METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETURNING MOVING BODY

• US 20150025710A1
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: PARK, Seung Hwan
• Application Number:
  US14/168,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20150025710A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0234 using optical markers or beacons optical beacons per se G01S1/70

Abstract

A method for returning a moving body in a moving body returning apparatus includes detecting a remote control signal from a remote controlling apparatus; acquiring data corresponding to a reference direction to return the moving body when the control relevant to the remote control signal is not feasible; and carrying out a returning control to return the moving body to an initial starting location using the data relevant to the reference direction. Further, the method includes stopping the returning control and activating the remote control signal of the remote controlling apparatus when the moving body arrives at the initial starting location.

Claims

1. A method for returning a moving body in a moving body returning apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a remote control signal from a remote controlling apparatus;

acquiring data corresponding to a reference direction to return the moving body when the control relevant to the remote control signal is not feasible;

carrying out a returning control to return the moving body to an initial starting location using the data relevant to the reference direction; and

stopping the returning control and activating the remote control signal of the remote controlling apparatus when the moving body arrives at the initial starting location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data relevant to a reference direction is data that photographs a portion of cable of the moving body, in the case where the communication between the remote controlling apparatus and the moving body is a wired communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data relevant to a reference direction is an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) of one or more APs (Access Points) to which the moving body accesses, in the case where the communication between the remote controlling apparatus and the moving body is a wireless communication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said carrying out a returning control comprises:

taking-up a cable of the moving body, in the case where the communication between the remote controlling apparatus and the moving body is a wired communication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said carrying out a returning control comprises:

setting the direction of a portion of a cable of the moving body as the reference direction to move the moving body using the data relevant to the reference direction that photographs the portion of the cable; and

controlling the moving body to move along the reference direction.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sequentially storing IDs of one or more APs that are detected by the moving body from an initial starting location of the moving body.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said carrying out a returning control comprises:

detecting an ID of an AP to which the moving body accesses at current location and an RSSI of the accessed AP;

when the ID of the accessed AP matches the ID that is stored and the RSSI of the accessed AP is below a preset RSSI, controlling the moving body to move along the direction to which the RSSI of the accessed AP increases; and

when the ID of the accessed AP matches the ID that is stored and the RSSI of the accessed AP is above a preset RSSI, controlling the moving body to move along the direction to which a previous AP is detected based on the IDs of one or more APs that are sequentially stored.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

returning to said detecting the remote control signal to repeat a loop, when the moving body does not reach the initial starting location.

9. An apparatus for returning a moving body comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a remote control signal from a remote controlling apparatus;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire data relevant to a reference direction to return the moving body when the control relevant to the remote control signal is not feasible;

an execution unit configured to carry out a returning control to return the moving body to an initial starting location using the data relevant to the reference direction; and

an activation unit configured to stop the returning control and activating the remote control signal of the remote controlling apparatus when the moving body arrives at the initial starting location.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the execution unit is configured to:

set the direction of a portion of a cable of the moving body as the reference direction to move the moving body using the data relevant to the reference direction that photographs the portion of the cable, in the case where the communication between the remote controlling apparatus and the moving body is a wired communication; and

control the moving body to move along the reference direction.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to sequentially store IDs of one or more APs (Access Points) that are detected by the moving body from an initial starting location of the moving body, in the case where the communication between the remote controlling apparatus and the moving body is a wireless communication.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the execution unit is configured to:

detect an ID of an AP to which the moving body accesses at current location and an RSSI of the accessed AP;

when the ID of the accessed AP matches an ID that is stored and the RSSI of the accessed AP is below a preset RSSI, control the moving body to move along the direction to which the RSSI of the accessed AP increases; and

when the ID of the accessed AP matches an ID that is stored and the RSSI of the accessed AP is above a preset RSSI, control the moving body to move along the direction to which a previous AP is detected based on the IDs of one or more APs that are sequentially stored.