Control method, device, and system for locking load carried by flight platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11948465-B2
Application number	US-202017029942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2020
Priority date	Mar 23, 2018
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A control method includes obtaining lock information including a flight platform identification and sending a lock message to a control device according to the lock information. The control device includes a flight platform corresponding to the flight platform identification or an adapter ring carried by the flight platform. The lock message indicates to lock a load carried by and communicatively connected to the flight platform.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method comprising:
obtaining lock information including a flight platform identification of a flight platform, the flight platform being communicatively connected to a load and configured to carry the load to fly; and
sending a lock message to a control device according to the lock information, the control device including the flight platform or an adapter ring carried by the flight platform, wherein the load is configured to be locked according to the lock message, and when being locked, the load is uncontrolled by the flight platform that carries the load to fly.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the lock information includes at least one of:
obtaining the lock information entered by a user;
obtaining a coordinate of the flight platform entered by the user and determining the lock information according to the coordinate of the flight platform; or
receiving the lock information sent by another device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the lock information further includes a target load identification; and
the lock message indicates to lock a target load corresponding to the target load identification.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the lock information further includes a danger level; and
the lock message indicates to lock the load according to the danger level.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the lock information to the control device includes:
sending the lock message to a user device, such that the user device forwards the lock message to the control device, an application (App) of the user device being configured to control the flight platform.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, before sending the lock message to the user device:
sending a broadcast message to search for the App; and
receiving a reply message sent by the user device, the reply message being a response of the user device to the broadcast message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the lock message to the control device includes:
sending the lock message to a satellite terminal carried by the flight platform to cause the satellite terminal to forward the lock message to the control device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein sending the lock message to the satellite terminal includes:
sending a broadcast message to search for an App that controls the flight platform; and
in response to not receiving a reply message sent by a user device in a preset time, sending the lock message to the satellite terminal, the reply message being a response of the user device to the broadcast message.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after sending the lock message to the control device according to the lock information:
obtaining unlock information including the flight platform identification; and
sending an unlock message to the control device according to the lock information, the unlock message indicating to unlock the load.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the unlock information includes a target load identification, and the unlock message indicates to unlock a target load corresponding to the target load identification.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locking message instructs to lock the load by one of:
modifying data that a user needs to send to the load to invalid data and sending the invalid data to the load;
cutting off a communication link to the load; or
cutting off a power source to the load.

12. A control method comprising:
receiving a lock message sent by a server, the lock information indicating to lock a load communicatively connected to a flight platform, and the flight platform being configured to carry the load to fly; and
locking the load according to the lock message, wherein when being locked, the load is uncontrolled by the flight platform that carries the load to fly.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the lock message indicates to lock a target load; and
locking the load according to the lock message includes locking the target load according to the lock message.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the lock message indicates to lock the load according to a danger level; and
locking the load according to the lock message includes determining a lock solution corresponding to the danger level according to the lock message and lock the load according to the lock solution.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the lock solution includes a cutting-off manner.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the cutting-off manner includes cutting off at least one of a power source or a communication link.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the lock solution further includes an effective time.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the effective time indicates delayed effective or immediate effective.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the lock message sent by the server includes:
receiving the lock message sent by a user device, the lock message being sent to the user device by the server, and an App of the user device being configured to control the flight platform; or
receiving the lock message sent by a satellite terminal, the lock message being sent to the satellite terminal by the server, and the satellite terminal being carried by the flight platform.

20. The method of claim 12 , further comprising, after locking the load according to the lock message:
receiving an unlock message sent by the server, the unlock message indicating to unlock the load; and
unlock the load according to the unlock message.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein:
the unlock message indicates to unlock a target load; and
unlocking the load according to the unlock message includes unlocking the target load according to the unlock message.

22. A server comprising:
a processor configured to:
obtain lock information including a flight platform identification of a flight platform, the flight platform being communicatively connected to a load and configured to carry the load to fly; and
send the lock message to a control device according to the lock information, the control device including the flight platform or an adapter ring carried by the flight platform, wherein the load is configured to be locked according to the lock message, and when being locked, the load is uncontrolled by the flight platform that carries the load to fly.

Assignees

• Sz Dji Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Hanping
• Yang Yong

Classifications

• G08G5/20

  Arrangements for acquiring, generating, sharing or displaying traffic information (arrangements for monitoring traffic G08G5/72) · CPC title

• G08G5/57

  for unmanned aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/55

  for a single aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/26

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title

• G08G5/22

  located on the ground · CPC title