JP7124197B1 - flight management device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to allow an aircraft to fly smoothly without impairing user convenience.
A flight management device (2) stores flight plan information indicating a flight plan including a scheduled flight route of an aircraft, and a flight plan based on the flight plan information stored in the storage unit (22). A first setting unit 232 for setting a possible takeoff range, which is a range of positions from which the aircraft 1 can take off when the flight of the aircraft 1 starts, based on the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan, and the aircraft based on the flight plan. 1 before flight, an acquisition unit 233 that acquires position information indicating the position of the flying object 1; and an output unit 236 that outputs information indicating the result of the processing.
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Description

The present invention relates to a flight management device that manages the flight of an aircraft and an information processing device that the aircraft has.

Conventionally, an aircraft is flown based on a preset flight plan for the aircraft. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses storing an aircraft in a storage device, and flying the aircraft stored in the storage device based on a preset flight plan.

Japanese Patent No. 6810488

In the conventional technology, a flight plan is set on the assumption that the aircraft will take off from the state in which the aircraft is stored in the storage device. Therefore, it is necessary to store the flying object in the storage device immediately before flying the flying object, which impairs the user's convenience. On the other hand, when the flying object is to take off from a position different from the installation position of the storage device, there is a problem that the flying object is arranged in a position not suitable for takeoff, which may hinder flight.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a flying object that can fly without hindrance without impairing user's convenience.

A flight management device according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a storage unit that stores flight plan information indicating a flight plan including a scheduled flight route of an aircraft; a setting unit that sets a possible takeoff range, which is a range of positions from which the aircraft can take off at the start of flight of the aircraft based on the flight plan, based on the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan; An acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the aircraft before the flight of the aircraft based on the plan, and determines whether or not the position indicated by the acquired position information is included in the take-off range. It has a determination unit and an output unit that outputs information indicating the determined result.

The setting unit may specify an area in which the flying object can communicate in the vicinity of the position of the start point of the scheduled flight route, and set the takeoff possible range based on the specified area.
The setting unit may specify a position of an obstacle existing around a position of a start point of the planned flight route, and set the takeoff possible range based on the specified position of the obstacle.

The storage unit further stores the flight plan information for one or more other flying objects different from the flying object, and the setting unit stores the flight plan information for each of the one or more other flying objects stored in the storage unit. Based on one or more planned flight routes indicated by the corresponding flight plan information, the flight position of the other aircraft flying around the starting point of the planned flight route of the aircraft is specified, and the specified other The take-off range may be set based on the flight position of the aircraft.

The setting unit specifies the capacity of a battery provided in the aircraft, and a first power consumption that is the amount of power required for the aircraft to fly from the start point to the end point of the scheduled flight route. Alternatively, the take-off range may be set based on a relationship between the identified capacity of the battery and the first power consumption.

The flight plan includes an execution plan for a predetermined operation to be performed by the flight object, and the setting unit causes the flight object to perform the predetermined operation indicated by the execution plan included in the flight plan. Further specifying a second power consumption that is the power required to take off, based on the relationship between the specified capacity of the battery, the first power consumption, and the second power consumption A possible range may be set.

When the determination unit determines that the position of the flying object indicated by the position information acquired by the obtaining unit is not included in the possible takeoff range, the output unit moves the position of the flying object within the possible takeoff range. Information indicating that it is not included may be sent to the aircraft and a terminal of the user of the aircraft.

When the determination unit determines that the position of the aircraft indicated by the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in the take-off range, the output unit outputs the flight plan information to the aircraft before flight. may be sent to
When the determination unit determines that the position of the aircraft indicated by the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in the take-off range, the output unit performs The flight plan information including the planned flight route of the aircraft up to the position of the starting point of the planned flight route may be transmitted to the aircraft before flight.
The output unit may transmit the flight plan information and flight instruction information for causing the aircraft to fly based on the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan information to the aircraft before flight.

An information processing device according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information processing device provided in a flying object, wherein the flying object is at the start of a flight based on a flight plan including a scheduled flight route of the flying object. an acquisition unit that acquires range information indicating a possible takeoff range, which is the range of possible takeoff positions, from a flight management device that manages the flight of the aircraft; and before the aircraft flies based on the flight plan, a position identifying unit that identifies the position of the flying object; a determining unit that determines whether or not the position of the flying object identified by the position identifying unit is included in the take-off range; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information indicating a result to the flight management device.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in the ability to fly a flying object without a hindrance, without impairing a user's convenience.

