WO2017201880A1

WO2017201880A1 - Delivery method utilized by unmanned aerial vehicle, control method, control device, data storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2017201880A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/093735
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陆国华
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-05-25
Filing date: 2016-08-05
Publication date: 2017-11-30
Also published as: CN107438227B; CN107438227A

Abstract

A delivery method utilized by an unmanned aerial vehicle, a control method, a control device, and a data storage medium. The delivery method comprises: an unmanned aerial vehicle transmits, to a wireless terminal, request information (S001); when the wireless terminal receives the request information and acknowledge the same, the wireless terminal feedbacks, to the unmanned aerial vehicle, an acknowledgement and location of the wireless terminal (S002); and the unmanned aerial vehicle delivers according to the location and to a user of the wireless terminal, wherein when a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the wireless terminal satisfies a preconfigured condition, the wireless terminal controls the unmanned aerial vehicle to complete the delivery operation (S003). The solution can utilize the wireless terminal to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform wide-range, highly-efficient, flexible, and quick delivery.

Description

UAV delivery method, control method, control device and storage medium

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a drone delivery method, a control method, a control device, and a storage medium.

Background technique

With the rapid development of Internet e-commerce, people have put forward more demand for the efficient, convenient and wide coverage of logistics. The existing use of courier for human delivery has been unable to meet the needs of society for logistics, not only the high labor cost, Moreover, it is inconvenient for many remote areas to directly deliver to the user's location. In order to adapt to the development of Internet e-commerce and meet the needs of efficient and convenient wide-ranging logistics, drone delivery will become the trend of future logistics development. However, the current UAV delivery technology can only achieve fixed point-to-point transportation of preset positions, such as a courier distribution to another express delivery center, from the distribution center to the community express station or express locker, only to achieve the transit of logistics, Can not be directly delivered in place, that is, directly from the delivery departure point to the customer who finally receives the goods, and can not achieve dynamic point-to-point transportation, that is, if the destination temporarily changes during the delivery of the drone, the delivery will fail. It is impossible to change the delivery destination at any time as the location of the user changes.

Summary of the invention

The object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a drone delivery method, a control method, a control device, and a storage medium, so as to realize a technical problem of using a wireless terminal to control a drone for a wide range, high efficiency, flexibility, and rapid delivery.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A drone delivery method, the method comprising:

The drone sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and its location information to the drone;

Determining, according to the location information, a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user; wherein, when the distance between the location of the drone and the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the unmanned The machine completes the delivery operation.

In the above solution, the UAV sends request information to the wireless terminal, where the request information includes: a receiving request and a first identity request.

In the above solution, the wireless terminal feeding back the confirmation information and the location information thereof to the drone includes:

The wireless terminal confirms the receiving request of the UAV and the first identity identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information confirmation, and touch Operation information confirmation or pattern information confirmation;

After the first identity identification request confirmation information is successful, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and the location information to the drone; wherein the location information includes: a geographic location of the current location of the wireless terminal Information and/or weather information.

In the above solution, the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal satisfies a preset condition:

The distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold.

In the above solution, when the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controlling the UAV to complete the delivery operation includes:

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition;

The drone sends a control request to the wireless terminal;

The wireless terminal confirms the control request and controls the drone to complete the delivery operation.

In the above solution, the sending, by the drone, the control request to the wireless terminal includes: sending, by the drone, a second identity identification request to the wireless terminal;

The wireless terminal confirming the control request and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation includes:

After the wireless terminal confirms that the second identity identification request is successful, the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone;

The wireless terminal sends a control instruction to the drone;

The drone completes the delivery operation based on the received control command.

In the above solution, the controlling, by the wireless terminal, the delivery operation of the drone includes:

The wireless terminal performs a touch screen touch operation command to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.

In the above solution, the manner in which the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone includes, but is not limited to, any one of the following: an infrared connection, a Bluetooth connection, and an NFC connection.

In the above solution, before the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the method further includes:

The communication connection mode between the wireless terminal and the unmanned aerial vehicle is a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication.

