 130 may transmit the image data received from the flight module 119 to another terminal requesting the flight module 119 for a specific terminal or a specific terminal. In the latter case, since it is intended for a guardian of a specific terminal holder, it is preferable to use it only when a thorough identification process is performed so as not to be used for malicious stalking, or when there is permission of a specific terminal holder.

The user can confirm the surrounding situation in advance through the video data displayed on the specific terminal and recognize the time when the billing is performed.

According to the stokerardon and the management method as described above, as a result, the CCTV that photographs the user while walking in the air is implemented, and therefore, an excellent effect is expected in crime prevention and the like. In addition, there is an advantage that a user who is to be monitored can directly confirm photographed image data.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

10 ... terminal 110 ... Stokerardon
111 ... communication unit 113 ... holding unit
115 ... control unit 117 ... shooting unit
119 ... flight module

Claims (8)

A flight module for generating a flyable lift;
A communication unit for acquiring a position of the terminal;
A controller for controlling the flight module to move to a position of the terminal;
A photographing unit for photographing an image of the periphery of the terminal while following the terminal according to a command from the communication unit or the control unit;
Including the Stalker Drone.
The method according to claim 1,
And a grasping unit for grasping a position of the flying module,
The control unit sets a movement path of the flight module using the position of the terminal and the position of the flight module, moves the flight module along the movement path,
Wherein the position of the terminal or the position of the flight module is updated in real time.
The method according to claim 1,
The communication unit communicates with a server capable of locating the terminal, receives the location of the terminal from the server, and transmits the location to the controller.
The method according to claim 1,
The communication unit transmits the image data photographed by the photographing unit to a server capable of communicating with the terminal or directly transmits the image data to the terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication unit communicates with the terminal when the flight module moves to the location of the terminal,
Wherein the control unit moves the flight module within a set range under the control of the communication unit in communication with the terminal.
Receiving a request of a flight module for a particular terminal;
Determining a position of the specific terminal;
Searching for a flight module around the specific terminal;
Transmitting location information of the specific terminal to the searched flight module;
Receiving image data of an image of the periphery of the specific terminal photographed while following the specific terminal after the flight module moves to the location of the specific terminal;
The method comprising the steps of:
The method according to claim 6,
And charging a fee for using the flight module to the terminal when the image data is received from the flight module.
The method according to claim 6,
And transmitting image data received from the flight module to the specific terminal or another terminal that requests the flight module for the specific terminal.

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