It is a figure which shows the outline|summary of an aircraft management system. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of an aircraft management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of flight plan information. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing in the flight management system;

[Overview of Flight Management System S]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the flight management system S. As shown in FIG. The flight management system S is a system for managing the flight of the aircraft 1 and has the aircraft 1 and the flight management device 2 . The flight management device 2 is a computer that manages the flight of the aircraft 1 and provides flight management services for managing the flight of the aircraft 1 . Although only one flying object 1 is shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the flight management system S has a plurality of flying objects 1 .

The flight management device 2 stores flight plan information indicating the flight plan by accepting registration of a flight plan showing the planned flight route of the aircraft 1 including the start point position and the end point position from the user of the aircraft 1 in advance. ((1) in FIG. 1). The flight management device 2 sets a possible takeoff range, which is a range of positions from which the aircraft 1 can take off when the flight of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan is started, based on the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan ( (2) in FIG. 1). The flight management device 2 acquires position information indicating the position of the aircraft 1 from the aircraft 1 before the flight of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan of the aircraft 1 ((3) in FIG. 1).

The flight management device 2 performs determination processing to determine whether or not the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the acquired position information is included in the set takeoff possible range ((4) in FIG. 1). In the example shown in FIG. 1, when the takeoff range is area A, the aircraft 1 is included in the area A, so the flight management device 2 determines that the aircraft 1 is included in the takeoff range. I judge.

When the position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range, the flight management device 2 sends the determination result indicating that the position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range and the flight plan information. It transmits to body 1 ((5) in FIG. 1). Thereafter, the aircraft 1 flies based on the received information indicating the post-add flight plan.

In the conventional technology, when flying the aircraft 1 based on a flight plan, it is necessary to store the aircraft 1 in a storage device, which impairs the user's convenience. In order to deal with such a problem, when the aircraft 1 is to take off from a position different from the installation position of the storage device, the aircraft 1 is arranged in a position not suitable for takeoff, which interferes with the flight based on the flight plan. There is a risk. On the other hand, the flight management device 2 of the flight management system S can transmit the flight plan information to the aircraft 1 when the position of the aircraft 1 is included in the take-off range, and make the aircraft 1 fly. can. Therefore, the flight management system S allows the aircraft 1 to fly smoothly without impairing the user's convenience of the aircraft 1 .
Details of the configuration of the flight management device 2 will be described below.

[Functional Configuration of Flight Management Device 2]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the functional configuration of the flight management device 2. As shown in FIG. The flight management device 2 has a communication section 21 , a storage section 22 and a control section 23 . The control unit 23 has a registration unit 231 , a first setting unit 232 , an acquisition unit 233 , a determination unit 234 , a second setting unit 235 and an output unit 236 .

The communication unit 21 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the aircraft 1 via a communication network such as a mobile phone line or the Internet.
The storage unit 22 is a storage medium that stores various data, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk, and the like. The storage unit 22 stores programs executed by the control unit 23 . Storage unit 22 stores a program that causes control unit 23 to function as registration unit 231 , first setting unit 232 , acquisition unit 233 , determination unit 234 , second setting unit 235 , and output unit 236 .

The storage unit 22 also stores flight plan information indicating the flight plan of the aircraft 1 including the planned flight route of the aircraft 1 under the control of the control unit 23 . FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of flight plan information. As shown in FIG. 3, the flight plan information is information that associates a user ID for identifying the user of the aircraft 1, an aircraft ID for identifying the aircraft 1, and a flight plan for the aircraft 1. be.

The flight plan includes, for example, the scheduled flight date of the aircraft 1, route information indicating the scheduled flight route, and an execution plan indicating operations to be performed by the aircraft 1. FIG. The route information includes the start point position of the planned flight route, the start point flight time that is the time at which the aircraft 1 flies over the start point position, the end point position of the planned flight route, and the positions of one or more waypoints. . The starting point position, the ending point position, and the positions of the waypoints include, for example, information indicating latitude, longitude, and altitude. The position of the waypoint is an item that can be arbitrarily registered by the user, and does not have to be included in the route information. The execution plan also includes motion information indicating the motion of the aircraft 1 at each of the one or more waypoints.

