Automatic Taking-Off And Landing System
First Claim
1. An automatic taking-off and landing system, comprising a flying object and a taking-off and landing target, wherein said flying object has an image pickup device for taking images found in downward direction, navigation means, and a control unit for processing images acquired by said image pickup device and for controlling said navigation means, and wherein said control unit calculates a positional relation between said taking-off and landing target and said flying object based on the image of said taking-off and landing target as acquired by said image pickup device and controls taking-off and landing operations of said flying object based on a result of the calculation.
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Abstract
The invention provides an automatic taking-off and landing system, comprising a flying object and a taking-off and landing target, wherein the flying object has an image pickup device 21 for taking images found in downward direction, navigation means 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11, and a control unit for processing images acquired by the image pickup device and for controlling the navigation means, and wherein the control unit calculates a positional relation between the taking-off and landing target and the flying object based on the image of the taking-off and landing target as acquired by the image pickup device and controls taking-off and landing operations of the flying object based on a result of the calculation.
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- 1. An automatic taking-off and landing system, comprising a flying object and a taking-off and landing target, wherein said flying object has an image pickup device for taking images found in downward direction, navigation means, and a control unit for processing images acquired by said image pickup device and for controlling said navigation means, and wherein said control unit calculates a positional relation between said taking-off and landing target and said flying object based on the image of said taking-off and landing target as acquired by said image pickup device and controls taking-off and landing operations of said flying object based on a result of the calculation.
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