In the above solution, the wireless terminal feeding back the location information to the drone includes:

The wireless terminal can feed back its location update information to the drone in real time.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a control method, which is applied to a wireless terminal, and the method includes:

Receiving and confirming the request information sent by the drone;

And feeding back the confirmation information and the current location information to the drone; wherein the confident information and the location information are received by the drone, and instructing the drone to perform a delivery operation;

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the drone is controlled to complete the delivery operation.

In the above solution, the receiving and confirming the request information sent by the drone includes: receiving the request information sent by the drone, wherein the request information includes: receiving the request and the first identification request; and confirming the receiving request And the first identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information confirmation, touch operation information confirmation, or pattern information confirmation.

In the above solution, when the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, controlling the UAV to complete the delivery operation includes: the location of the UAV and the wireless terminal When the distance between them is equal to or less than the preset distance threshold; receiving and confirming the control request sent by the drone, and establishing a wireless connection with the drone; transmitting control to the drone through the wireless connection The control instruction is configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.

In the above solution, the receiving and confirming the control request sent by the drone further includes: receiving and confirming the second identity identification request sent by the drone; and confirming that the second identity identification request is successful, The drone establishes a wireless connection.

In the above solution, the controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises: receiving a touch operation instruction of the touch screen; and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a control device, which is applied to a wireless terminal, where the control device includes a confirmation module, a sending module, and a control module.

The receiving module is configured to receive and confirm request information sent by the drone;

The sending module is configured to feed back the confirmation information and the current location information to the drone; wherein the confident information and the location information are received by the drone, and the drone is instructed to perform a delivery operation;

The control module is configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation when a distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition.

In the above solution, the received request information of the confirmed module includes: a receiving request and a first identification request; the control device further includes an identifying module configured to receive the identity confirming information, The identity confirmation information is used to match the first identity identification request; wherein the identity confirmation information includes, but is not limited to, identity information confirmation input information, fingerprint confirmation information, touch operation confirmation information, or pattern confirmation information.

In the above solution, the control device further includes: a wireless communication module; and when the distance between the location of the drone and the wireless terminal satisfies a preset condition: the location of the drone and the wireless terminal When the distance between the two is equal to or less than the preset distance threshold; when the control module receives and confirms the control request sent by the drone; the wireless communication module is configured to establish a wireless connection with the drone; The wireless communication module, the control module sends a control command to the drone; the control command is used to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.

In the above solution, the control module further includes: a receiving unit and a control unit;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a touch operation instruction of the touch screen;

The control unit is configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a drone delivery method, the method comprising:

The drone management platform sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and its location information to the drone management platform;

The drone management platform sends the terminal location information to the drone;

The drone delivery method, the control method, the control device and the storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present invention can utilize the communication between the user wireless terminal and the drone to feed back the location information of the user to the drone, When the aircraft flies near the user's location, the wireless terminal can control the drone to complete the final landing delivery. The technical solution of the invention not only improves the delivery of the drone Efficient and convenient, and at the same time improve the flexibility and security of drone delivery.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, and constitute a part of the specification, which is used together with the embodiments of the present application to explain the technical solutions of the present invention, and does not constitute a limitation of the technical solutions of the present invention.

1 is a flow chart of a drone delivery method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of a control device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural view of a drone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a drone delivery method according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flow chart of a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is an interaction diagram of a drone delivery system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for delivering a drone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method of the embodiment of the present invention includes:

S001: The drone sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

S002. When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and the location information thereof to the drone;

S003. The UAV performs a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user according to the location information. When the distance between the UAV and the wireless terminal location meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the The drone completes the delivery operation.

Further, the drone sends request information to the wireless terminal, wherein the request information includes: a receiving request and a first identity request.