An execution plan is information indicating a predetermined operation to be executed by the flying object 1 at a starting point, an ending point, or one or more passing points. , and information indicating a predetermined operation. Predetermined operations are, for example, operations such as imaging, surveying, and equipment inspection. Note that the predetermined operation may not be performed at all of the start point, end point, and one or more passing points, and may be performed at some of the start point, end point, and one or more passing points. Also, the predetermined operation may include a charging operation at a charging facility as a transit point.

The control unit 23 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 23 functions as a registration unit 231, a first setting unit 232, an acquisition unit 233, a determination unit 234, a second setting unit 235, and an output unit 236 by executing programs stored in the storage unit 22. .

[Register Flight Plan]
First, the process of registering a flight plan by the flight management device 2 will be described. The registration unit 231 registers the flight plan by accepting the flight plan of the aircraft 1 from, for example, a user terminal (not shown) used by the user of the aircraft 1 .

Specifically, the registration unit 231 performs user login authentication by accepting the user ID and password issued to the user in the flight management service from the user terminal. When the login authentication is successful, the registration unit 231 causes the user terminal to display an input screen for receiving the flight plan, and through the input screen, the aircraft ID of the aircraft 1 and the flight plan of the aircraft 1 are entered. accept.

The flight plan includes the scheduled flight date on which the aircraft 1 will fly and the scheduled flight route of the aircraft 1, as described above. For example, the registration unit 231 receives the start point position, the end point position, the start point flight time, and the positions of one or more waypoints as the planned flight route. Further, the registration unit 231 receives information indicating a predetermined action to be performed by the flying object 1 at each of the one or more passing points as an execution plan for the predetermined action. The registration unit 231 causes the storage unit 22 to store flight plan information in which the user ID of the user of the aircraft 1, the aircraft ID of the aircraft 1 received via the input screen, and the flight plan are associated with each other.

[Take off possible range setting]
Next, the processing for setting the takeoff possible range will be described. The first setting unit 232 sets the possible takeoff range, which is the range of positions where the aircraft 1 can take off at the start of flight based on the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information stored in the storage unit 22, according to the flight plan. based on the scheduled flight route contained in the . For example, the first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range when the current date is the scheduled flight date of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan. Here, setting based on the scheduled flight route includes setting based on points on the scheduled flight route.

Specifically, the first setting unit 232 identifies an area in which the aircraft 1 can communicate in the vicinity of the starting point position of the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan of the aircraft 1 . For example, the first setting unit 232 stores communicable area information indicating the communicable area of the flying object 1 in an area including the start position of the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan to a management server (not shown) that manages the communicable area. Get from Note that the storage unit 22 may store the communicable area information. Then, the first setting unit 232 may acquire communicable area information indicating the communicable area of the aircraft 1 from the storage unit 22 .

Also, the first setting unit 232 identifies the positions of obstacles existing around the starting point position of the planned flight route indicated by the flight plan of the aircraft 1 . For example, the first setting unit 232 acquires three-dimensional map information indicating the positions of obstacles such as buildings, including the position of the starting point of the flight route indicated by the flight plan, and based on the three-dimensional map information, Identify the positions of obstacles that exist around the starting position.

The first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range based on the area in which the flying object 1 can communicate around the identified start point position and the positions of obstacles existing around the start point position. For example, the first setting unit 232 sets an area obtained by excluding the positions of obstacles from the area in which the flying object 1 can communicate as the takeoff possible range. The first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range by, for example, storing range information indicating the settable range in the storage unit 22 in association with the flight plan information of the aircraft 1 .

Note that the first setting unit 232 sets the possible takeoff range based on the area where the flying object 1 can communicate around the start point position and the positions of obstacles existing around the start point position. The possible takeoff range may be set based on other information.

The first setting unit 232 may set the takeoff possible range so that the aircraft 1 can fly at the starting point at the flight time of the starting point included in the flight plan. In this case, the first setting unit 232 may set the range within which the flying object 1 can reach the starting position within a predetermined time as the possible takeoff range, based on the flight speed of the flying object 1 . By setting the takeoff possible range in this way, the flying object 1 can arrive at the position of the start point of the flight schedule route at the flight time of the start point position indicated by the flight plan, and can execute the flight plan as scheduled.

