Patent ID: 11878803
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a main body;
a plurality of supports, each support extending from the main body and supporting a rotor;
a cloth part held in a standby state in which the cloth part is folded at a position proximal to the main body;
at least one deployment mechanism that is provided in a support of the plurality of supports and configured to move a portion of the cloth part in a direction away from the main body so that the cloth part is switched from the standby state to a deployed state in which the cloth part is spread between the supports in a plan view; and
a controller that controls the deployment mechanism to switch the cloth part between the standby state and the deployed state, wherein the controller controls an amount of movement of the cloth part in a direction in which the support extends to control an amount of deployment of the cloth part in the deployed state.