Unmanned aerial vehicle having dismantling status determination system and dismantling status determination method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025140088-A1
Application number	US-202418903112-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 1, 2024
Priority date	Oct 25, 2023
Publication date	May 1, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a dismantling status determination system is provided. The UAV includes a casing, having at least one casing assembly, and a dismantling status determination system. The dismantling status determination system includes a dismantling detection unit, a position detection unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The dismantling detection unit is disposed on the at least one casing assembly to provide a body status information according to whether the at least one casing assembly is detached. The position detection unit detects a current position of the UAV.
The storage unit stores a safe position list. When the processing unit determines that the at least one casing assembly is in the dismantling status, the processing unit determines whether the current position is included in the safe position list. If not, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to an illegal dismantling action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
a casing, having at least one casing assembly; and a dismantling status determination system, comprising:
a dismantling detection unit, disposed on the at least one casing assembly of the unmanned aerial vehicle to provide a body status information according to whether the at least one casing assembly is detached;
a position detection unit, for detecting a current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
a storage unit, for storing a safe position list; and
a processing unit, coupled to the dismantling detection unit, the position detection unit, and the storage unit, wherein when the processing unit determines that the at least one casing assembly is in a dismantling status according to the body status information, the processing unit determines whether the current position is included in the safe position list;
wherein when the current position is not included in the safe position list, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to an illegal dismantling action.

2 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the safe position list is modifiable.

3 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein when the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off, the processing unit adds a takeoff position to the safe position list according to the current position.

4 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a signal receiver, for receiving a control signal provided by a controller; wherein the processing unit is further coupled to the signal receiver and determines whether the intensity of the control signal is less than a threshold; wherein when the current position cannot be detected and the intensity of the control signal is less than the threshold, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action.

5 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein when the current position is included in the safe position list or the intensity of the control signal is not less than the threshold, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to a legal dismantling action.

6 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a signal receiver, for receiving a control signal provided by a controller; wherein the processing unit is further coupled to the signal receiver and determines whether the intensity of the control signal is less than a threshold; wherein when the current position of the current position is not included in the safe position list and the intensity of the control signal is less than the threshold, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action.

7 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein when the current position is included in the safe position list or the intensity of the control signal is not less than the threshold, the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to a legal dismantling action.

8 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein when the processing unit determines that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action, the processing unit erases the data stored in the storage unit and/or any storage device of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

9 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the dismantling detection unit is implemented by a Hall sensor disposed on the one of two mutually detachable components of the at least one casing assembly, wherein when the two components are apart from each other, the dismantling detection unit senses the change in magnetic field then provides the body status information.

10 . The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one casing assembly is used to accommodate the storage unit and/or any storage device of the unmanned aerial vehicle, or the at least one casing assembly is used to accommodate a data transmission port via which data stored in the storage unit and/or the storage device can be accessed.

11 . A dismantling status determination method used in an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a casing having at least one casing assembly, wherein the dismantling status determination method comprises:
providing a body status information according to whether the at least one casing assembly is detached; detecting a current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and determining whether the at least one casing assembly is in a dismantling status according to the body status information; wherein when the at least one casing assembly is in the dismantling status, whether the current position is included in a safe position list stored in a storage unit is determined; wherein when the current position is not included in the safe position, it is determined that the dismantling status corresponds to an illegal dismantling action.

12 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 11 , wherein the safe position list is modifiable.

13 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 12 , wherein a takeoff position is added to the safe position list according to the current position when the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off.

14 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a control signal provided by a controller; and determining whether the intensity of the control signal is less than a threshold; wherein when the current position cannot be detected and the intensity of the control signal is less than the threshold, it is determined that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action.

15 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 14 , wherein the dismantling status is determined to correspond to a legal dismantling action when the current position is included in the safe position list or the intensity of the control signal is not less than the threshold.

16 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a control signal provided by a controller; and determining whether the intensity of the control signal is less than a threshold; wherein when the current position of the current position is not included in the safe position list and the intensity of the control signal is less than the threshold, it is determined that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action.

17 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 16 , wherein the dismantling status is determined to correspond to a legal dismantling action when the current position is included in the safe position list or the intensity of the control signal is not less than the threshold.

18 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 11 , wherein the data stored in the storage unit and/or any storage device of the unmanned aerial vehicle is erased when it is determined that the dismantling status corresponds to the illegal dismantling action.

19 . The dismantling status determination method according to claim 11 , wherein in the step of providing the body status information according to whether the at least one casing assembly is detached, when two mutually detachable components of the at least one casing assembly are apart from each other, the dismantling detection unit senses the change in magnetic field then provides

Assignees

• Qisda Corp

Inventors

• Chang Chih-Ming
• Wu Po-Fu

Classifications

• G08B21/0261

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• G08B21/0269

  System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS · CPC title

• G08B13/14

  by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles · CPC title

• B64U2101/00

  UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications · CPC title

• B64U10/14

  with four distinct rotor axes, e.g. quadcopters · CPC title