Further, the first setting unit 232 may set the takeoff possible range based on one or more flight schedule routes indicated by flight plan information corresponding to one or more aircraft different from the aircraft 1 . For example, the first setting unit 232 refers to the flight plan information corresponding to each of the one or more other aircraft, and determines the flight schedule for each of the one or more other aircraft that will fly on the scheduled flight date or scheduled flight time of the aircraft 1. Identify the planned flight route. Then, the first setting unit 232 sets the flight object at the scheduled flight date and the start flight time when the aircraft 1 flies the start point position of the flight schedule route based on the specified flight route of each of the one or more other flight objects. Identify the flight positions of other aircraft flying around the starting point position of 1. Here, the first setting unit 232 may specify a plurality of flight positions of other flying objects, and specify the scheduled flight routes of the other flying objects in the vicinity of the starting point position of the flying object 1 . The first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible position further based on the flight position of the other flying object identified or the planned flight route around the start point position. For example, the first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range so as not to include the vicinity of one or more flight positions of the other specified aircraft. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the flying object 1 from colliding with another flying object.

The first setting unit 232 also sets the capacity of the battery provided in the aircraft 1 and the first power consumption, which is the amount of power required for the aircraft 1 to fly from the start point to the end point of the scheduled flight route. may be specified. In this case, the specification information of the aircraft 1 including information indicating the capacity of the battery of the aircraft 1 is stored in the storage unit 22, and the first setting unit 232 refers to the specification information stored in the storage unit 22. to identify the capacity of the battery provided in the aircraft 1. In addition, the first setting unit 232 specifies, as the first power consumption, the amount of power consumption required when the aircraft 1 flies from the start position to the end position of the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan of the aircraft 1. . In addition, if the position of the facility where the battery of the aircraft 1 is charged is included as a passing point included in the flight schedule route, and the execution plan includes that the aircraft 1 charges at the facility, The first setting unit 232 may specify the amount of power required for the aircraft 1 to fly from the starting point of the planned flight route to the position of the facility as the first amount of power consumption.

Then, the first setting unit 232 may set the takeoff possible range further based on the relationship between the identified battery capacity and the first power consumption. For example, the first setting unit 232 specifies the remaining capacity obtained by subtracting the first power consumption from the specified capacity of the battery as the remaining capacity of the aircraft 1, and can fly from the starting position based on the remaining capacity. A possible takeoff range that takes into account the relationship between the capacity of the battery and the first power consumption may be set as a range that overlaps a possible takeoff range based on other conditions. Here, the first setting unit 232 refers to the specification information of the aircraft 1 to specify the capacity of the battery, but is not limited to this. 1, and the remaining capacity may be specified as the capacity of the battery.

In addition, the first setting unit 232 further specifies a second power consumption, which is the amount of power required for the aircraft 1 to perform the predetermined operation based on the execution plan for the predetermined operation included in the flight plan. You may For example, the storage unit 22 stores power consumption information indicating the power consumption of the aircraft 1 when executing each of a plurality of predetermined operations. Then, the first setting unit 232 refers to the execution plan of the predetermined operation included in the flight plan and the power consumption information, and specifies the power consumption of each of the one or more predetermined operations scheduled to be executed. . The first setting unit 232 sums up the identified power consumptions to calculate the power consumption necessary for one or more predetermined operations to be executed as the second power consumption. In addition, if the position of the facility where the battery of the aircraft 1 is charged is included as a passing point included in the flight schedule route, and the execution plan includes that the aircraft 1 charges at the facility, The first setting unit 232 may specify the second power consumption based on a predetermined operation performed by the aircraft 1 from the start point of the planned flight route to the position of the facility.

Then, the first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range based on the specified relationship between the remaining battery capacity, the first power consumption, and the second power consumption. For example, the first setting unit 232 specifies the remaining capacity obtained by subtracting the first power consumption and the second power consumption from the specified remaining capacity of the battery as the remaining capacity of the aircraft 1, Possible to take off by taking into account the relationship between the remaining battery capacity, the first power consumption, and the second power consumption for the overlapping range between the range that can be flown from the starting point and the range that can be taken off based on other conditions. You can set the range. By doing so, when the flying object 1 flies from a position included in the take-off range, the flying object 1 can complete the flight based on the flight plan and the predetermined operation based on the execution plan.

[Flight of aircraft 1 based on the flight plan]
Next, processing for flying the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan will be described. The acquisition unit 233, the determination unit 234, the second setting unit 235, and the output unit 236 work together to determine that the aircraft 1 can fly based on the flight plan. to fly.

