Method for monitoring air pollution and system for the same

Abstract

An air pollution monitoring method and system is disclosed. The air pollution monitoring method of the present invention may include receiving result information corresponding to a mission of an aircraft from the aircraft, generating air pollution index values, their distribution, and three-dimensional geographic spatial information about a corresponding ground area using the result information corresponding to the mission of the aircraft and visualizing the generated data, generating a mission command of the aircraft using the result information corresponding to the mission of the aircraft, and displaying the generated three-dimensional geographic spatial information and transmitting the generated mission command to the aircraft.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An unmanned aircraft comprising:
 a flight control unit for receiving flight information of the aircraft from a position measurement device; 
 a sensor data acquisition unit for acquiring sensor data; 
 a gas measurement unit for measuring gas measurement data; and 
 an on-board computer for receiving a mission of the aircraft from an aircraft controller, controlling the flight control unit to receive the flight information of the aircraft, controlling the sensor data acquisition unit to measure the sensor data, and controlling the gas measurement unit to measure the gas measurement data in the same area where the sensor data is acquired at the moment when the sensor data is acquired. 
 
     
     
       2. The unmanned aircraft of  claim 1 , further comprising a first data transmitter/receiver for transmitting the gas measurement data, the sensor data, and the flight information to the aircraft controller and receiving the mission of the aircraft from the aircraft controller. 
     
     
       3. The unmanned aircraft of  claim 2 , wherein the first data transmitter/receiver comprises:
 an antenna unit for receiving a high frequency signal from the aircraft controller when the antenna unit is in a receiving mode and transmitting a high frequency signal to the aircraft controller when the antenna unit is in a transmitting mode; 
 a duplexing unit for setting the state of the antenna unit to the receiving mode or the transmitting mode; 
 a receiving unit for converting the high frequency signal received from the antenna unit through the duplexing unit; 
 an integrated modem unit for converting the converted high frequency signal into a baseband signal when the antenna unit is in the receiving mode and converting the baseband signal into a high frequency signal when the antenna unit is in the transmitting mode; 
 a transmitting unit for converting the converted baseband signal into a high frequency signal; and 
 an amplifying unit for amplifying the converted high frequency signal and transmitting the amplified signal to the aircraft controller. 
 
     
     
       4. The unmanned aircraft of  claim 1 , wherein the flight control unit receives geographic spatial information of a ground area, from which the gas measurement data is measured, and aircraft status information. 
     
     
       5. The unmanned aircraft of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor data acquisition unit receives digital aerial images and laser scanner data to be used to three-dimensionally display the gas measurement data measured in real time. 
     
     
       6. An aircraft controller comprising:
 a second data transmitter/receiver for transmitting a mission of an unmanned aircraft and receiving result information corresponding to the mission of the unmanned aircraft from the unmanned aircraft; and 
 a data processing unit for generating three-dimensional geographic spatial information about air pollution indexes using the result information corresponding to the mission of the unmanned aircraft, visualizing the generated information, and generating the mission of the unmanned aircraft. 
 
     
     
       7. The aircraft controller of  claim 6 , wherein the data processing unit performs an image formation process and a camera calibration process using the sensor data, generates the three-dimensional geographic spatial information by applying direct orientation using the flight information, and visualizes the generated information. 
     
     
       8. The aircraft controller of  claim 6 , wherein the result information corresponding to the mission of the unmanned aircraft comprises gas measurement data, sensor data, and flight information. 
     
     
       9. The aircraft controller of  claim 8 , wherein the flight information comprises geographic spatial information of a ground area and aircraft status information. 
     
     
       10. The aircraft controller of  claim 8 , wherein the sensor data comprises digital aerial images and laser scanner data to be used to three-dimensionally display the gas measurement data measured in real time. 
     
     
       11. An aircraft control method comprising:
 receiving result information corresponding to a mission of an aircraft from the aircraft; 
 generating air pollution index values, their distribution, and three-dimensional geographic spatial information about a corresponding ground area using the result information corresponding to the mission of the aircraft and visualizing the generated data; 
 generating a mission command of the aircraft using the result information corresponding to the mission of the aircraft; and 
 displaying the generated three-dimensional geographic spatial information and transmitting the generated mission command to the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       12. The aircraft control method of  claim 11 , wherein the visualizing the generated data comprises performing an image formation process and a camera calibration process using the sensor data, generating the three-dimensional geographic spatial information by applying direct orientation using flight information, and visualizing the generated information. 
     
     
       13. The aircraft control method of  claim 11 , wherein the result information corresponding to the mission of the aircraft comprises gas measurement data, sensor data, and flight information. 
     
     
       14. The aircraft control method of  claim 13 , wherein the flight information comprises geographic spatial information of a ground area and aircraft status information. 
     
     
       15. The aircraft control method of  claim 13 , wherein the sensor data comprises digital aerial images and laser scanner data to be used to three-dimensionally display the gas measurement data measured in real time.