JAPANESEINDUSTRIAL
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JIS W 0141: 2019(JUAV/JSA)

Unmanned aircraft — Vocabulary

ICS 01.040.49 ; 49.020
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Date of Establishment: 2019-10-21
Date of Public Notice in Official Gazette: 2019-10-21
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JIS W 0141 : 2019, First English edition published in 2020-12
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Scope ································································································ 12Classification ····················································································· 13

Terms and definitions ·········································································· 1

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Foreword
This Japanese Industrial Standard has been established by the Ministerof Economy, Trade and Industry through deliberations at the JapaneseIndustrial Standards Committee according to the proposal for establishment of Japanese Industrial Standard submitted by Japan UAV Association (JUAV)/Japanese Standards Association (JSA) with a draft being
attached, based on the provision of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Industrial Standardization Act.
This JIS document is protected by the Copyright Act.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some parts of this Standard
may conflict with patent rights, published patent application or utility
model rights. The relevant Minister and the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee are not responsible for identifying any of such patentrights, published patent application or utility model rights.
NOTE

Based on Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions to theUnfair Competition Prevention Act etc., any submission ofproposal, or employment of procedures such as deliberation bythe Japanese Industrial Standards Committee under the previous Industrial Standardization Act shall be deemed to havebeen conducted pursuant to the provision of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the revised Industrial Standardization Act.

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JIS W 0141 : 2019

Unmanned aircraft — Vocabulary
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Scope

This Japanese Industrial Standard specifies main terms and definitions relating tounmanned aircraft.
2Classification
The classification of terms relating to unmanned aircraft shall be as follows.

a) Classificationb) Parts which constitute the systemc)

Design, function and performance criteria of the systemd) Operation of the system
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Terms and definitions
Terms and definitions shall be as follows.
The corresponding English terms are also listed for reference.
NOTE 1

When one term represents some concepts, the target field is shown insmall letters in parentheses in the same line.

NOTE 2Since the term of “weight” is used in the sense of “mass” in the Civil
Aeronautics Act, “weight” is used in the same way in this Standard.

a) Classification
No.
1001

Japaneseterm
無人航空機,
UAV

1011

固定翼無人航空機

1021

回転翼無人航空機
無人ヘリコプ
タ1031
1041

マルチロータ
無人航空機

Definition
object which can be flown by manual control or automatic control among those such as an airplane,
rotorcraft, aerodone and airship available for aviation which a person cannot board structurally
unmanned aircraft with a fixed wing surface, whichflies by the lift produced on the wing surface
unmanned aircraft which obtains the lift during
flight from the rotor
unmanned rotorcraft which obtains main lift andpropulsion power from two or less rotors which rotate around a nearly vertical axis
unmanned rotorcraft which obtains main lift andpropulsion power from three or more rotors whichrotate around a nearly vertical axis
It is also called multirotor or multicopter.

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English term
(reference)
unmanned aircraft,
unmanned aerial vehicle
unmanned fixed
wing aircraft,
unmanned
aeroplane
unmanned rotorcraft
unmanned helicopter
unmanned
multi-rotor aircraft