First, the acquisition unit 233 acquires aircraft position information indicating the position of the aircraft 1 from the aircraft 1 before the aircraft 1 flies based on the flight plan. For example, the acquisition unit 233 obtains the flight object 1 having the flight object ID associated with the flight plan information a predetermined time before the start point flight time included in the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information. Send a request to get location information. Upon receiving the acquisition request for the aircraft position information, the aircraft 1 specifies its own position and transmits the aircraft position information indicating the position to the flight management device 2 . It is assumed that the aircraft position information includes latitude, longitude, and altitude indicating the position of the aircraft 1 . The acquisition unit 233 acquires the aircraft position information from the aircraft 1 .

The determination unit 234 determines whether or not the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the aircraft position information acquired by the acquisition unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range set by the first setting unit 232 . For example, when the acquisition unit 233 acquires the aircraft position information, the determination unit 234 determines whether or not the position indicated by the aircraft position information is included in the takeoff possible range.

When the determination unit 234 determines that the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the aircraft position information acquired by the acquisition unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range, the second setting unit 235 calculates the flight plan from the position of the aircraft 1. An additional flight plan including an additional flight route to the start point position of the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan indicated by the information is set. The second setting unit 235 sets the additional flight plan by, for example, adding additional plan information indicating the additional flight route to the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information.

For example, the second setting unit 235 sets a vertical ascent route that ascends from the position of the aircraft 1 to a position that is directly above that position and that is at the same altitude as the starting point of the planned flight route; An additional flight plan including a horizontal flight route that flies a line segment from the same altitude position to the start point position is set. Then, the second setting unit 235 updates the flight plan information by including the additional flight plan in the flight plan information.

When the determining unit 234 determines that the position of the flying object 1 indicated by the flying object position information acquired by the acquiring unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range, the second setting unit 235 selects The remaining capacity of the battery of the aircraft 1 may be specified by acquiring information indicating the remaining capacity of the battery. Then, the second setting unit 235 sets the remaining capacity of the identified battery, the first power consumption that is the amount of power required for the aircraft 1 to fly along the planned flight route, and the predetermined power consumption based on the execution plan. A second amount of power consumption, which is the amount of power required to execute an operation, and a third amount of power consumption, which is the amount of power consumption of the flying object 1 based on the distance between the position of the flying object 1 and the starting point position, are predetermined. Additional flight routes may be set when conditions are met.

For example, the second setting unit 235, when the result of subtracting the sum of the first power consumption, the second power consumption, and the third power consumption from the remaining battery capacity is 0 or more, determines whether the additional flight plan may be set. Further, when the result obtained by subtracting the sum of the first power consumption, the second power consumption, and the third power consumption from the remaining battery capacity is less than 0, it is determined that the flight based on the scheduled flight route cannot be completed. It is also possible to make a decision and not set an additional flight plan.

The output unit 236 outputs the result determined by the determination unit 234 . Specifically, when the determination unit 234 determines that the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the aircraft position information acquired by the acquisition unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range, the output unit 236 outputs the aircraft position information. The aircraft 1 is flown based on the determination result of the determination unit 234 indicating that it is included in the possible range, the flight plan information updated by the second setting unit 235, and the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan information. and flight instruction information to the flying object 1 before flight.

The output unit 236 may output the determination result to the user terminal of the user of the aircraft 1 . For example, when the determination unit 234 determines that the aircraft position information is included in the takeoff possible range, the output unit 236 outputs information indicating that the aircraft 1 will fly based on the determination result and the flight plan information. may be sent to the user terminal.

If the determination unit 234 determines that the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the aircraft position information acquired by the acquisition unit 233 is not included in the takeoff range, the output unit 236 determines that the position of the aircraft 1 is within the takeoff range. may be sent to the user terminal indicating that it is not included in the In addition, when the determination unit 234 determines that the position of the aircraft 1 is not included in the takeoff range, the output unit 236 outputs an error message indicating that the aircraft 1 cannot fly based on the flight plan information. Information may be sent to the user terminal. Further, the output unit 236 determines that the result of subtracting the sum of the first power consumption, the second power consumption, and the third power consumption from the remaining battery capacity of the aircraft 1 is less than 0, and the second setting If the unit 235 does not set the additional flight plan, it may send error information to the user terminal indicating that the aircraft 1 cannot fly based on the flight plan information due to insufficient remaining battery capacity. By doing so, the flight management device 2 can make the user of the aircraft 1 understand that the position of the aircraft 1 is not included in the takeoff possible range and the aircraft 1 cannot fly. .

