South Korea’s New Patent Makes use of Floor-Primarily based Drones and Airborne Cameras to Rebuild Networks for Search and Rescue
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian J. McNab
In catastrophe response conditions, re-establishing typically broken communications community is a crucial a part of coordinating search and rescue efforts. The Republic of Korea Pure Catastrophe Administration Analysis Institute lately acquired a US Patent (serial #US2024161597) for a brand new disaster-response utility for UAVs- utilizing a ground-based unmanned car with an antenna as a “base station” for an externally mounted, airborne flying drone geared up with a digicam.
In accordance with the patent, the bottom primarily based drone would come with storage containing small, wirelessly linked repeater modules that may very well be dropped alongside its path, kind of like Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs. These repeater modules would each guarantee a robust connection between the bottom drone and the digicam UAV and presumably be used to revive different indicators, like downed cell connection networks.
“A device for establishing a communication network and collecting situation information at a site of a collapse disaster is disclosed. The device includes a ground drone 10 deployed at the site of the collapse disaster, the ground drone 10 having a communication device 80 mounted thereon, a flying drone 32 mounted on and carried by the ground drone 10 to fly and photograph the site of the collapse disaster, a camera device 40 mounted on the ground drone 10 to photograph surroundings of the ground drone 10, a storage 50 installed on the ground drone 10, and a plurality of repeater modules 60 connected by the wireless communication network to relay wireless communications between the ground drone 10, the flying drone 32, and a command and control center 100, wherein the storage 50 accommodates the repeater modules 60, and throws the repeater modules 60 in response to an operation signal.”
Different latest information from the UAV search and rescue area contains Tokyo-based telecommunications operator KDDI Company and Japan Airways’ lately introduced profitable take a look at and demonstration of their multi-drone catastrophe response system in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Additionally try Dronelife Options Editor Jim Magill’s latest exploration of how an area fireplace division in Magnolia, Texas has built-in UAVs into their catastrophe response method.
Extra data on the South Korean catastrophe response drone patent, together with authors, is offered right here.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, an expert drone providers market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory atmosphere for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles centered on the business drone area and is a global speaker and acknowledged determine within the business. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising for brand new applied sciences.
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