Fixing apparatus and method of sensing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11463606-B2
Application number	US-201916723650-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2019
Priority date	Dec 26, 2018
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an apparatus and method for fixing a sensing system to an unmanned construction machinery. The fixing apparatus includes an internal fixing module and an external fixing module, in which, the internal fixing module is configured to fix a sensing device in a sensing system of an unmanned construction machinery to the external fixing module in a predetermined fixing manner; and the external fixing module is configured to control the sensing device in the sensing system to perform an environment sensing on a target area of the unmanned construction machinery in a predetermined control manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for fixing a sensing system to an unmanned construction machinery, the sensing system including a camera and an unmanned aerial vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a package and a latch, configured to fix the camera in a predetermined first fixing manner to the unmanned construction machinery;
a lift and a buffer, configured to fix the unmanned aerial vehicle in a predetermined second fixing manner to the unmanned construction machinery;
a first controller configured to control the camera to perform an environment sensing on a first target area of the unmanned construction machinery; and
a second controller configured to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform an environment sensing on a second target area of the unmanned construction machinery.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first perspective hole and a second perspective hole; and
the first controller is configured to control the camera to perform the environment sensing on a front subregion of the first target area and a rear subregion of the first target area via the first perspective hole; and to control the camera to perform the environment sensing on a left subregion of the first target area and a right subregion of the first target area via the second perspective hole.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, the second controller comprises
a skylight controller, configured to receive a control instruction sent by a control system of the unmanned construction machinery, wherein the control instruction comprises a first control instruction or a second control instruction for controlling a skylight of the unmanned construction machinery to be opened or closed.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, the skylight is opened in response to the first control instruction, and the skylight is closed in response to the second control instruction.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, the skylight is opened in response to the second control instruction, and the skylight is closed in response to the first control instruction.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the package is configured to package the camera in the sensing system into an internal space of the package; and
the latch is configured to fix the packaged camera to the unmanned construction machinery.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the lift is configured to perform at least one of acts of: lifting the unmanned aerial vehicle in the sensing system to the highest point of the lift table through the buffer; and dropping the unmanned aerial vehicle in the sensing system to the lowest point of the lift table through the buffer.

8. A method for fixing a sensing system to an unmanned construction machinery, the sensing system including a camera and an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
fixing by a package and a latch, the camera in a predetermined first fixing manner to the unmanned construction machinery;
fixing by a lift and a buffer, the unmanned aerial vehicle in a predetermined second fixing manner to the unmanned construction machinery;
controlling the camera to perform an environment sensing on a first target area of the unmanned construction machinery; and
controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform an environment sensing on a second target area of the unmanned construction machinery.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, controlling the camera and the unmanned aerial vehicle in the sensing system to perform the environment sensing comprises:
receiving a control instruction sent by a control system of the unmanned construction machinery, the control instruction comprising a first control instruction or a second control instruction;
controlling the camera in the sensing system to perform the environment sensing on the first target area of the unmanned construction machinery based on the control instruction; and
controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle in the sensing system to perform the environment sensing on the second target area of the unmanned construction machinery based on the control instruction.

Assignees

• Beijing Baidu Netcom Sci & Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cheng Xinjing
• Yang Ruigang
• Xu Hao
• Lu Feixiang
• Yang Yajue

Classifications

• H04N23/57 Primary

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/51 Primary

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• E02F3/434

  providing automatic sequences of movements, e.g. automatic dumping or loading, automatic return-to-dig · CPC title

• G05B19/04 Primary

  Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers (G05B19/418 takes precedence) · CPC title