Communication management device, communication management system, communication management method, and communication management program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022017221-A1
Application number	US-202117488244-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A communication management device provided in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, includes: a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication unit that provides communications among the plurality of wireless terminals as a base station; an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight state of the flight vehicle has occurred, and an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication management device disposed in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, the communication management device comprising:
a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication unit that provides communications among a plurality of wireless terminals as the base station; an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight status of the flight vehicle has occurred; and an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.

2 . The communication management device according to claim 1 , further comprising an airframe controller that controls an airframe of the flight vehicle in accordance with the control signals received by the first communication unit, wherein
the airframe controller turns off control of the airframe by the control signals when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit, and controls the airframe by an autonomous flight mode as a control predetermined as a flight mode when the anomaly information is acquired.

3 . The communication management device according to claim 2 , wherein
the first communication unit, the second communication unit, the acquisition unit, and the airframe controller are interconnected by an internal network, the anomaly reporting unit is provided outside the internal network, when the acquisition unit acquires the anomaly information, the acquisition unit transmits the anomaly information to the anomaly reporting unit using an emergency line, and when the anomaly reporting unit receives the anomaly information from the acquisition unit, the anomaly reporting unit transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit using the emergency line.

4 . The communication management device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detection unit that detects anomalies in communications by the first communication unit, and a diagnosis unit that diagnoses the flight status, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the anomaly information from the detection unit or the diagnosis unit when an anomaly in a communication by the first communication unit is detected by the detection unit or when the flight status is diagnosed as an anomaly by the diagnosis unit.

5 . The communication management device according to claim 4 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires the anomaly information from the base station management device when the anomaly in the communication by the first communication unit is detected by the base station management device, or when the flight status is diagnosed as the anomaly by the diagnosis unit.

6 . The communication management device according to claim 2 , wherein when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit, the airframe controller turns off control of an airframe by the airframe controller, and the airframe controller performs, as the autonomous flight mode, one of a control to increase a flight altitude of the airframe, control to move the airframe to a predetermined safe airspace, control to return the airframe to a predetermined airport, control to land the airframe on the ground, and land the airframe on water.

7 . The communication management device according to claim 2 , further comprising a storage that stores control conditions to rank an order of a plurality of controls to be executed as the autonomous flight mode, wherein
the airframe controller controls the airframe according to an order indicated by the control conditions when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.

8 . The communication management device according to claim 7 , wherein
the storage stores control conditions that specify, in an order of execution, control to increase a flight altitude of the airframe, control to move the airframe to a predetermined safe airspace, control to return the airframe to a predetermined airport, control to land the airframe on the ground, and control to land the airframe on water, and the airframe controller controls the airframe according to an order indicated by the control conditions when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.

9 . A communication management system including a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations and a communication management device provided in a flight vehicle, wherein
the communication management device includes:
a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device;
a second communication unit that provides communications among a plurality of wireless terminals as the base station;
an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight status of the flight vehicle has occurred; and
an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.

10 . A communication management method executed by a communication management device installed in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, the method comprising the steps of:
a first communication step of transmitting and receiving control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication step of providing communications among a plurality of wireless terminals as the base station; an acquisition step of acquiring an anomaly information indicating that an anomaly in the first communication step or an anomaly in a flight status of the flight vehicle has occurred; and an anomaly reporting step of transmitting the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication step when the anomaly information is acquired in the acquisition step.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a communication management program causing a computer to execute:
a first communication function that that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of a flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations; a second communication function that provides communications among a plurality of wireless terminals as the base station; an acquisition function that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication function or an anomaly of a flight status of the flight vehicle has occurred; and an anomaly reporting function that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication function when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition function.

Assignees

• Hapsmobile Inc

Inventors

• TSUTSUI Tatsushi
• Sai Jutatsu
• Kimura Kiyoshi
• INUI Chiaki

Classifications

• B64U2201/10

  autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS] · CPC title

• B64U2201/20

  Remote controls · CPC title

• G08G5/34

  for flight plan modification · CPC title

• B64U2101/20

  for use as communications relays, e.g. high-altitude platforms · CPC title

• B64U10/50

  Glider-type UAVs, e.g. with parachute, parasail or kite (for landing B64U70/83) · CPC title