KR20200081138A - Adapter, Operation and Analysis integrated system of Specialized Mission Equipment for UAV through System integration board and Adapters - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated system for operations and analysis of specialized mission equipment for an unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the present invention, the integrated system for operation and analysis of specialized mission equipment for an unmanned aerial vehicle through a system integration board and an adapter comprises: an unmanned aerial vehicle unit including a system integration board including an MIB and an MSB and an unmanned aerial vehicle including a DCB and a PDU; the specialized mission equipment including a plurality of equipment corresponding to disaster relief situations, and connected to the system integration board by individually mounting the plurality of equipment on the unmanned aerial vehicle unit; a manipulating unit wirelessly connected to the DCB to transmit control signals for the unmanned aerial vehicles and the specialized mission equipment; and a control unit wirelessly connected to the DCB to receive information on an operation status of the specialized mission equipment and data obtained by measurement or photographing by the specialized mission equipment, and identifying a situation in real time. The system integration board and the specialized mission equipment are connected through the adapter.

Description

{Adapter, Operation and Analysis integrated system of Specialized Mission Equipment for UAV through System integration board and Adapters}

The present invention relates to an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles through adapters, system integration boards, and adapters, and more specifically, when mounting a specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles to respond to disaster situations, required voltage and data input/output It relates to an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for UAV through adapters, system integration boards, and adapters that can improve operational efficiency by controlling power supply and data signal transmission to various specialized mission equipment with different specifications.

Recently, there have been increasing cases of using UAVs in various disaster security situations such as fire, sea pollution, and disappearance crimes. In order to effectively respond to the disaster situation, it is possible to respond by installing and operating specialized mission equipment in a UAV.

For example, an unmanned aerial vehicle for fire extinguishers, an apparatus for dropping an extinguishing agent, an ultra-spectral imaging device for checking oil spills, and equipment such as an EO/IR camera and gimbal to provide field information as images It can be mounted on a (drone) to reduce the risk of another human injury in a disaster and respond quickly.

These specialized mission equipments have their own functions, and power and data input and output also have different specifications, so the drones for disaster security can be equipped with one or more equipments connected to the drones or detachable. However, it is configured to be able to attach and detach only one piece of equipment.

In this case, the unmanned aerial vehicle is deteriorated by increasing the weight of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the equipment that can be mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle is limited to one or two, so that it cannot be used in accordance with all disaster security situations, that is, the available disaster security situation is limited. There was.

Accordingly, it is necessary to develop a technology capable of installing a plurality of specialized mission equipment by controlling power supply and data signal transmission according to the voltage and data input/output specifications required for each specialized mission equipment, and improving user convenience and efficiency.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides power supply and data signal transmission to various specialized mission equipments having different required voltage and data input/output specifications when a special operation equipment is installed on a UAV to respond to a disaster situation. It is possible to provide an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles through an adapter, a system integration board, and an adapter that can increase the operational efficiency by controlling.

In order to solve the above problems, in a system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles through a system integration board and an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, a system including an unmanned aerial vehicle including DCB and PDU and MIB and MSB Unmanned donation including an integrated board; A specialized mission equipment including a plurality of equipment corresponding to a disaster security situation, and a plurality of equipment is individually mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle and connected to a system integration board; A controller that wirelessly connects to the DCB to transmit control signals for unmanned aerial vehicles and specialized mission equipment; It includes a unit, the system integration board and the specialized mission equipment can provide an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for UAV, characterized in that connected through an adapter.

In addition, the MIB is characterized in that it receives the voltage from the PDU and outputs the required voltage according to the specialized mission equipment mounted on the adapter to supply the voltage to the specialized mission equipment through the MSB.

In addition, the MIB can transmit the control signal for the specialized mission equipment received from the DCB to the specialized mission equipment through the MSB, and transmit the operation status information and the measured or photographed data received through the MSB from the specialized mission equipment to the DCB. It is characterized by being.

In addition, the adapter may include an upper adapter installed in the drone and a lower adapter coupled to the upper adapter and on which the specialized mission equipment can be individually mounted.

In addition, the system integration board is characterized in that when the upper adapter and the lower adapter are combined, it is automatically set as an interface for operating and analyzing the installed specialized mission equipment by automatically recognizing the specialized mission equipment installed through Plug & Play. do.

In addition, the system integrated board is automatically set as an interface for operating and analyzing the installed specialized mission equipment, and checks the unique information of the installed specialized mission equipment, and the voltage is applied to the specialized mission equipment according to the required voltage and data input/output specifications. And transmitting a control signal for specialized mission equipment.