Further, the wireless terminal confirms the receiving request of the UAV and the first identity identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes but is not limited to: identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information Confirm, touch operation information confirmation or pattern information confirmation. The specific process is that after the receiving request is sent to the wireless terminal, the request information may display a prompt message on the wireless terminal interface, and when the user confirms that the delivery object can be received, the receiving request is confirmed. After confirming the receiving request, according to the first identity identification request, the wireless terminal interface prompts the user to perform the first identity identification request confirmation, which simply requires the user to input identity information in the wireless terminal, if the If the entered identity information is correct, the wireless terminal completes the operation of confirming the first identity identification information. Wherein the identity information is matched with the first identity identification request, and the first identity identification request message is attribute information or a delivery object of the delivery object to be delivered by the drone The user information is, for example, the user's ID number, wireless terminal number, or preset password. In actual use, the identity information received by the wireless terminal may be fingerprint information, character password information, touch gesture information or pattern identification information of the user, for example, the identity identification request information sent by the drone is a plurality of pictures, at least one of which If the frame matches the user information of the wireless terminal, then identifying the matched picture completes the first identification request confirmation operation.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the first time identification request is sent to the wireless terminal, the drone may carry the correct matching identification information in the identity identification request information and send the same For wireless terminals. When the wireless terminal performs the first identification information confirmation, as long as the identity information operation performed by the user matches the correct identification information received from the drone, the first identity is completed. Identify the request confirmation. In another embodiment, when receiving the first identity request sent by the drone, the wireless terminal may feed back the first identity request confirmation information to the drone, and the drone receives the wireless terminal. Whether the matching is correct when the first identification confirmation information is sent, and if the correctness is fed back to the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal receives the feedback information, and then sends the current location information to the unmanned person through modulator modulation. Machine, used to instruct the drone to perform the delivery operation.

Further, after the first identity identification request confirmation information is successful, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and the location information to the drone; wherein the location information includes: the wireless terminal is currently located Geographical information and/or weather information for the location. The geographic information includes latitude and longitude information of the spatial location of the wireless terminal, altitude information, and surrounding building information of the current location, and the global positioning system such as GPS or BDS may be used to obtain the latitude and longitude of the location. , altitude information. In a specific embodiment, the drone may make a prompt message to the wireless terminal or initiate a second confirmation request according to the received geographic information and/or weather information of the location of the wireless terminal, for example, the received weather information is where the wireless terminal is located. The location is rain or snow or extremely low temperature information, and the drone can initiate a second confirmation request to the wireless terminal to confirm to the user of the wireless terminal whether to continue the delivery under extreme weather information conditions.

Further, after receiving the confirmation information and the location information fed back by the wireless terminal, the drone is demodulated by the demodulator and subjected to arithmetic processing by the internal processor of the drone to form a control command. The control command is used to control the unmanned delivery operation, specifically to control the speed, path, flight height, and the like of the UAV flight. In a specific embodiment, the control of the flight operation of the drone can be performed using a gyroscope or the like.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controlling the UAV to complete the delivery operation includes:

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold (eg, less than 50 meters), the drone sends a control request to the wireless terminal; the wireless The terminal confirms the control request and controls the drone to complete the delivery operation. This can completely ensure that the location of the drone delivery is within the customer's visual range, especially the location of the wireless terminal supports real-time update and real-time interaction with the drone, meaning that the wireless terminal is held. The customer can move to the open ground, even the top of the building, and directly observe the drone entering the visible short range and landing the drone.

Preferably, in another embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the drone, the control request to the wireless terminal comprises: sending, by the drone, a second identity identification request to the wireless terminal; The controlling the request and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises: after the wireless terminal confirms that the second identity identification request is successful, the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone; the wireless The terminal sends a control instruction to the drone; according to the received control instruction, the drone completes the delivery operation. The first time identification request and confirmation disclosed by the unmanned aerial vehicle to send the second identity identification request to the wireless terminal and the second identity identification request confirmation by the wireless terminal are the same as the first identification request and confirmation disclosed in the foregoing embodiment. The technical solution for the identity request is the same. The manner in which the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone includes a short-distance connection manner such as an infrared connection, a visible light, a Bluetooth connection, an NFC approach communication connection, and a WIFI connection. For example, the infrared connection can be directly used by infrared remote control such as MCP2120, HSDL3001 and other integrated devices; the Bluetooth connection can utilize integrated devices such as BCM4330.

