UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SAFELY LANDING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

摘要

An unmanned aerial vehicle with lift and propulsion system and a flight control system and method. The flight control system has a flight control unit, a navigation system, a communication system and an actuator system. The flight control unit can calculate, based on data from the navigation system and/or data of a ground control station, control commands which can be fed to the actuator system for actuating the lift and propulsion system. The ground control station is configured to control and/or monitor the aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle has a monitoring unit to monitor the communication system to determine whether all the communication links are interrupted. The monitoring unit can cause the flight control unit to land the aerial vehicle safely at a suitable landing site based on stored data relating to current flight conditions and nearby landing sites.

主权项

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a lift and propulsion system; and a flight control system with: a flight control unit; a navigation system; a communication system; and an actuator system; wherein the flight control unit is provided for calculating, based on data from the navigation system and/or data of a ground control station configured to control and/or monitor the aerial vehicle, control commands which can be fed to the actuator system for actuating the lift and propulsion system; further comprising a monitoring unit configured to monitor the communication system to determine whether all communication links of a multiplicity of communication links between the aerial vehicle and the ground control station are interrupted; and wherein the monitoring unit Is configured to cause, if an interruption is determined in communication from the aerial vehicle to the ground control station, the flight control unit to land the aerial vehicle safely at a suitable landing site based on stored data relating to current flight conditions and nearby landing sites.