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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka, JP;

Kazunobu Konishi, Osaka, JP;

Stephen William John, Nara, JP;

Katsuhiko Asai, Nara, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0646 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0816 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

A controller obtains a first horizontal distance and a first vertical distance which are respectively a component in a horizontal direction and a component in a vertical direction among distances from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a surface of a particular place where elevation gradually increases or decreases along the horizontal direction, decides, based on a ratio of the first horizontal distance to the first vertical distance, a movement amount by which the unmanned aerial vehicle is to be moved simultaneously in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and moves the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the movement amount.


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