KR20190012021A - Pole type drone charging station and method for charging and replacing battery of drone - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an electric pole type drone charging station comprising: a support plate installed on an electric pole; a drone house installed on the support plate and having an inner space for placing a drone formed therein; and a wireless charging unit formed inside the support plate and charging a battery dropped from the drone. According to the present invention, an infrastructure, which is capable of effectively charging and replacing the battery while a drone for a specific purpose is operated, can be established.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging apparatus for charging a drones,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging station for charging a dragon, which is a flying body flying by induction of radio waves, a charging method, and a replacement method for a drone accumulator.

Recent developments in the semiconductor industry and ICT technology have led to the development of special purpose drones, rather than hobby and photography drones. In other words, special and multi purpose industrial drones such as pesticide spraying drones, security security drones, military surveillance and combat drones, courier service drones, taxi drones, marine municipal drones, The competition for preemption of future food market is fierce.

However, the conventional universal dron has a limitation that it can not perform a long working time of 1 to 2 hours or more because the battery use time is as short as 20 to 30 minutes.

The special drones can be used up to 120 minutes of battery time, but they have to pay for the expensive battery. In addition, when the drones need to charge or replace the batteries due to battery consumption, It must be replaced manually.

In addition, although a wireless charging type drones have been developed and marketed, commercialization and generalization of the drones have been slow, and there is no drone-specialized charging infrastructure for fast / slow charging and automatic battery replacement. I had to go back to the place where there was a long time and go back and charge it.

In addition, 380 public institutions including the national government, local governments, and Korea Electric Power Corporation and the private market, the drone industry has been spreading rapidly, and it is inevitable to construct [infrastructure for drone special charging stations] such as "electric car charging station" The plan for building a charging station is minimal.

The matters described in the background art are intended to aid understanding of the background of the invention and may include matters which are not known to the person of ordinary skill in the art.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1712280 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0049040

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a charging method and a replacement method of a charging drones charging station, a drones battery, and the like, in which a special purpose dron can efficiently charge or replace a battery during operation It has its purpose.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a distribution electrodeposited type drone charging station comprising: a support plate installed on a power distribution pole; a droned house provided on the support plate and having an inner space for receiving the drones; And a wireless charging unit charging the battery dropped from the drones.

The dredge house may further include a landing portion having a flat surface and an ascending and descending means for moving up and down the landing portion.

Also, the battery pack may further include a battery detachable portion provided at the center of the take-off and landing portion so as to be engaged with or detachable from the take-off and landing portion.

Further, the apparatus may further include a gripping and sliding means mounted on an inner surface of the droned house, slidable to a center of the support plate, and provided on a space separated from the support plate and the take-off and landing portion.

Here, the gripping and sliding means grips the battery positioned at the center of the support plate by the battery detachment unit and seats the battery in the wireless charging unit.

The gripping and sliding means are provided in plural.

In addition, a plurality of the wireless charging units are provided.

On the other hand, the drones include an outer wall and a roof, and the roof is openable and closable.

Here, the outer wall is provided with a rectangular cross-section with a flat cross-section, and the roof is provided in an inclined form by being divided into two.

The solar panel further includes a heater provided on an inner surface of the outer wall, an intake fan provided on the roof, and a solar panel provided on an outer surface of the outer wall or the roof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for charging a battery of a dron, comprising the steps of: opening a droned house roof of a distribution electrodeposited drone charging station installed in a distribution pole when a landing permission for a dron is granted, Placing a battery discharged from a dron placed in the drones house in a battery detachment unit provided in the drones by opening a roof of the drones; And a step of charging the battery by moving to a wireless charging unit.

The drones are characterized in that the take-off and landing portions inside the drones are raised and lowered by lifting means.

And, in the step of seating on the battery detachable part, the battery detachable part coupled to the center of the take-off and landing part is raised and lowered separately from the take-off and landing part by the lifting and lowering part.

The battery detachment unit is mounted on the inner surface of the droned house and is slid to the center of the support plate so that the upper surface of the battery detachable unit is parallel to the support plate. And the battery is moved to the wireless charger by gripping and sliding means provided on a space separated from the landing part and the support plate.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for replacing a battery of a dron, comprising the steps of: opening a drones roof of a distribution electrodeposited drone charging station installed on a distribution pole when a landing permission for a dron is granted, Placing a battery dropped from a dron placed in the inside of the droned house by a step of opening a roof in a battery detachment unit provided in the droned house, and moving a pre-charged battery provided in the dron charging station to the dron And inserting the buffered battery into the dron instead of the discharged battery.

The drones are characterized in that the take-off and landing portions inside the drones are raised and lowered by lifting means.

