公开(公告)号：US20220097850A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17546285

申请日：2021-12-09

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Stephen William JOHN ,  Kazunobu KONISHI ,  Katsuhiko ASAI ,  Shunsuke KUHARA

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: a microphone including a plurality of elements; and a processor that processes signals output from target elements included in the plurality of elements. In the unmanned aircraft, the processor performs a detection process of detecting a target sound signal of a target sound from the signals output from the target elements included in the plurality of elements, and changes the target elements that output the signals to be processed by the processor to select at least one target element that outputs a signal to be processed by the processor from among the plurality of elements, in accordance with a result of the detection process.

公开(公告)号：US20210233416A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17231679

申请日：2021-04-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Stephen William JOHN ,  Kazunobu KONISHI ,  Katsuhiko ASAI ,  Kazuo INOUE ,  Shunsuke KUHARA

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: a sensor that includes at least a microphone that generates sound data; and a processor. The processor determines quality of a target sound using the sound data generated by the microphone, obtains a positional relationship between the unmanned aircraft and a sound source of the target sound using data generated by the sensor, and controls movement of the unmanned aircraft to control a distance between the unmanned aircraft and the sound source of the target sound, in accordance with the quality of the target sound and the positional relationship.

公开(公告)号：US20210129990A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17146944

申请日：2021-01-12

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kazuo INOUE ,  Kazunobu KONISHI ,  Stephen JOHN ,  Katsuhiko ASAI ,  Shunsuke KUHARA

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: at least two generators generating forces to fly the unmanned aircraft, each including a rotor blade generating an airflow; a sensor detecting a tilt of the unmanned aircraft; and a processor controlling the generators to control flight of the unmanned aircraft. The processor: obtains an output force adjustment trigger for the generators; obtaining the trigger, causes each generator to individually operate at least until the tilt of the unmanned aircraft detected by the sensor satisfies a predetermined condition; determines a reference value related to an output force of each generator from a value related to the output force of each generator when the tilt of the unmanned aircraft satisfies the predetermined condition and a positional relationship between the generators; and controls the flight of the unmanned aircraft, using the reference values determined.

公开(公告)号：US20200348697A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16929755

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunsuke KUHARA ,  Kazunobu KONISHI

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: An unmanned aircraft includes: a sensor (person detection sensor) and so forth) that performs sensing of an external environment of the unmanned aircraft; a detector (suspicious person identifier) that detects a moving object based on a result of the sensing performed by the sensor; an obtainer (movement prohibition position determiner) that obtains area information indicating an area, entry to which by the moving object is undesirable; and a flight controller that causes the unmanned aircraft to move to a position between the moving object and the area indicated by the area information, based on a positional relation between the moving object and the area, and fly at the position that is a destination position.