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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kaori Niihata, Tokyo, JP;
Tadao Takami, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Segawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Setting unit performs the setting of each of the operating modes of a plurality of aerial vehicles on the basis of communication quality information of the planned route of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Specifically, setting unit firstly specifies the planned positions and periods in which each aerial vehicle is to fly from the flight plan information of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Next, setting unit specifies a communication quality of first wireless communication unit of each aerial vehicle in each position and each period from the communication quality information that represents the communication quality in the specified positions and periods. Then, setting unit specifies an operating mode setting schedule of main unit mode and auxiliary unit mode, which sets an aerial vehicle having a specified communication quality, and sets the remaining aerial vehicles as auxiliary units.