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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2018
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Iwase, Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To reduce environmental influence in flight (including taking-off and landing) of a flying object, main drone current position information acquisition unit acquires a current position of a main drone from a main drone control terminal, and provides the current position to the movement instruction unit. The sub-drone current position information acquisition unit acquires a current position from the sub-drone, and provides it to the movement instruction unit. The movement instruction unit determines a movement position of the sub-drone on the basis of the current position of the main drone. In addition, the movement instruction unit generates a movement instruction for the sub-drone based on a difference between the current position and the movement position of the sub-drone, and transmits the movement instruction to the sub-drone. The drive control unit acquires the movement instruction transmitted from the sub-drone control terminal.