Patent ID: 11869370
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A control method executed by a system including a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and a plurality of take-off and landing facilities for an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
determining a target position for a first unmanned aerial vehicle among the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, the target position defining a provisional waypoint of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, the target position being determined based at least in part on a position of each of the plurality of take-off and landing facilities, the target position being different from a position of each of the plurality of take-off and landing facilities, the position of each of the plurality of take-off and landing facilities being different from a position of a departure place of the first unmanned aerial vehicle;
controlling the first unmanned aerial vehicle to fly toward the target position before determining a destination intended for landing;
determining, while the first unmanned aerial vehicle is flying on a course to the target position, a take-off and landing facility to be used for landing by the first unmanned aerial vehicle among the plurality of take-off and landing facilities based at least in part on a reservation status of each of the plurality of take-off and landing facilities by a second unmanned aerial vehicle different from the first unmanned aerial vehicle among the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, the determined take-off and landing facility defining an intended final destination of the first unmanned aerial vehicle; and
controlling the first unmanned aerial vehicle to fly toward the determined take-off and landing facility.