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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Oba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64F 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64F 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A takeoff and landing pad apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a pad including a takeoff and landing surface; a mooring mechanism configured to moor the unmanned aerial vehicle on the pad; a drive source configured to rotate the pad together with the mooring mechanism; and a controller configured to control operation with the mooring mechanism and the drive source. The controller drives, based on information about a wind direction to be acquired, the drive source to rotate such that a nose of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the takeoff and landing surface faces the wind direction.