[Flow of processing in flight management system S]
Next, the flow of processing in the flight management system S will be described. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing in the flight management system S. As shown in FIG. It is assumed that the processing related to this sequence diagram is performed in each of the plurality of flying objects 1 .

First, the registration unit 231 of the flight management device 2 registers the flight plan by accepting the flight plan of the aircraft 1 from the user terminal of the user of the aircraft 1 (S1).
Subsequently, the first setting unit 232 sets the takeoff possible range of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information stored in the storage unit 22, based on the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan ( S2).

Subsequently, the acquiring unit 233 refers to the flight plan information of the aircraft 1 and requests acquisition of the aircraft position information a predetermined time before the start point flight time included in the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information. It is transmitted to the aircraft 1 (S3).

Subsequently, the aircraft 1 identifies its own position (S4), and transmits aircraft position information indicating its own position to the flight management device 2 (S5). The acquisition unit 233 of the flight management device 2 acquires the aircraft position information transmitted by the aircraft 1 .
Subsequently, the determination unit 234 of the flight management device 2 determines whether or not the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the aircraft position information acquired by the acquisition unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range (S6).

Subsequently, the second setting unit 235 determines that the position of the flying object 1 indicated by the flying object position information acquired by the acquiring unit 233 is included in the takeoff possible range, that is, the processing in S6 is YES. If 234 determines, an additional flight plan including an additional flight route from the position of the aircraft 1 to the starting point of the flight plan included in the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information is set (S7). The second setting unit 235 updates the flight plan information by including the set additional flight plan in the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information (S8).

Subsequently, the output unit 236 outputs the determination result of the determination unit 234 indicating that the aircraft position information is included in the takeoff possible range, the flight plan information updated by the second setting unit 235, and the flight plan information. to the aircraft 1 prior to flight, along with the flight instruction information for causing the aircraft 1 to fly based on the scheduled flight route indicated by (S9). After that, the aircraft 1 starts flying based on the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information (S10).

[Modification 1]
In the above description, the determination unit 234 of the flight management device 2 determines whether or not the position of the flying object 1 is within the takeoff possible range, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an information processing device, which is a computer provided in the flying object 1, may determine whether or not the position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range.

In this case, the output unit 236 of the flight management device 2 transmits range information indicating the takeoff range of the aircraft 1 and flight plan information of the aircraft 1 to the aircraft 1 . The information processing device of the aircraft 1 functions as an acquisition unit, acquires the range information and the flight plan information from the flight management device 2 via the communication unit of the information processing device, and stores the range information and the flight plan information in the storage provided in the information processing device. store in the department.

The information processing device of the aircraft 1 functions as a position specifying unit and specifies the position of the aircraft 1 before the flight of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan indicated by the flight plan information. Then, the information processing device of the flying object 1 functions as a determination unit, and determines whether or not the specified position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range indicated by the range information stored in the storage unit. . The information processing device of the flying object 1 functions as an output unit, and transmits to the flight management device 2 the determination result as to whether or not the position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range. By doing so, it is possible to make the flight object 1 determine whether or not the position of the flight object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range, so that the load on the flight management device 2 can be reduced.

Further, when the position of the flying object 1 is included in the takeoff possible range, the information processing device of the flying object 1 transmits the flying object position information and the information indicating the remaining battery level of the flying object 1 together with the determination result. You may In this case, the second setting unit 235 of the flight management device 2 receives information indicating the remaining battery level, the first power consumption, the second power consumption, and the position of the flying object 1 indicated by the flying object position information. and the third power consumption, which is the power consumption of the flying object 1 based on the distance from the starting point of the planned flight route, when the flying object 1 determines that it can fly based on the flight plan, the additional flight route is determined. may be set and flight plan information may be updated. When the flight plan information is updated, the output unit 236 outputs the flight plan information and the flight instruction information for the aircraft 1 to fly based on the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan information to the aircraft 1 before the flight. Send. In addition, the output unit 236 outputs error information indicating that the aircraft 1 cannot fly based on the flight plan information due to insufficient remaining battery capacity when no additional flight route is set. The user terminal of the user of body 1 is notified.