And, in the step of pulling in the drones, the battery detachment unit coupled to the center of the take-off and landing unit is raised and lowered separately from the take-off and landing unit by the lifting and lowering unit to draw the battery on the battery detachment unit.

The droned house is installed on a support plate provided on the power distribution pole, and the battery detachment unit is mounted on the inner surface of the droned house in a state in which the upper surface is lowered to be parallel to the support plate, The battery is slidably moved and the pre-charged battery is moved and seated on the battery detachable part by the gripping and sliding means provided on the space separated from the take-off and landing part and the support plate.

Further, the method may further include a step of charging the battery mounted on the battery detachment unit by moving the battery to the wireless charging unit provided in the drones charging station.

Thus, the battery mounted on the battery detachable unit is moved to the wireless charging unit by the gripping and sliding means.

According to the power distribution type drone charging station of the present invention, the charging method and the replacement method of the battery of the drone, it is easy to construct the infrastructure of the charging station of the drone since it utilizes the existing distribution electric power infrastructure.

And because it can be operated unattended, it is economical in terms of management.

This also allows special-purpose drones to effectively fly for work.

1 schematically illustrates a distribution electrodeposited drone charging station of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows the take-off and landing process of the drone by the electric distribution type drone charging station of the present invention.
Figure 3 illustrates the battery charging of a battery by a distribution electrodeposition type drone charging station of the present invention.
4 is a view illustrating a battery replacement process by the distribution electrodeposition type drone charging station of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a droned house of a distribution electrodeposition type drone charging station of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a sequential illustration of a battery charging and storing method of a drones using a charge former type drone charging station of the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates the concept of instantaneous drones according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates an obstacle avoidance concept of the instantaneous drones according to the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a description of known or repeated descriptions that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted or omitted.

Hereinafter, a method of charging and replacing a battery and a battery according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electric power distribution type drone charging station of the present invention makes it possible to construct an infrastructure for charging a drone by utilizing a distribution electric pole infrastructure which is scattered in the whole region for about 9 million or more days.

To this end, a support plate 110 is provided on the power distribution pole, a droned house 190 on which the drones D can be placed is installed on the support plate 110, the drones are taken off and landed on the drones 190, Are installed in the support plate 110 or the drones 190. The battery 110 may be a battery,

An antenna 170 is provided on one side of the support plate 110 to perform bidirectional communication with the drones D through a communication unit (not shown) provided inside the support plate 110 so that the drones D communicate with the drones 190 ).

2A to 2C illustrate a process in which the drones D take off and land on the drones 190.

The communication unit (not shown) receives the landing and landing request by exchanging information with the drones D, and communicates with another control center (not shown) to determine whether or not the drones 190 are open according to the control of the control center .

The drones 190 are formed with outer walls 191 in the form of a rectilinear surface to accommodate the drones and roofs 192 and 193 which can be opened and closed on the upper surface thereof.

Thus, by opening and closing the roofs 192 and 193 under the control of the control center, the drones are taken off or landed inside the drones 190.

As will be described later, it is preferable that the roofs 192 and 193 are inclined so as not to accumulate rain or snow, and the roof is divided into two for inclusion and exiting.

If landing is permitted in the state shown in FIG. 2A, the roofs 192 and 193 are opened as shown in FIG. 2B. It is preferable that the one side roof 193 of the divided roof is formed with an insertion end 193-1 so as to be coupled with the other side roof 192 so as not to be separated during closing.

The roof 193 is opened or closed by a separate driving means under the control of the control center and is provided with a plate shaped takeoff and landing portion (not shown) provided inside the droned house 190 so that the dron can be seated inside the droned house 190 130 are lifted and lowered by the lifting and lowering means.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the elevating and lowering means 150 moves up and down the take-off and landing portion 130 by driving the separate driving means under the control of the control center.

Then, the drones are seated on the landing and landing portions 130 and the lifting means 150 is lowered as shown in FIG. 2C, so that the drones are seated in the drones 190 and the roofs 192 and 193 are closed.

The battery charging station of the present invention charges the battery of the drones or replaces the battery. FIG. 3 shows battery charging and FIG. 4 shows a battery replacing process.

Referring to FIG. 3, a pair of wireless charging units 120 are provided in the support plate 110 to charge the battery placed on the wireless charging unit 120. The supply of power to the wireless charging unit 120 is performed by the power supply unit 180 and the process of placing the battery on the wireless charging unit 120 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the drone is seated on the drones 190, the drone opens the battery B mounting space to allow the battery B to be discharged.

The battery B to be dropped is placed on the battery detachable part 140. The battery detachable part 140 is located at the center of the take-off and landing part 130 and is lifted up / And is lifted and lowered in a state in which the engagement with the unit 130 is released.