In the embodiment of the present invention, before the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the communication connection manner between the wireless terminal and the drone is a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the controlling, by the wireless terminal, the delivery operation by the wireless terminal comprises: the wireless terminal performing a touch screen touch operation instruction to control the drone to complete a delivery operation. In another embodiment, after the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the wireless terminal may automatically initiate a control mode, where the control mode may be pre-installed for the wireless terminal to control the drone. Specific APP software, after the software is opened, a game-like interface appears, and the interface has virtual buttons of up, down, left, and right, and the user can control the drone to complete the final delivery operation, including steering, landing, unloading operations, etc. . Optional When the touch screen is a pressure screen, the flight speed of the drone can be controlled according to the magnitude of the pressure value received by the virtual button on the pressure screen. For example, if the pressure value received by the virtual button is large, the The human-machine flight speed is fast; in another specific embodiment, the control mode may also be an operation mode built in the wireless terminal, in which the touch screen of the wireless terminal is divided into upper and lower The left and right four areas or the 2, 8, 4, 6 numeric keys in the digital input keyboard are used as the up, down, left and right buttons to control the flight direction of the drone, and the pressure values received by the four areas or four buttons are used for Control the flight speed of the drone.

In an optional embodiment, the control operation on the touch screen may be a graphical control manner such as left turn, right turn, forward, backward, ascending, descending, etc., and the touch screen interface of the wireless terminal converts these control operations into conformance The information of the drone control command, such as the left turn of the drone is defined as 1, the right turn is defined as 2, the forward is defined as 3, the backward is defined as 4, the rise is defined as 5, and the drop is defined as 6. The wireless terminal converts the control operation information into a binary source suitable for transmission and sends it to the drone to control the drone.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal may also control the drone to perform delivery, such as flight, steering, landing, etc., by means of a built-in gyroscope.

In order to clearly describe that the wireless terminal controls the drone to complete the delivery operation, the control process is described in more detail in conjunction with a specific application scenario as follows: when the drone flies to the vicinity of the location of the wireless terminal When the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold, the UAV enters the field of view of the wireless terminal user, and the wireless After the terminal receives and confirms the control request sent by the drone, a wireless connection is established between the two. The wireless terminal turns on the control mode and receives a control operation instruction of the user, and modulates and sends the operation control command to the drone, and the drone demodulates the received control command and sends it to the internal A flight controller that controls the drone to complete a final flight, landing, and unloading operation in accordance with a control operation command sent by the wireless terminal. After the delivery operation is completed, the drone returns to the departure place.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal feeding back the location information to the drone includes: the wireless terminal may feedback the location update information to the drone in real time, so that the drone The flight destination can be adjusted in real time during the flight. In this way, it is possible to realize that the delivery position is no longer limited to a preset number of fixed addresses, and the delivery destination update can be performed according to the change of the customer position during the flight.

2 is a control method provided by another embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a wireless terminal. As shown in FIG. 2, the method according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:

S100. Receive and confirm request information sent by the drone;

S101. The confirmation information and the current location information are fed back to the drone; wherein the confident information and the location information are received by the drone, and the drone is instructed to perform a delivery operation;

S102. When the distance between the drone and the wireless terminal location meets a preset condition, control the drone to complete the delivery operation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving and confirming the request information sent by the drone includes: receiving the request information sent by the drone, wherein the request information includes: receiving the request and the first identification request; The receiving request and the first identity identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information confirmation, touch operation information confirmation or pattern information confirmation.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, when the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, controlling the UAV to complete the delivery operation includes:

When the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold;

Receiving and confirming a control request sent by the drone, and establishing a wireless connection with the drone;

And transmitting, by the wireless connection, a control instruction to the drone; the control instruction is used to control the drone to complete a delivery operation. The manner in which the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone includes an infrared connection, a Bluetooth connection, an NFC approach communication connection, and a WIFI connection. Connection method. Before the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the communication connection mode between the wireless terminal and the drone is a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication.