In addition, the MSB is located inside the lower adapter, and when the upper adapter and the lower adapter are coupled, the MIB and the MSB are connected through a connector.

In addition, the specialized mission equipment is characterized in that it transmits the operation status information and the measured or photographed data to the MSB.

In addition, the control unit is characterized in that it transmits a set signal for the installation and mission of the specialized mission equipment to the DCB.

In addition, the control unit includes an analysis unit for receiving and analyzing the measured or photographed data, the analysis unit is a monitor for monitoring the operation status information and the measured or photographed data of the specialized mission equipment; It may include an analysis module for analyzing data measured or photographed from the specialized mission equipment and a storage module for storing data measured or photographed from the specialized mission equipment and analysis information generated through analysis.

In addition, the adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, the adapter for connecting the system integrated board and the specialized mission equipment of the unmanned aerial vehicle, combined with the upper adapter and the upper adapter installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the specialized mission equipment is individually mounted It is possible to provide an adapter comprising a lower adapter that can be.

The system for operation and analysis of specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles through the system integration board and the adapter according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above is equipped with specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles, in response to a disaster security situation, required voltage and data input/output specifications By controlling the power supply and data signal transmission for these various specialized mission equipments, it is possible to increase operational efficiency.

Accordingly, it can be used in various disaster security situations and can provide convenience and ease of management to users.

Accordingly, great growth potential is expected in the fields of applying and utilizing the UAV as well as technical development of the UAV.

In addition, it is expected that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for proposed security will be widely applied as a countermeasure against actual combat at a simple monitoring level.

1 is a block diagram of an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for a UAV through a system integration board and an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded view showing an adapter connecting the unmanned unit and the specialized mission equipment of the unified system for the operation and analysis of the specialized mission equipment for the unmanned aircraft through the system integration board and the adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3(a) and 3(b) are a bottom perspective view and a perspective view showing an upper adapter and a lower adapter of the adapter of FIG. 2;

Hereinafter, the description of the present invention with reference to the drawings is not limited to a specific embodiment, and various conversions may be applied and various embodiments may be provided. In addition, it should be understood that the contents described below include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In the following description, terms such as first and second are terms used to describe various components, and are not limited in meaning to themselves, and are used only to distinguish one component from other components.

The same reference numerals used throughout this specification denote the same components.

The singular expression used in the present invention includes the plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In addition, terms such as “include”, “have” or “have” described below are intended to designate the existence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification. It should be interpreted and understood to not preclude the existence or addition possibility of one or more other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having meanings consistent with meanings in the context of related technologies, and should not be interpreted as ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present application. Does not.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. In the description of the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

1 is a configuration diagram of an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for a UAV through a system integration board and an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a UAV through a system integration board and an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention Specialized mission equipment operation and analysis is a separate diagram showing an adapter connecting the unmanned part of the integrated system and specialized mission equipment, and FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) show the upper adapter and the lower adapter of the adapter of FIG. 2. Bottom view and perspective view.

The present invention relates to an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles through system integration boards and adapters. When equipped with specialized mission equipment to respond to disaster situations, various required voltage and data input/output specifications are different. By developing a system integrated board and adapter that can control power supply and data signal transmission to specialized mission equipment, the operation efficiency of specialized mission equipment is improved.

That is, since each specialized mission equipment requires different voltages such as 5V, 12V, and data input/output specifications such as Ethernet, RS232, AUX, etc., the developed system integration board and adapter are applied to apply various specialized mission equipment to a UAV You can do it.

Referring to FIG. 1, an integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for a UAV through a system integration board and an adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a UAV unit 1, a specialized mission equipment 2, a control unit 3, and It may include a control unit (4).

First, the unmanned aerial vehicle unit 1 may include an unmanned aerial vehicle 10 and a system integration board 11 so that a specialized mission equipment 2 can be mounted and controlled to respond to a disaster security situation.

The UAV 10 is remotely controlled through the control unit 3 and is equipped with specialized mission equipment 2 so as to respond to a disaster situation, and may include a DCB 100 and a PDU 101.

DCB (100) is a Data Control Board, which is placed in the unmanned aerial vehicle (10) and is wirelessly connected to the control unit (3) and the control unit (4) to control signals and setting signals (hereinafter “control signals and setting signals” to “signals”). D), and transmits the operation status information and measured or photographed data (hereinafter referred to as “mission data”) to the control unit 3 and the control unit 4.

