Smart unmanned aerial vehicle for home

• US 20180016006A1
• Filed: 09/28/2017
• Published: 01/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Haoxiang Electric Energy (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Haoxiang Electric Energy (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tian, Yu, Jiang, Wenyan
• Application Number:
  US15/719,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20180016006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/36 by positioning the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/10 retractable, foldable, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 1/22 Taking-up articles from earth's surface
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/00 UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/05 for sports or gaming, e.g. drone racing
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/10 autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS]
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 30/299 Rotor guards ducted or shrouded rotors B64U30/26; guards used as ground propulsion B64U60/60
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 60/50 with landing legs
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0061 for transition from automatic pilot to manual pilot and vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/102 specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/40 Extraction of image or video features
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/176 Urban or other man-made structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/64 : Three-dimensional objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 : using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 : Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 : Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 : Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/02 : Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selection; Pattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal components; Feature selection or extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 : Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 : Electric charging stations

Abstract

The present invention discloses a smart unmanned aerial vehicle for home which includes a route reconnaissance module to respond to reconnaissance instructions which instruct the unmanned aerial vehicle to patrol a house according to a preset flight route; a feature recognition module to recognize family members and different reactions of the family members toward the unmanned aerial vehicle for generating and recording an instruction set for different family members; a control module to generate reconnaissance instructions according to external reconnaissance control signals, wherein when exception occurs, warning signals are generated; the control module interrupts a patrol according to an external patrol interruption signal or when the feature recognition module recognizes the family members; the control module responds or waits for a response to the control signals for actions of the feature recognition module. The present invention is customized for family members, which is able to monitor and etc.

Claims

1. A smart unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:

a route reconnaissance module being configured to respond to reconnaissance instructions which instruct the unmanned aerial vehicle to patrol a house according to a preset flight route;

a feature recognition module being configured to recognize family members and different reactions of the family members toward the unmanned aerial vehicle for generating and recording an instruction set for the different family members, wherein control signals for actions taking by the unmanned aerial vehicle toward the family to members are generated according to a repeat frequency of instructions in the instruction set; and

a control module being configured to generate the reconnaissance instructions according to external reconnaissance control signals, wherein the control module controls the route reconnaissance module to patrol within a set period of time and the feature recognition module to recognize abnormal features, wherein when exception occurs, warning signals are generated;

the control module interrupts a patrol according to an external patrol interruption signal or when the feature recognition module recognizes the family members;

the control module responds or waits for a response to the control signals for actions of the feature recognition module.

2. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a vision-based 3D (three-dimensional) scanning module which picks up and transmits house images to the control module during patrol;

the control module revises a route preset in the route reconnaissance module based on obstacles along a direction of flight in the house images and adjusts heading of a flight path;

the control module is also for comparing the house images picked up in a same spot at different time points, wherein when a distinguishing feature exists, the control module extracts the distinguishing feature and inquires the distinguishing feature in the database;

if an inquiry is answered, the control module generates warning signals.

3. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a remote communication module to respond to the warning signals from the control module and call a remote terminal, wherein a communication link is established after a response has been committed, which enables a remote control.

4. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a remote communication module to respond to the warning signals from the control module and call a remote terminal, wherein a communication link is established after a response has been committed, which enables a remote control.

5. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein the feature recognition module comprises:

a feature storage module for storing a feature database;

a human face recognition module to recognize faces of the family members and inquire a human face feature database in the feature storage module, wherein if the faces do not exist, human face feature records are established for the family members; and

a voice recognition module to recognize voices of the family members after the faces of the family members are recognized and inquire a voice feature database in the feature storage module, wherein a voice instruction is achieved based on a voice feature and a voice instruction set of the family members is generated and recorded;

wherein the voice recognition module calculates a repeat frequency of a same voice instruction in the voice instruction set and the control signals for actions toward the family member are generated according to the repeat frequency.

6. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 5, wherein the feature recognition module further comprises a lifeform identification module to identify an abnormal lifeform feature when the route reconnaissance module is under a patrol mode, generate and transmit exception signals to the control module.

7. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 6, further comprising a warning device to respond to the warning signals and sound a warning.

8. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a charging management module to check a charging module power in the unmanned aerial vehicle and generate low power return charging signals when the charging module power is low before the low power return charging signals are transmitted to the control model;

the control module responses to the low power return charging signals and controls the unmanned aerial vehicle to return to a charging device for charging along a preset flight route.

9. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein an all-inclusive protective cover is disposed at an outside of propellers of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

multiple air holes are disposed on the all-inclusive protective cover;

the propellers rotates freely within the all-inclusive protective cover.

10. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 9, wherein the all-inclusive protective cover comprises a detachable top protective cover and a bottom protective cover;

the top protective cover and the bottom protective cover surround a main body, arms and the propellers.

11. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 9, wherein a middle part of the all-inclusive protective cover is part of a body shell of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

an accommodating part for a landing gear extension or retraction is disposed on the middle part of the all-inclusive protective cover.

12. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 10, wherein a middle part of the all-inclusive protective cover is part of a body shell of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

an accommodating part for a landing gear extension or retraction is disposed on the middle part of the all-inclusive protective cover.

13. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 9, wherein flexible rubber is adopted for a whole body of the all-inclusive protective cover, the whole body except a middle part of the all-inclusive protective cover or an edge part of the all-inclusive protective cover.

14. The smart unmanned aerial vehicle, as recited in claim 1, comprising a holder which is disposed on the unmanned aerial vehicle and extends out from a body shell of the unmanned aerial vehicle;

the holder responses to a hold instruction from the control module to hold or release an object, wherein the hold instruction is a response to an external hold control signal by the control module.