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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Samsung Sds Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Sung-Hak Song, Seoul, KR;
Kyu-Ha Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Sung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soon-Kyu Park, Seoul, KR;
Yun-Ho Jo, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A drone control apparatus and method are disclosed. The drone control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a communication unit that communicates with a drone operation system and a drone over a wireless communication network, a storage unit that stores radio wave environment information of the wireless communication network according to a spatial position, and flight restriction information, and a determination unit that determines a flight path and a flight altitude of the drone based on a radio map, the flight restriction information, and a departure and a destination of the drone received from the drone operation system, and transmits the flight path and the flight altitude to at least one of the drone and the drone operation system via the communication unit.