Rakuten Group, Inc.

Kenichi Lee

Takayoshi Inuma

Takumi Yamato

Toshiaki Tazume

Takahiro Iizuka

Hirofumi Kokubun

Osamu Igarashi

Kyota Yamaoka

A logistics system, comprising: an unmanned aerial vehicle including: a holder configured to hold a package to which a readable medium including package identification information is attached; and a reader configured to read the readable medium when the package is held by the holder; and at least one processor configured to: generate, after the readable medium is read by the reader, flight plan information on the unmanned aerial vehicle based or information read from the readable medium; and control the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the flight plan information.

Logistics system, unmanned aerial vehicle, and cargo management method

A gripping mechanism is attached to a mobile body to grip and convey a transportation article. The gripping mechanism includes a pinion provided to be rotatable about a rotation axis, and a first arm and a second arm disposed with the rotation axis being the center to be separated from the rotation axis by the same distance to grip the transportation article. When the pinion rotates in a predetermined direction, the first arm and the second arm move toward the rotation axis.

Gripping mechanism and transportation article conveyance device

A flight system S acquires contact sensing data obtained by a contact sensing of a soil sensor unit 1 embedded in advance in the ground, and determines a flight route for an UAV 2 to execute a predetermined task on the basis of the contact sensing data.

Flight system, flight route determination method, and flight route determination device

An unmanned aerial device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an aerial device body capable of flying in an unmanned manner, and a load-lowering device mounted to the aerial device body and configured to lower a load from the aerial device body. The load-lowering device has a linear member holder for holding a linear member having one end portion connectable to the load, the linear member holder holding at least the other end portion of the linear member, and a speed limiting mechanism that limits a speed at which the linear member is pulled out of the linear member holder, under a weight of the load.

Unmanned aerial device, load-lowering device, and load transport method

An unmanned aerial vehicle according to the present invention include: a main body; plural arms as supports that extend from the main body and support rotors; cloth-like parts held in a standby state in which the cloth-like parts are folded at positions close to the main body; and deployment mechanisms that are provided in the arms and each configured to move a portion of the cloth-like part in a direction away from the main body so that the cloth-like part-is switched from the standby state to a deployed state in which the cloth-like part is spread between the arms in plan view.

Unmanned aerial vehicle with cloth part deployment system

Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle including a waterproof container including: a container main body having an opening in a bottom surface defined in a landed state of the unmanned surface aerial vehicle; a waterproof door mounted to the container main body so as to open outward and close the opening; an elastic seal, which is interposed between the container main body and the waterproof door, and is configured to close the waterproof door in a liquid-tight manner; a first door-closing mechanism configured to retain a first door-closing state of the waterproof door; and a second door-closing mechanism configured to prevent movement of the waterproof door in a door-opening direction in a second door-closing state in which the waterproof door has been pushed in a direction of resisting against an elastic force of the elastic seal from the first door-closing state.

Unmanned aerial vehicle and waterproof container

A protective member configured as a protective member that is mountable to an aerial vehicle having a body and at least one rotor held on the body, and includes a plurality of support members that are connectable to the aerial vehicle and have a flexible member stretched between distal end portions thereof so as to surround an outside of the body in planar view, wherein at least one of the plurality of support members has a tension adjusting mechanism that is capable of adjusting a tension applied to the flexible member in a stretching direction, by changing a distance from a center of the body to the distal end portion.

Flight equipment, aerial vehicle and protective member

An unmanned flight equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial vehicle capable of flying in an unmanned manner; an abnormality recognition part-configured to recognize an abnormal situation in which a determination is made that it is difficult for the aerial vehicle to continue flight; and an alarm device held on the aerial vehicle and configured to be detached from the aerial vehicle and to warn neighborhood of abnormality when the abnormality recognition part recognizes the abnormal situation.

Unmanned flight equipment, alarm device, aerial vehicle, and alarm device release apparatus

An unmanned aerial vehicle, including: a propelling device configured to generate a downward airstream; a package carrier; and wheels arranged so as to allow the package carrier to stand alone. The package carrier includes: vertical members which surround a package in a horizontal direction to prevent falling of the package; support members configured to support a load of the package at positions; and a coupling device configured to hold vertical members so as to enable relative horizontal movement. The support members are each fixed to a corresponding one of the vertical members. The wheels are each mounted to the corresponding one of the vertical members, and enable the relative horizontal movement of the vertical members under a state in which the wheels are on the ground. Through the relative horizontal movement of the vertical members, the package is separable from the support members.

Unmanned aerial vehicle with package carrier

Flight equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial vehicle having a body and at least one rotor held on the body; a plurality of supporters mounted to the aerial vehicle and supporting a protective member stretched therebetween so as to surround an outside of the body; a support information detection unit configured to detect support information indicating a support state of the protective member; and a mounting state determiner configured to determine whether the support state of the protective member is suitable or unsuitable, based on a value detected by the support information detection unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Lee