Here, the wireless connection may be made through LTE, WiFi, C-Band communication network, etc., but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the DCB 100 is connected to the MIB 110 and can receive the control signal from the control unit 3 and the setting signal from the control unit 4 to the MIB 110.

The PDU 101 is a Power Distribute Unit and is disposed in the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 to supply voltage to the MIB 110. At this time, the voltage supplied to the MIB 110 may be 44.4 to 50.4V.

As described above, the PDU 101 may supply voltage to the specialized mission equipment 2 through the MIB 110 and the MSB 111, but in the case of the specialized mission equipment 2 equipped with a battery itself, the voltage may not be supplied. Can. At this time, the specialized mission equipment 2 may be operated by receiving the voltage from the battery without receiving the voltage from the PDU 101.

The system integrated board 11 outputs the voltage supplied from the PDU 101 for the operation of the specialized mission equipment 2 and the analysis of mission data, and can be adjusted to the voltage required by the specialized mission equipment 2, and the specialized mission equipment The signal can be transmitted to the specialized mission equipment 2 according to the method of transmitting the data signal of (2), that is, according to the data input/output specifications.

To this end, the system integration board 11 may include MIB 110 and MSB 111.

MIB (110) is a Mission Integration Board, and can transmit the signal received from DCB (100) to specialized mission equipment (2) through MSB (111), and when the voltage is supplied from PDU (101), the adapter ( It is possible to supply a voltage to the specialized mission equipment 2 through the MSB 111 by outputting the required voltage according to the specialized mission equipment 2 mounted on 12).

At this time, the MIB 110 confirms the required voltage and data input/output specifications by checking the unique information (UID, product code, registration number, serial number, etc.) of the installed specialized mission equipment 2, and accordingly, the PDU 101 ) Outputs the voltage received from the required voltage to supply the voltage to the MSB 111, and transmits a signal according to data input/output specifications.

In addition, the MIB 110 may transmit the operation status information and mission data received from the MSB 111 to the DCB 100.

The MSB 111 is a MiSsion Board, and supplies and transmits the voltage and signal received from the MIB 110 to the specialized mission equipment 2 mounted on the adapter 12, so that the specialized mission equipment 2 performs a mission. can do.

The MSB 111 may be formed on the lower adapter 121 of the adapter 12, which will be described in detail in the description of the adapter 12.

In addition, the MSB 111 may transmit the operation status information and mission data received from the specialized mission equipment 2 to the MIB 110.

The system integration board 11 may be connected through the specialized mission equipment 2 and the adapter 12, which is to allow the controlled voltage and signal to be transmitted to the specialized mission equipment 2.

That is, the adapter 12 is configured with a male and female connector in consideration of power and data input/output specifications required for each specialized mission equipment 2 so that the controlled voltage and signal can be transmitted to the specialized mission equipment 2.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the adapter 12 is combined with the upper adapter 120 and the lower adapter 121 installed in the unmanned aerial vehicle 10, and specialized mission equipment 2 is provided. It may include a lower adapter 121 that can be mounted individually.

At this time, the MSB 111 may be formed inside the lower adapter 121.

The upper adapter 120 may be connected to the MIB 110 to connect the MSB 111 located in the lower adapter 121 and the MIB 110.

In addition, the male connector of the upper adapter 120 may be formed, and a plurality of pins may be formed in consideration of power and data input/output specifications required for each specialized mission equipment 2.

For example, the male connector may be composed of 2 pins of power and 19 pins of data in accordance with the specialized mission equipment 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto, and the specialized mission equipments 2 installed are considered. The design can be changed. This will be described in detail in the description of the specialized mission equipment (2) below.

The lower adapter 121 may be coupled to the upper adapter 120 to connect the MSB 111 and the MIB 110, and a female connector corresponding to the male connector formed on the upper adapter 120 may be formed.

In addition, the lower adapter 121 may be equipped with a specialized mission equipment (2), the mounted specialized mission equipment (2) and MSB (111) can be interlocked.

Accordingly, when the upper adapter 120 and the lower adapter 121 are combined, the system integration board 11 automatically recognizes the specialized mission equipment 2 installed through Plug & Play and operates the installed specialized mission equipment 2. And an interface for analysis.

