Patent ID: 8630755

Claim:
An automatic taking-off and landing system, comprising a flying object and a taking-off and landing target, wherein said flying object has an image pickup device for taking images found in downward direction, navigation means, and a control unit for processing images acquired by said image pickup device and for controlling said navigation means, said taking-off and landing target having a target mark in a known size, said control unit having a recognition pattern in order to recognize target mark images, wherein said control unit recognizes said target mark image based on said recognition pattern and based on images acquired by said image pickup device, calculates a positional relation between said taking-off and landing target and said flying object based on said recognized target mark image, calculates an altitude of said flying object by comparing the size of said recognized target mark image and said recognition pattern, and controls taking-off and landing operations of said flying object based on a result of the calculation.