Patent ID: 11939058
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  A | IPC A  B

Claim 9:
10. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a main body;
a support that extends from the main body to support a rotor; and
a propeller guard that is dome-shaped as a whole and attached to the support,
the propeller guard comprising:
a first electrical conductor to which a voltage is applied;
a second electrical conductor to which a voltage lower than the voltage applied to the first electrical conductor is applied;
a detector; and
a controller comprising a memory including program instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause at least one of the at least one processor to:
compare an image captured by the detector to information stored in the memory;
determine, based on the comparison, whether the image includes a target to be monitored; and
enter, based on the controller determining that the image includes the target to be monitored, the controller into a chase control mode, wherein while the controller is in the chase control mode, the controller controls the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle such that the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target to be monitored is shorter than a predetermined value.