That is, the MIB 110 checks the unique information (UID, product code, registration number, serial number, etc.) of the installed specialized mission equipment 2, and according to the required voltage and data input/output specifications, voltages to the MSB 111. And by transmitting a signal, it is possible to transmit a voltage and a signal to the specialized mission equipment (2). At this time, only signals may be transmitted.

Through the adapter 12, the system integration board 11 and the specialized mission equipment 2 can be connected, and various specialized mission equipment 2 can be mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 to be utilized in a disaster security situation.

The specialized mission equipment 2 includes a plurality of equipment corresponding to a disaster security situation, and a plurality of equipment can be individually mounted on the unmanned aerial unit 1 and connected to the system integration board 11.

That is, it can be mounted on the unmanned aerial unit 1 through the adapter 12 and connected to the system integration board 11.

Such specialized mission equipment (2) may include a net gun, jammer, searchlight, hazardous chemicals meter, life ring dropping device, small speaker, firefighting equipment, radioactivity meter, ultra-spectral imaging equipment, directional speaker, CCD camera and gimbal, This is not limited to this, as well as equipment that can respond to other disaster security situations may be included, and equipment used in various fields such as medical and manufacturing fields may also be applied.

One of these can be selected and mounted on the adapter 12.

The set signal may be one of set signals such as firing, radiation, lighting, measurement, dropping, broadcasting, shooting, and angle control according to the specialized mission equipment 2, and may perform the task of the set signal according to the control signal. .

In addition, as the voltage required by the specialized mission equipment 2 is variously composed of 5V, 12V, etc., the MIB 110 outputs the supplied voltage according to the required voltage, and through the MSB 111, the specialized mission equipment ( 2) can supply voltage.

In this case, a power pin including one or more GND pins and VCC pins may be formed on the upper adapter 120 as a male connector.

In addition, two or more specialized mission equipments 2 may be mounted.

In addition, when the gimbal is mounted on the adapter 12, by installing some of the remaining specialized mission equipment 2 on the gimbal, two or more of the specialized mission equipment 2 can be mounted on the unmanned aerial unit 1. have.

In addition, the specialized mission equipment 2 can perform a task according to a control signal and a set signal when a voltage is supplied from the MSB 111 and a signal is transmitted. Data (mission data) can be transferred to the MSB 111.

In addition to this, the specialized mission equipment 2 may be operated by being provided with a battery instead of receiving a voltage from the PDU 101 and supplying a voltage through the battery.

The control unit 3 is a GCS (Ground Control System) installed as a program or app that provides a specialized mission equipment operation and analysis system for unmanned aerial vehicles, and is operated by an unmanned aerial vehicle pilot at a disaster policing site. 2) can be controlled.

To this end, the control unit 3 may be wirelessly connected to the DCB 100 to transmit control signals of the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 and specialized mission equipment 2. That is, it is possible to command the flight to the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 and to perform the operation and mission performance of the specialized mission equipment 2.

The control unit (4) is an OMS (Operate Management System) that is installed as a program or app that provides a specialized mission equipment operation and analysis system for unmanned aerial vehicles, and is responsible for missions according to the specialized mission equipment (2) installed in the event of a disaster situation. The specialized mission equipment 2 having different missions by transmitting a set signal can perform a mission suitable for itself.

To this end, the control unit 4 can be wirelessly connected to the DCB 100 and transmit a setup signal for the installation and mission of the specialized mission equipment 2 to the DCB 100, and the operating state of the specialized mission equipment 2 Information and mission data may be transmitted from the DCB 100.

Accordingly, the control unit 4 can grasp the disaster security situation in real time.

In addition, the control unit 4 may include an analysis unit (not shown) that receives and analyzes mission data.

In order to receive and analyze mission data, the analysis unit (not shown) may include a monitor, an analysis module, and a storage module.

The monitor allows the administrator to monitor the operating status information of the specialized mission equipment (2), mission data, and analysis information that is the result of the analysis.

The analysis module can analyze the mission data received from the specialized mission equipment 2.

That is, the analysis module receives the measured data from the specialized spectral equipment (2), the ultra-spectral imaging equipment, the radioactivity meter, and the hazardous chemicals meter, analyzes it in real time through an analysis algorithm, generates analysis information, and works with the latitude and longitude coordinates. It is possible to generate location information of the measured area, that is, the area where the disaster security situation has occurred.

At this time, the analysis module may generate analysis information in the form of a chart or a table.

The storage module can store mission data and analysis information received from the specialized mission equipment 2. Accordingly, it is possible to provide (output) mission data and analysis information through a monitor.