Further, in a preferred embodiment, the receiving and confirming the control request sent by the drone further includes:

Receiving and confirming a second identification request sent by the drone;

After confirming that the second identity request is successful, establish a wireless connection with the drone.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, the controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises: receiving a touch operation instruction of the touch screen; and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction. Further, in a preferred embodiment, when the touch screen is a pressure screen, the touch operation of the pressure screen is received; and the speed of the drone operation is completed according to the pressure value of the received touch operation. In a specific embodiment, after the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the wireless terminal may automatically initiate a control mode, where the control mode may be pre-installed for the wireless terminal to control the drone. Specific APP software, after the software is opened, a game-like interface appears, and the interface has virtual buttons of up, down, left, and right, and the user can control the drone to complete the final delivery operation, including steering, landing, unloading operations, etc. . Optionally, when the touch screen is a pressure screen, the flight speed of the drone may be controlled according to the magnitude of the pressure value received by the virtual button on the pressure screen, for example, the pressure value received by the virtual button. In a further embodiment, the control mode may also be an operation mode built in the wireless terminal, in the control operation mode, the wireless terminal The touch screen is divided into four areas of up, down, left, and right or by using the 2, 8, 4, and 6 numeric keys in the digital input keyboard as the up, down, left and right buttons to control the flight direction of the drone, and the four areas or four buttons are received. The pressure value is used to control the flight speed of the drone.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a first computer readable storage medium, the storage medium comprising a set of instructions for performing the method shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control apparatus in a wireless terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the control device includes: a confirmation module, a sending module, and a control module;

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the received request information of the confirmation module includes: a receiving request and a first identification request; the control device further includes an identifying module configured to receive the identity confirming information, wherein the The identity confirmation information is used to match the first identity identification request; wherein the identity confirmation information includes, but is not limited to, identity information confirmation input information, fingerprint confirmation information, touch operation confirmation information or pattern confirmation information.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the control device further includes a wireless communication module. When the distance between the drone and the wireless terminal position satisfies a preset condition: when the distance between the drone and the wireless terminal position is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold; The control module receives and confirms a control request sent by the drone; the wireless communication module is configured to establish a wireless connection with the drone; and the control module sends the drone to the drone through the wireless communication module Sending a control command; the control command is for controlling the drone to complete a delivery operation.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, the control module further includes: a receiving unit and a control unit;

Further, in a preferred embodiment, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a pressure value included in the touch operation instruction; the control unit is further configured to control the drone to complete delivery according to the received pressure value The speed of operation.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, the control device may perform a control operation by using the built-in gyroscope of the wireless terminal to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, the control device further includes a modulation module configured to modulate and transmit the control command of the control module to the transmitting module for transmission to the drone.

In practical applications, the receiving module, the sending module, the control module, the wireless communication module, and the modulation module may be implemented by a central processing unit (CPU), or a digital signal processor (DSP), or a field. It is implemented by an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or the like; the CPU, DSP, and FPGA can be built in the control device.

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a drone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the drone according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a control component, a driving component, a transmission module, and a processor;

The control component is configured to receive a control instruction of the processor to control a delivery operation of the drone;

The drive assembly is configured to receive a control command and drive the drone to fly;

The transmission module is configured to establish a communication connection between the UAV and the wireless terminal;

The processor is configured to, according to location information of the wireless terminal, make a control instruction to control a delivery operation of the drone.

Wherein, the UAV flight control component and the drive component constitute a main part of the UAV carrier, and the UAV may include a gyroscope module, a motor servo system, an ultrasonic imitation collision module, and a safety parachute Modules, other attached shelves, express unloading mechanisms and rack mechanisms. The UAV flight control component acquires a flight direction action instruction of the UAV from the processor, and sends a control command to the drive component to perform real-time control on the drive component to realize a flight direction and a flight action of the UAV carrier. control. ,

Optionally, the UAV further includes: an onboard location interaction module, configured to implement real-time location positioning of the UAV on one hand, and can adopt a global positioning system such as GPS, BDS, or the like, and can also adopt WIFI, infrared, and the like. The domain location system, on the other hand, is configured to receive location information of the wireless terminal, and transmit the location information of the drone itself and the location information data of the received wireless terminal to the processor. The processor compares the location information of the drone itself with the location information data of the received wireless terminal, and obtains the flight direction of the drone, such as left turn, right turn, forward, backward, ascending, descending, etc., and These instructions are sent to the flight control component.

