A safe landing point search device for searching for a safe landing point of an unmanned exploration device that lands on and explores a celestial body, includes a terrain map obtaining unit configured to obtain a terrain map, a contour line generating unit configured to generate contour lines based on a reference minimum height value and a height interval value by using the terrain map, a largest empty circle (LEC) searching unit configured to search for one or more LECs having a radius greater than or equal to a lower-limit radius in a contour line map including the contour lines, and a safe landing point outputting unit configured to output a safe landing point having a largest radius among the one or more LECs and transmit the safe landing point to the unmanned exploration device.
Safe landing point search device for searching for safe landing point by using contour line information with respect to terrain map, and safe landing point search method
2025-05-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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