[Modification 2]
In addition, the output unit 236 of the flight management device 2 outputs the range information indicating the takeoff possible range of the aircraft 1 to the user of the aircraft 1 before the start point flight time of the start point position of the scheduled flight route indicated by the flight plan. It may be transmitted to the user terminal and the takeoff possible range may be displayed on the user terminal. By doing so, the user can check the takeoff range before flying the aircraft 1 and place the aircraft 1 in the takeoff range.

[Effects of this embodiment]
As described above, the flight management device 2 determines the possible takeoff range, which is the range of positions where the aircraft 1 can take off at the start of flight based on the flight plan, based on the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan. to set. The flight management device 2 acquires position information indicating the position of the aircraft 1 before the flight of the aircraft 1 based on the flight plan, and determines whether the position of the aircraft 1 indicated by the position information is included in the takeoff range. It determines whether or not, and outputs information indicating the determination result. By doing so, the flight management device 2 can cause the aircraft 1 to fly without impairing the user's convenience of the aircraft 1 .

The present invention makes it possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) led by the United Nations, "Industry and technological innovation."

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist thereof. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units. In addition, new embodiments resulting from arbitrary combinations of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment caused by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment.

1 aircraft 2 flight management device 21 communication unit 22 storage unit 23 control unit 231 registration unit 232 first setting unit 233 acquisition unit 234 determination unit 235 second setting unit 236 output unit

Claims (11)

a storage unit that stores flight plan information indicating a flight plan including the planned flight route of the aircraft;
A capacity of a battery provided in the aircraft and a first power consumption, which is the amount of power required for the aircraft to fly from the start point to the end point of the scheduled flight route, are specified and stored in the storage unit. A takeoff possible range, which is a range of positions from which the aircraft can take off at the start of flight based on the flight plan indicated by the stored flight plan information, is determined by specifying the capacity of the battery and the first consumption. a setting unit that sets based on the relationship between power consumption and the scheduled flight route included in the flight plan;
an acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the flying object before the flying object flies based on the flight plan;
a determination unit that determines whether or not the position indicated by the acquired position information is included in the takeoff possible range;
an output unit that outputs information indicating the determined result;
A flight management device with The setting unit identifies an area in which the flying object can communicate in the vicinity of the position of the starting point of the scheduled flight route, and sets the takeoff possible range based on the identified area.
A flight management device according to claim 1 . The setting unit identifies the positions of obstacles existing around the position of the start point of the scheduled flight route, and sets the takeoff possible range based on the identified positions of the obstacles.
The flight management device according to claim 1 or 2. The storage unit further stores the flight plan information of one or more other flying objects different from the flying object,
The setting unit, based on one or more scheduled flight routes indicated by the flight plan information corresponding to each of the one or more other aircraft stored in the storage unit, determines the start point of the scheduled flight route of the aircraft. identifying the flight position of the other aircraft flying in the vicinity of the location, and setting the takeoff possible range based on the identified flight position of the other aircraft;
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. the flight plan includes an execution plan for predetermined operations to be performed by the flying object;
The setting unit further specifies a second power consumption, which is the power required for the aircraft to execute the predetermined operation indicated by the execution plan included in the flight plan, and the specified battery power consumption. setting the takeoff possible range based on the relationship between the capacity, the first power consumption, and the second power consumption;
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . When the determination unit determines that the position of the flying object indicated by the position information acquired by the obtaining unit is not included in the possible takeoff range, the output unit moves the position of the flying object within the possible takeoff range. Sending information indicating that it is not included to the aircraft and a terminal of the user of the aircraft;
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . When the determination unit determines that the position of the aircraft indicated by the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in the take-off range, the output unit outputs the flight plan information to the aircraft before flight. send to
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . When the determination unit determines that the position of the aircraft indicated by the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in the take-off range, the output unit performs transmitting the flight plan information including the planned flight route of the aircraft up to the position of the starting point of the planned flight route to the aircraft before flight;
A flight management device according to claim 7 . The output unit transmits the flight plan information and flight instruction information for causing the aircraft to fly based on the planned flight route indicated by the flight plan information to the aircraft before flight.
The flight management device according to claim 7 or 8 . The setting unit specifies the capacity of the battery by referring to specification information including information indicating the capacity of the battery of the aircraft.
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The setting unit specifies the remaining capacity of the battery at the time of setting the takeoff possible range as the capacity of the battery.
A flight management device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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