Optionally, in another embodiment of the present invention, the UAV further includes: an identity recognition and drop guidance module, configured to receive the secondary identification information and the control operation instruction of the wireless terminal during the delivery process. Further, the identity information received from the wireless terminal and the information of the pre-acquired delivery object are authenticated, and if the identity information is met, the control operation instruction of the wireless terminal is received, and the wireless terminal is The control instruction is directly sent to the control component to control the drone to complete the delivery operation.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a drone delivery method according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

S200: The UAV management platform sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

S201. When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and the location information thereof to the drone management platform.

S202. The drone management platform sends the terminal location information to the drone;

S203. The UAV performs a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user according to the location information. When the distance between the UAV and the wireless terminal location meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the The drone completes the delivery operation.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific process of the UAV management platform transmitting the request information to the wireless terminal in S200 is: the UAV management platform sends a receiving request and a first identity identification request to the wireless terminal. .

Further, the wireless terminal confirms the receiving request of the UAV management platform and the first identity identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, Fingerprint information confirmation, touch operation information confirmation, or pattern information confirmation. The specific process is that after the receiving request is sent to the wireless terminal, the request information may display a prompt message on the wireless terminal interface, and when the user confirms that the delivery object can be received, the receiving request is confirmed. After confirming the receiving request, according to the first identity identification request, the wireless terminal interface prompts the user to perform the identity identification request confirmation, which simply requires the user to input identity information in the wireless terminal, if the input The identity information is correct, and the wireless terminal completes the operation of confirming the first identification information. Wherein the identity information is matched with the first identity identification request, and the first identity identification request information is attribute information or a delivery object of the delivery object to be delivered by the UAV management platform. The user information contained therein is, for example, the user's ID number, wireless terminal number, or preset password. In actual use, the identity information received by the wireless terminal may be fingerprint information, character password information, touch gesture information, or pattern identification information of the user. For example, the identity identification request information sent by the UAV management platform is multiple pictures, where At least one of the images matching the user information of the wireless terminal identifies the matching picture to complete the first identification request confirmation operation.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the UAV management platform sends the first identity identification request to the wireless terminal, the correct matching identity information may be carried in the first time. The identification request information is sent together with the wireless terminal. When the wireless terminal performs the first identification information confirmation, as long as the first identification information operation performed by the user matches the correct identification information received from the drone management platform, the completed The first identification request confirmation. In another embodiment, when receiving the first identity identification request sent by the UAV management platform, the wireless terminal may feed back the first identity identification request confirmation information to the UAV management platform, and the UAV management platform Receiving the notification sent by the wireless terminal Whether the matching is correct when the first identification confirmation information is correct, and if it is correct, it is fed back to the wireless terminal, and after receiving the feedback information, the wireless terminal transmits the current position information to the drone management system through modulator modulation.

Further, in an optional embodiment, the location information includes geographic information and/or weather information of a location where the wireless terminal is currently located. The geographic information includes latitude and longitude information of the spatial location where the wireless terminal is currently located, altitude information, surrounding building information of the current location, and the like.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the UAV management platform transmits the received location information of the wireless terminal to the UAV, and performs operation processing on the received location information by the UAV. Form a delivery route plan.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the UAV management platform formulates the UAV delivery planning path information by processing the location information according to the received location information of the wireless terminal, and then Sending the delivery planning path information to the drone, and the drone performs a delivery operation according to the received planning path.

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold (eg, less than 50 meters), the drone sends a control request to the wireless terminal; the wireless The terminal confirms the control request and controls the drone to complete the delivery operation.

