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Patent No.:

US 12658061 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021

Control apparatus, aircraft control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Applicants:

Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Nec Networks & System Integration Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Nec Nexsolutions, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;

Iori Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;

Nanami Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Kawazoe, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

NEC Nexsolutions, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Fadey S Jabr

Assistant Examiner:

Mark Robert Heim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/50 (2025.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/50 (2025.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus includes a decision unit, a destination point determination unit, and an aircraft control unit. The decision unit decides, when an aircraft flies by using a battery unit as a power source, whether a remaining quantity of the battery unit is equal to or less than a reference value. The destination point determination unit estimates, when it is decided that the remaining quantity of the battery unit is equal to or less than the reference value, a location where a light quantity is equal to or more than a reference by using information from various types of sensors mounted on the aircraft. Then, the destination point determination unit determines, as a destination point of the aircraft, the estimated location. The aircraft control unit controls a mechanism of the aircraft so as to move the aircraft to the destination point determined by the destination point determination unit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Yoneda, Yuki. (2026). Control apparatus, aircraft control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium (U.S. Patent No. 12658061). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12658061

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