MONITORING SYSTEM USING UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE WITH WIMAX COMMUNICATION

• US 20110010025A1
• Filed: 06/25/2008
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jcast Networks Korea, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jcast Networks Korea, Inc.
• Inventors: Heo, Jin Seok, Eu, Jai Hong
• Application Number:
  US12/921,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile

Abstract

Provided is a monitoring system using an unmanned air vehicle communicated based on a WiMAX communication scheme. The monitoring system includes an air vehicle and a relay unit. The air vehicle includes a photographing unit for capturing on-scene image information of a current flying area, and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS information of the current flying area. The air vehicle transmits the on-scene image information and the GPS information, wirelessly. The relay unit remotely controls the air vehicle by receiving a travel command signal having information on a destination of the air vehicle, wirelessly transmits the travel command signal to the air vehicle based on the WiMAX communication scheme, and wirelessly receives the on-scene image information and the GPS information from the air vehicle based on the WiMAX communication scheme.

Claims

1. A monitoring system using an air vehicle communicated based on a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication scheme, comprising:

an air vehicle including a photographing unit for capturing on-scene image information of a current flying area, and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS information of the current flying area wherein the air vehicle transmits the on-scene image information and the GPS information, wirelessly; and

a relay unit for remotely controlling the air vehicle by receiving a travel command signal having information on a destination of the air vehicle, wirelessly transmitting the travel command signal to the air vehicle based on the WiMAX communication scheme, and wirelessly receiving the on-scene image information and the GPS information from the air vehicle based on the WiMAX communication scheme.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the air vehicle uses an omni antenna to wirelessly transmit and receive information based on the WiMAX communication scheme, and

the relay unit uses a directional antenna to wirelessly transmit and receive information based on the WiMAX communication scheme.

3. The monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the relay unit further includes a pan tilting module for performing a pan tilting operation to control a direction of the directional antenna in real time using variation of GPS information of the air vehicle per a unit time, which is comparatively changed based on current location information of the relay unit.

4. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the pan tilting module control a direction of the directional antenna in real time using a pan angle variation (Δ

θ

=θ

−

θ

′

) and a tilt angle variation (Δ

φ

=φ

−

φ

′

), which are calculated based on a difference (Δ

P=P−

P′

)between a before-flight coordinate P of the air vehicle before making flight and an after-flight coordinate P′

after making flight based on a coordinate O of the relay unit, and in case of the before-flight coordinate P of the air vehicle 110 before making flight, a pan angel θ and

a tilt angle φ

are defined as;

5. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the relay unit is a vehicle and further includes a GPS module receiving vehicle GPS information which is current location information of the vehicle, and

the pan tilting module controls a direction of the directional antenna in real time using variation of the GPS information value of the air vehicle per a unit time, which is comparatively changed based on the vehicle GPS information that is the current location information of the vehicle.

6. The monitoring system of claim 3, the relay unit performs an pan tilting operation when receive sensitivity of the on-scene image information and the GPS information transmitted from the air vehicle is dropped below a predetermined level.

7. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the relay unit further includes an additional relay unit for transmitting the received on-scene image information and the GPS information to an external disaster prevention center and for wirelessly relaying information between the relay unit and the external disaster prevention center based on the WiMAX communication scheme.

8. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the relay unit further includes a display unit for displaying the on-scene information and the GPS information corresponding to the on-scene information from the air vehicle with a map linked.

9. The monitoring system of claim 5, the relay unit performs an pan tilting operation when receive sensitivity of the on-scene image information and the GPS information transmitted from the air vehicle is dropped below a predetermined level.