Preferably, in another embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the drone, the control request to the wireless terminal comprises: sending, by the drone, a second identity identification request to the wireless terminal; The controlling the request and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises: after the wireless terminal confirms that the second identity identification request is successful, the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone; the wireless The terminal sends a control instruction to the drone; according to the received control instruction, the drone completes the delivery operation. Wherein the drone to the wireless The operation of transmitting the second identity request by the terminal and the second identity request confirmation by the wireless terminal is the same as the first identity identification request disclosed in the foregoing embodiment and the technical solution for confirming the first identity identification request. The manner in which the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone includes a short-distance connection manner such as an infrared connection, a Bluetooth connection, an NFC approach communication connection, and a WIFI connection.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the communication connection manner between the wireless terminal and the drone and the UAV management platform is a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication; Before establishing the wireless connection between the machine and the wireless terminal, the communication connection between the wireless terminal and the unmanned aerial vehicle is also a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a control method applied to a wireless terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

S300, receiving and confirming request information sent by the drone management platform;

S301. The confirmation information and the location information thereof are fed back to the UAV management platform. The location information is sent by the UAV management platform to the UAV to instruct the UAV to execute to the wireless terminal user. Delivery operation

S302. When the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the UAV is controlled to complete a delivery operation.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a second computer readable storage medium, the storage medium comprising a set of instructions for executing the method shown in FIG.

Figure 7 is a drone delivery system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the system includes: a drone management platform, a drone, and a wireless terminal; wherein

The UAV management platform is configured to send request information by the wireless terminal;

The wireless terminal is configured to receive and confirm the request information, and feed back the confirmation information and location information to the drone management platform;

The UAV management platform is further configured to send the terminal location information to the drone;

The drone is configured to perform a vote to the wireless terminal user according to the location information Handing operation

The wireless terminal is further configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation when a distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition.

The drone delivery method, the control method, the control device and the delivery system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can utilize the communication between the user wireless terminal and the drone to feed back the location information of the user to the drone, When the aircraft flies near the user's location, the wireless terminal can control the drone to complete the final landing delivery. The technical solution of the invention not only improves the efficiency and convenience of the delivery of the drone, but also improves the flexibility and safety of the delivery of the drone.

One of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the above steps can be completed by a program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium such as a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk. Correspondingly, each module in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of a software function module. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and of course, the present invention may be embodied in various other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Corresponding changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment of the present invention can utilize the communication between the user wireless terminal and the drone to feed back the location information of the user to the drone. When the drone flies to the vicinity of the user's location, the wireless terminal can control the drone to complete the last. Landing delivery. The technical solution of the invention not only improves the efficiency and convenience of the delivery of the drone, but also improves the flexibility and safety of the delivery of the drone.

Claims

A drone delivery method, the method comprising:

The drone sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and its location information to the drone;

Determining, according to the location information, a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user; wherein, when the distance between the location of the drone and the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the unmanned The machine completes the delivery operation.
The method of claim 1 wherein said drone transmits request information to said wireless terminal, and wherein said request information comprises: a request to receive and a first identification request.
The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless terminal feeding back the confirmation information and its location information to the drone comprises:

The wireless terminal confirms the receiving request of the UAV and the first identity identification request; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information confirmation, and touch Operation information confirmation or pattern information confirmation;

After the first identity identification request confirmation information is successful, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and the location information to the drone; wherein the location information includes: a geographic location of the current location of the wireless terminal Information and/or weather information.
The method of claim 1 wherein the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal satisfies a predetermined condition:

The distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal satisfies a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the drone to complete the delivery operation, including :

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition;

The drone sends a control request to the wireless terminal;

The wireless terminal confirms the control request and controls the drone to complete the delivery operation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting, by the drone, a control request to the wireless terminal comprises: the drone transmitting a second identification request to the wireless terminal;

The wireless terminal confirming the control request and controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation includes:

After the wireless terminal confirms that the second identity identification request is successful, the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone;

The wireless terminal sends a control instruction to the drone;

The drone completes the delivery operation based on the received control command.
The method of claim 1 or 6, wherein the controlling, by the wireless terminal, the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises:

The wireless terminal receives a touch screen touch operation instruction;

And controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the manner in which the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone includes, but is not limited to, any one of the following: an infrared connection, a Bluetooth connection, and an NFC connection.
The method of claim 6 or 8, wherein before the wireless terminal establishes a wireless connection with the drone, the method further comprises:

