Collaborating with LG Uplus to commercialize Korea's first cloud-based drone control system

Press announcement. On the left of the photo is LG Uplus Vice President Choi Ju-sik.

PRODRONE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, President and CEO: Masakazu Kono, hereinafter referred to as PRODRONE) has collaborated with South Korean telecommunications company LG Uplus (Headquarters: Seoul, Republic of Korea, CEO: Kwon Yong-soo) to develop FOS (Flight Operation), the first cloud-based cloud-based UTM (Unmanned System Traffic, unmanned aircraft operation management system for airspace managers) in South Korea. We will commercialize the provision of a drone operation management system for drone service providers. LG Uplus, one of South Korea's leading telecommunications carriers, will make a full-scale entry into the autonomous flying drone business that will lead the 5G era.

Vice President Choi Joo-sik held a press conference in Seoul on November 21, announcing that LG Uplus, PRODRONE, and Terra Drone have collaborated to commercialize the Uplus smart drone cloud-type drone control system for the first time in South Korea, which allows drone flights to perform beyond visual line of sight, stable disaster monitoring and measurement, and logistics transportation over the network, even at night. PRODRONE, a drone manufacturer, has developed a smart drone that is optimized for cloud-based drone control systems. Terra Drone, which develops UTM, is also participating.

In addition, at the press conference, we demonstrated autonomous flight that allows an LTE-equipped drone provided by PRODRONE to take off from a remote location, perform a mission at its destination, and return home, and announced our business plan.

PRODRONE LTE equipped drone

■About business content
・Even in areas beyond visual line of sight, the cloud-based drone control system can detect the location of PRODRONE LTE-equipped drones, notify the PRODRONE server, and allow operation.
・A variety of devices such as PCs, tablets, and smartphones can be connected to the cloud-based drone control system.
・For the first time in the world, it is now possible to view FHD high-quality video captured by PRODRONE's LTE-equipped drone in real time via IPTV.

■Press announcement demonstration

1) Find a lost child in 3 minutes with autonomous flight
A demonstration of a cloud-based drone control system was held at Sangamdong Park in Seoul, South Korea, assuming that a 6-year-old boy wearing a red jacket was missing. After contacting the LG Uplus headquarters, the drone was flown autonomously and the lost child was successfully found in just three minutes.

The missing child was confirmed in real-time video, and the drone returned safely after completing its planned route. From the PRODRONE server, aircraft information on the drone's flight path (heading direction, altitude, latitude, longitude, flight speed, flight plan progress, battery voltage, LTE radio wave status, wind direction and speed, weather information such as temperature) is distributed in real time, and latitude and longitude information is also displayed.

2) Remote control possible from hundreds of kilometers away
The LG Uplus smart drone can be operated using a mechanism similar to an aircraft control system, which uses a communication network to grasp the drone's location information in real time. Just by entering the destination, the entire process from takeoff to flight to return will be performed autonomously. You can freely create flight plans from devices such as PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Any UTM that supports the API provided by PRODRONE's FOS can be remotely controlled even by general-purpose systems.

■Business development with an eye on the coming 5G era

In South Korea, a ``drone special approval system'' went into effect on November 10th, which allows drones to fly at night and beyond visual line of sight as long as they meet safety standards. Remote autonomous flight expands the reach of various industrial sectors.
If 5G is introduced in the future, the processing response speed between the drone and the web server controlling the drone will become faster, making it possible to transfer large amounts of data more stably. In addition, since it is possible to communicate with multiple networks in real time through a 5G network, demand for its use is expected to increase rapidly in various industries that require clear images and accurate control, such as safety control monitoring projects.

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■About PRODRONE

With the management vision of "Revolutionary Drones for Professionals," Prodrone Co., Ltd. uses Prodrone's unique core technology, which is absolutely indispensable in the global industrial drone market, to develop revolutionary industrial drones that have never existed before, provide new professional services, and manufacture and sell world-class industrial drones to drone service providers around the world.

We flexibly respond to sales of high-quality, highly functional, and highly stable basic platform machines, and everything from OEM to ODM supply through full-scratch development that matches the customer's business content.

■Contact information regarding this matter

Prodrone Co., Ltd.

in charge

:Sales Department Matsunaga

Email

:press@prodrone.com

TEL

:052-950-1278

FAX

:052-950-1277

location

: 16th floor, Sakatane Sakae Building, 2-4 Shinei-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0004