Patent ID: 11869371
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. A takeoff and landing facility management apparatus, comprising:
at least one memory configured to store program code; and
at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:
request transmission code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to transmit, to an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus, a first request for information of an unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for an emergency landing;
information reception code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to receive aircraft information provided in response to the first request and including position information indicating a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing; and
facility determination code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to determine, on the basis of the aircraft information of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing, a takeoff and landing facility for the emergency landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing and the program code further including state confirmation code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to confirm, with the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus, whether or not the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing is in an emergency state, wherein the emergency state is defined as a state of malfunction of a drive system or a power supply system in the unmanned aerial vehicle;

wherein in a case where it is confirmed by the state confirmation code that the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing is in the emergency state, the request transmission code causes at least one of the at least one processor to transmit, to the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management apparatus, the first request for information of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing;
wherein the emergency state is self-diagnosed using input from at least one sensor in the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
wherein the program code further includes facility candidate extraction code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to extract, from among a plurality of the takeoff and landing facilities, the takeoff and landing facility located within a predetermined range from the flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing as a candidate of the takeoff and landing facility for the emergency landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle that asks for the emergency landing.