In this study, we designed an inflight tracking method that can track the current position and the flight route of the target drone through the beacon system and GPS from the scout drone in the beacon range of the target drone. The scouting drone can fly and approach to the inflight target drone to receive the beacon signal in range. If the scout drone receives the beacon signal from a target drone, it checks the beacon information and transmits it to the control center with its GPS data to identify and track the target drone. The inflight tracking method can calculate the current position and flight route of the target drone through the two or more GPS data and flight data at the check positions from the scout drone. The precision of the inflight tracking method can be affected by the critical distance and the number of check positions. To enhance the tracking precision, the scout drone checks two or three different check positions within the critical distance from the inflight target drone. The experimental results showed the proposed inflight tracking method has at least over 92% in the worst case of the experimental environment.
Inflight Tracking Method with Beacon System and Scouting Drone
Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.
2021-01-05
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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