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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventor:

Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0047 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

A flight route control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: accepting, by a touch panel, an input of a departure point and a waypoint that the unmanned aerial vehicle will pass; receiving a predetermined time, indicating an end of a time period in which the unmanned aerial vehicle is permitted to fly; generating a flight route passing through the departure point and the waypoint; determining whether or not an arrival time to the waypoint is later than the predetermined time; not accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is later than the predetermined time; accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is not later than the predetermined time; and transmitting a control command to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the control command controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the generated flight route.


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