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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Imoto, Susono Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Jun Miyagawa, Numazu Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Yasue Mano, Numazu Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Ayako Nakamura, Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Naohiro Seo, Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

An information collection device according to the present disclosure is an information collection device that causes a small unmanned aerial vehicle to fly from a departure point to a destination and collects information at the destination using the small unmanned aerial vehicle, and includes a control device that causes the small unmanned aerial vehicle to fly from the departure point to the destination by transmitting a control signal to the small unmanned aerial vehicle by wireless information communication via a vehicle when determination is made that the wireless information communication is able to be executed with the small unmanned aerial vehicle via the vehicle located between the departure point and the destination.


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