In addition, the storage module receives location information from the analysis module and stores it together with the analysis information through latitude and longitude coordinate analysis data mapping, and can display mission data and analysis information on the map when providing analysis information through a monitor. have.

As a result, it is easy to grasp the disaster safety situation in each region at a glance.

In addition, the adapter 12 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as described above, connects the system integrated board 11 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 and specialized mission equipment 2, and is installed on the unmanned aerial vehicle 10 It can be combined with the upper adapter 120 and the upper adapter 120, and may include a lower adapter 121 to which the specialized mission equipment 2 can be individually mounted. Since the detailed description has been described above, it will be omitted.

As described above, the specialized mission equipment operation and analysis integrated system for the unmanned aerial vehicle through the adapter, the system integration board and the adapter according to the embodiment of the present invention is required when the emergency security situation is equipped by installing the specialized mission equipment for the unmanned aerial vehicle. Power supply and data signal transmission for various specialized mission equipments with different voltage and data input/output specifications can be controlled to increase operational efficiency.

Accordingly, it can be used in various disaster security situations and can provide convenience and ease of management to users.

Accordingly, great growth potential is expected in the fields of applying and utilizing the UAV as well as technical development of the UAV.

In addition, it is expected that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for proposed security will be widely applied as a countermeasure against actual combat at a simple monitoring level.

The embodiment of the present invention described above is not implemented only through an apparatus and/or method, and is implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and the like. Alternatively, such an implementation can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1: Unmanned donation
10: UAV
DCB: 100
PDU: 101
11: System Integration Board
110: MIB
111: MSB
12: adapter
120: upper adapter
121: lower adapter
2: Specialized mission equipment
3: Control Panel
4: Control department

Claims (10)

In the integrated system for operation and analysis of specialized mission equipment for UAV through the system integration board and adapter,
A UAV including DCB and PDU and a UAV including system integration board including MIB and MSB;
A specialized mission equipment including a plurality of equipment corresponding to a disaster security situation, and a plurality of equipment is individually mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle and connected to a system integration board;
Control unit for wirelessly connected to the DCB to transmit control signals for UAVs and specialized mission equipment, and
It includes a control unit that can be connected to the DCB wirelessly to receive information on the operating status of the specialized mission equipment and measured or photographed data, and to understand the situation in real time.
The system integration board and specialized mission equipment are connected through an adapter.
According to claim 1,
The MIB,
Integrated system for operation and analysis of specialized mission equipment for UAV, characterized by supplying voltage from the PDU and outputting the required voltage according to the specialized mission equipment mounted on the adapter to supply the voltage to the specialized mission equipment through MSB.
According to claim 1,
The MIB,
The control signal for the specialized mission equipment received from the DCB is transmitted to the specialized mission equipment through the MSB,
An integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles, characterized in that the operational status information and the measured or photographed data received through the MSB from the specialized mission equipment can be transmitted to the DCB.
According to claim 1,
The adapter,
The upper adapter installed in the drone and
An integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles including a lower adapter that is combined with the upper adapter and the specialized mission equipment can be individually mounted.
According to claim 4,
The system integration board,
When the upper adapter and the lower adapter are combined, operation of specialized mission equipment for the UAV is characterized by automatically recognizing the specialized mission equipment installed through Plug & Play and automatically set as an interface for operating and analyzing the installed specialized mission equipment. And analysis integrated system.
According to claim 4,
The MSB,
Located inside the lower adapter,
When the upper adapter and the lower adapter are combined, MIB and MSB are connected through a connector, and the system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for UAV is characterized by being connected.
According to claim 1,
The specialized mission equipment,
An integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles, characterized in that the operational state information and measured or photographed data are transmitted to the MSB.
According to claim 1,
The control unit,
An integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles, characterized in that the DCB is equipped with specialized mission equipment and transmits a set signal for a mission.
According to claim 1,
The control unit,
Includes an analysis unit that receives and analyzes the measured or captured data,
The analysis unit,
A monitor that monitors operation status information and measured or photographed data of the specialized mission equipment;
Analysis module for analyzing data measured or photographed from the specialized mission equipment and
An integrated system for operating and analyzing specialized mission equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles including a storage module that stores data measured or photographed from the specialized mission equipment and analysis information generated through analysis.
In the adapter that connects the UAV system integration board and specialized mission equipment,
The upper adapter installed in the drone and
Adapter including a lower adapter that is coupled to the upper adapter and the specialized mission equipment can be individually mounted.

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