4A, the lifting and lowering means 150 lifts the battery detachment unit 140 to seat the battery B on the battery detachment unit 140, descends to the lowest point as shown in FIG. 4B, So that the upper surface of the portion 140 is aligned with the upper surface of the support plate 110.

A pair of gripping and sliding means 161 and 162 are mounted on the inner side of the outer wall 191 in parallel to each other in a spaced space between the landing and landing portion 130 and the support plate 110.

The gripping and sliding means 161 on the left side moves to the center of the support plate 110 to grasp the battery B and return to the state shown in FIG. 4B, And is placed on the battery 120 to be charged.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4C, the right hand grip and slide means 162 slid to the center of the support plate 110 and put on the battery detachable portion 140.

4D, the battery lifting and lowering unit 150 is moved up and down to allow a new battery to be inserted into the mounting space of the drones, and the dron closes the mounting space to complete battery replacement.

In this way, the dron can easily select the battery charging place through the electric distribution pole, and the battery can be easily charged and replaced in the same manner as described above, so that the dron that needs to fly for a long time can be utilized easily.

The droned house of the present invention has additional functions, and Fig. 5 is for explaining this.

5, the inner surface of the outer wall 191 of the droned house 190 is provided with a heater 194 in whole or in part.

When the outside temperature of the winter decreases rapidly from 0 ° C to 20 ° C, the internal temperature of the drones 190 falls to 0 ° C or lower. The internal temperature of the drones 190 is detected through a temperature sensor provided inside the drones 190, 194) to allow the internal temperature to be maintained between 15 ° C and 20 ° C.

Also, when the outside temperature of the summer rises to 25 ° C to 30 ° C or more, the internal temperature of the drowne house 190 also rises to 30 ° C to 50 ° C or more. By sensing the internal temperature through the temperature sensor, Adjust to keep the difference from outside temperature within 5 ℃ minimum.

It is preferable that such a suction fan 196 is provided on one of the roofs 192 and 193.

An eave (not shown) is added to the end of the roof so that the outer wall 191 can be protected when rain or snow falls.

Further, the drones 190 may be installed on some or all of the roof 192, 193 or the outer wall 191 to utilize the characteristics of the installation place, ) Accumulates the generated electric power, and by using the electric power, it improves the economical efficiency.

The drones 190 are provided in such a manner that the internal environment is automatically controlled to improve the operation reliability of each of the components, thereby extending the lifetime of the connecting equipment and the battery by 20 to 50%.

In addition, the surveillance camera C, which is referred to in Fig. 1, is installed on the main pole to monitor the unauthorized accessors.

That is, since the drone charging station of the present invention receives charging and exchanging services by entering and leaving the charging station several tens of times or several hundred times a day, it is possible for an outsider to curtail or cut out the charging station, There is a concern that the camera may be damaged by dialysis. The surveillance camera (C) is installed in the foreground to monitor and prevent the charging station at all times.

In addition, it can improve the work efficiency of the control center workers.

FIG. 6 is a sequential illustration of the charging and storing method of the battery of the dron using the distribution electrodeposit type charging station of the present invention described above. Hereinafter, in brief, when the dron requests access permission to the charging station of the drone , The control center judges whether or not the access to the drones is allowed. If the access is allowed, the drones are opened to allow the drones to be seated in the drones. When the drones settle, the roof of the drones closes.

The charged battery or pre-buffered spare battery is then retracted back into the drones with charging the dropped battery from the seated drones, causing the drones to take off at the drones charging station in the reverse order.

Next, FIG. 7 shows the concept of instantaneous drones according to the present invention.

Instantaneous Drones are drones for instantaneous power distribution facilities. 1) 360 ㅀ 3D Full HD class image shooting function and real time transmission function required for instantaneous power distribution facility AI. 2) Thermal image diagnosis function. 3) Optical diagnostic function 4) Ultrasound diagnostic function 5) Object color classification function 6) Obstacle avoidance function 7) Distribution power facility IOT sensor diagnosis function 8) NDIS connection function by power distribution line 9) Function, 10) alarm transmission function, 11) horizontal and vertical holding function of gyro sensor, 12) automatic opening and closing function of external case of battery, 13) dual power communication function with power distribution type drone charging station, and 14) landing bridge close function Lt; / RTI >

This is a misunderstanding distribution line that operates along the instantaneous air route with NDIS maps and GPS-linked distribution lines. The 360 ° 3D Full HD camera maintains horizontal, vertical and horizontal functions by the gyro sensor, Lt; / RTI >

And, by operating various state-of-the-art interconnection devices installed in the drone, it is possible to diagnose abnormalities in distribution lines, optical equipment for distribution equipment, diagnosis of ultrasonic generation due to connection failure, diagnosis of overheated areas at connection sites, Can be performed.

