Patent ID: 11928973
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. An aerial vehicle capable of flying unmanned, comprising:
a sensor;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire sensing data obtained by observing, with the sensor, an area of a scheduled destination of the aerial vehicle from a flight position of the aerial vehicle; and
a processing unit configured to estimates, on the basis of the sensing data, a condition of dust in the area of the scheduled destination, wherein the processing unit is further configured to estimate the condition of the dust by:
predicting a future dust condition potentially caused by a propulsive force of the aerial vehicle at a future time of landing at the scheduled destination by: i) obtaining image data of the scheduled destination using a camera, ii) determining a color strength from the image data, and iii) determining a current dust condition from the color strength, and iv) determining a mass of the future dust condition based on the current dust condition, resetting, in response to the future dust condition, a first flight route to a second flight route, wherein the second flight route is to a second destination different from the scheduled destination, wherein the second destination is determined to not be affected by the future dust condition; and

control code configured to cause the at least one processor to control the aerial vehicle to proceed on the second flight route to the second destination.