Title:
AUTOMATIC LANDING SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT, VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT, AND LANDING CONTROL METHOD FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/101892
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This automatic landing system for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprises: a camera mounted on a vertical take-off and landing aircraft; a relative positioning acquisition unit that performs image processing on an image obtained by using the camera to capture an image of a marker group provided at a target landing site, and acquires the relative positioning of the vertical take-off and landing aircraft and the target landing site; and a control unit that controls the vertical take-off and landing aircraft so that the relative positioning becomes zero, wherein the marker group includes a plurality of markers that have been aligned such that the center positions thereof are mutually different, markers positioned at sites distant from the target landing site are larger, and the relative positioning acquisition unit acquires the relative positioning on the basis of the distance between the target landing site and the markers recognized in the image.
Inventors:
MORI SATOSHI (JP)
KOJIMA TORU (JP)
TAKAGI KATSUMI (JP)
KOJIMA TORU (JP)
TAKAGI KATSUMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2022/050229
Publication Date:
May 19, 2022
Filing Date:
January 13, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B64C39/02; B64D45/08; B64D47/08; B64F1/18; G01B11/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2019175994A1 | 2019-09-19 | |||
| WO2019175993A1 | 2019-09-19 |
Foreign References:
| US20160122038A1 | 2016-05-05 | |||
| JP2017534869A | 2017-11-24 | |||
| US20200130864A1 | 2020-04-30 | |||
| JP2012071645A | 2012-04-12 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 4227217A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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