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Patent No.:

US 9709993 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2015

Wide area sensing system, in-flight detection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program of wide area sensing system

Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsushi Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Blank Rome LLP

Primary Examiner:

Behrang Badii

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 13/20 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/30 (2006.01); B64C 27/26 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B64C 13/20 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/26 (2013.01); B64C 27/30 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wide area sensor system includes an unmanned airplane being switchable between an airplane mode for high speed flight and a VTOL mode for low speed flight, a state detection sensor provided in the unmanned airplane, the state detection sensor being driven to detect a state of a detection target, and an external control apparatus that controls flight of the unmanned airplane and driving of the state detection sensor. The external control apparatus performs high speed sensing by driving the state detection sensor while performing the high speed flight of the unmanned airplane in the airplane mode. The control apparatus performs low speed sensing by driving the state detection sensor while performing the low speed flight of the unmanned airplane in the VTOL mode.

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