The communication connection mode between the wireless terminal and the unmanned aerial vehicle is a wide-area communication mode such as cellular network communication or satellite communication.
The method according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the wireless terminal feeding back the location information to the drone includes:

The wireless terminal can feed back its location update information to the drone in real time.
A control method is applied to a wireless terminal, and the method includes:

Receiving and confirming the request information sent by the drone;

And feeding back the confirmation information and the current location information to the drone; wherein the confident information and the location information are received by the drone, and instructing the drone to perform a delivery operation;

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the drone is controlled to complete the delivery operation.
The method of claim 11 wherein said receiving and confirming request information transmitted by the drone comprises:

Receiving request information sent by the drone, wherein the request information includes: receiving the request and the first identification request;

The receiving request and the first identity identification request are confirmed; wherein the manner of confirming the first identity identification request includes, but is not limited to, identity information input confirmation, fingerprint information confirmation, touch operation information confirmation, or pattern information confirmation.
The method of claim 11, wherein when the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation comprises:

When the distance between the UAV and the location of the wireless terminal is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold;

Receiving and confirming a control request sent by the drone, and establishing a wireless connection with the drone;

And transmitting, by the wireless connection, a control instruction to the drone; the control instruction is used to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.
The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving and confirming the control request sent by the drone further comprises:

Receiving and confirming a second identification request sent by the drone;

After confirming that the second identity request is successful, establish a wireless connection with the drone.
A method according to any one of claims 11-14, wherein said controlling said drone The completion of the delivery operation includes:

Receiving a touch operation instruction of the touch screen;

And controlling the drone to complete the delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction.
The method of claim 15, wherein when the touch screen is a pressure screen, the method further comprises:

Receiving a pressure value of a pressure operation command of the pressure screen;

The speed at which the drone completes the delivery operation is controlled based on the received pressure value.
A control device is applied to a wireless terminal, and the control device includes a confirmation module, a sending module, and a control module;

The receiving module is configured to receive and confirm request information sent by the drone;

The sending module is configured to feed back the confirmation information and the current location information to the drone; wherein the confident information and the location information are received by the drone, and the drone is instructed to perform a delivery operation;

The control module is configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation when a distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition.
The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the received request information of the confirmation module comprises: a receiving request and a first identification request;

The control device further includes an identification module configured to receive the first identity confirmation information, wherein the first identity confirmation information is used to match the identity identification request; wherein the identity confirmation information includes but is not limited to: identity information confirmation Input information, fingerprint confirmation information, touch operation confirmation information, or pattern confirmation information.
The device according to claim 17, wherein said device further comprises: a wireless communication module;

When the distance between the UAV and the wireless terminal location satisfies a preset condition: when the distance between the UAV and the wireless terminal location is equal to or less than a preset distance threshold;

When the control module receives and confirms a control request sent by the drone;

The wireless communication module is configured to establish a wireless connection with the drone;

The control module sends a control command to the drone through the wireless communication module; the control command is used to control the drone to complete a delivery operation.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein the control module further comprises: a receiving unit and a control unit;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a touch operation instruction of the touch screen;

The control unit is configured to control the drone to complete a delivery operation according to the touch operation instruction.
A drone delivery method, the method comprising:

The drone management platform sends the request information to the wireless terminal;

When the wireless terminal receives and confirms the request information, the wireless terminal feeds back the confirmation information and its location information to the drone management platform;

The drone management platform sends the terminal location information to the drone;

Determining, according to the location information, a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user; wherein, when the distance between the location of the drone and the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the wireless terminal controls the unmanned The machine completes the delivery operation.
A control method is applied to a wireless terminal, and the method includes:

Receiving and confirming request information sent by the drone management platform;

And returning the confirmation information and the location information thereof to the drone management platform; wherein the location information is sent by the UAV management platform to the drone to instruct the drone to perform a delivery operation to the wireless terminal user ;

When the distance between the drone and the location of the wireless terminal meets a preset condition, the drone is controlled to complete the delivery operation.
A first computer readable storage medium, the storage medium comprising a set of instructions, The instructions are for performing the control method of any one of claims 11 to 16.
A second computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for performing the control method of claim 22.