In addition, it can carry out fast / slow charging, battery automatic exchange function while carrying out two-way communication with the object color classification, obstacle avoidance function, distribution electric pole type drone charging station at the time of operation.

Automatic battery replacement automatically opens and closes the battery cover automatically.

In addition, it monitors the construction site around the power line, and dispatches the drone center promptly when a vehicle collision occurs with the shipowner.

In addition, the instantaneous drones have an obstacle recall function, and FIG. 8 shows the obstacle avoidance concept of the instant drones according to the present invention.

In other words, there is a danger that the drones may approach or collide with the electric pole, power line, tree battery, nearby buildings, passers-by, Avoid any risk of collision with the facility.

This collision avoidance is performed by various centers and signal waves installed at the drone charging station by the two-way communication with the drone.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is obvious to those who have. Accordingly, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

110: Support plate
120:
130: landing and landing part 140: battery detachment part 150: ascending and descending part
161, 162: grip and slide means
170: antenna
180: Power supply
190: Drone House
191: Outer wall 192, 193: Roof
193-1: Insertion stage
194: heater 195: solar panel 196: suction fan

Claims (20)

A support plate installed on the distribution pole;
A drone house installed on the support plate and having an inner space for receiving the drones; And
And a wireless charging unit provided in the support plate for charging the battery dropped from the drones,
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method according to claim 1,
A take-off land portion provided inside the drone house and having a flat surface; And
And an ascending and descending means for ascending and descending the take-off and landing portion,
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 2,
And a battery detachable portion provided at the center of the take-off and landing portion so as to be coupled to or detachable from the take-off and landing portion,
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 3,
And gripping and sliding means mounted on an inner surface of the dronedhouse and slidable to a center of the support plate and provided on a space separated from the support plate and the take-
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the gripping and sliding means grips the battery located at the center of the support plate by the battery detachment unit and seats the battery in the wireless charging unit.
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 5,
Characterized in that a plurality of said gripping and sliding means are provided,
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 6,
Wherein the plurality of wireless charging units are provided.
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 3,
Characterized in that said drones comprise an outer wall and a roof, said roof being openable and closable,
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 8,
Characterized in that the outer wall is provided with a flat cross-section in a rectangular shape, and the roof is provided in an inclined form by being divided into two.
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. The method of claim 9,
A heater provided on an inner surface of the outer wall;
An intake fan provided on the roof; And
And a solar panel provided on the outer wall or the outer surface of the roof.
Distribution Electrostatic Drones Charging Station. If the landing permission is granted for the request for landing of the drones, the step of opening the dronon roof of the power distribution type drone charging station installed in the distribution pole;
Placing a battery discharged from a dron placed in the drones house by a step of opening a roof of the drones house in a battery detachment portion provided in the drones house; And
And charging the battery mounted on the battery detachment unit to the wireless charging unit provided at the dron charging station.
How to charge the drones battery. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the drones lift up and seat the take-off and landing portions inside the drones by lifting means.
How to charge the drones battery. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the step of placing the battery detachably coupled to the battery detachably attaches the battery detachably coupled to the center of the take-
How to charge the drones battery. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the drones are installed on a support plate provided on the power distribution pole,
Wherein the battery detachable part is mounted on the inner side surface of the dronedhouse and slidable to the center of the supporting plate so that the upper surface of the battery detachable part is parallel to the supporting plate, And the battery is moved to the wireless charging unit by the slide means.
How to charge the drones battery. If the landing permission is granted for the request for landing of the drones, the step of opening the dronon roof of the power distribution type drone charging station installed in the distribution pole;
Placing a battery discharged from a dron placed in the drones house by a step of opening a roof of the drones house in a battery detachment portion provided in the drones house; And
Moving the pre-charged battery included in the drone charging station to the drone, and drawing the buffered battery into the dron instead of the discharged battery.
How to replace battery in drones. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the drones lift up and seat the take-off and landing portions inside the drones by lifting means.
How to replace battery in drones. 18. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the lifting and lowering means lifts the battery detachable portion coupled to the center of the take-off and landing portion separately from the take-off and landing portion to draw the battery on the battery detachable portion.
How to charge the drones battery. 18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the drones are installed on a support plate provided on the power distribution pole,
Wherein the battery detachment unit is mounted on an inner surface of the droned house and is slidable to the center of the support plate in a state where the upper surface of the battery detachment unit is lowered to be parallel to the support plate, Characterized in that the pre-charged battery is moved and seated on the battery detachment portion by a gripping and sliding means,
How to replace battery in drones. 19. The method of claim 18,
Further comprising the step of charging the battery mounted on the battery detachment unit by moving the battery to the wireless charging unit provided at the drones charging station,
How to replace battery in drones. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the battery mounted on the battery detachable part is moved to the wireless charging part by the gripping and sliding means.
How to replace battery in drones.

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