专利地图：无人机全球专利布局概况及其趋势(下)

2015 年 08 月 10 日

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王文宏/中铨国际专利商标事务所主任工程师 2015-08-06

在上期文章中，已陆续介绍无人机的主要架构、用途及竞争国家等趋势，本期的文章将以继续介绍发展无人机的几个主要公司、相关产品运用及重要专利。

无人机全球专利布局概况及其趋势(下)

陆、无人机全球专利之竞争公司分析

一、全球各竞争公司发展「无人机」的专利排行

可从下表可知，至2015年4月为止，以EPO专利数据库为评估对象，无人机专利发展最多的公司，其中以：

日本:山叶(YAMAHA)、三菱重工(MISUBISHI)

美国:汉威联合(HONEYWELL)、波音(BOEING)

中国:重庆金泰航空(KINGTEC INDUSTY)、无锡同春新能源(WUXI TONGCHUN)

韩国:韩国航空宇宙产业(KOREA AEROSPACE)

二、各竞争公司的无人机商业产品

1. 日本山叶(YAMAHA)无人机:运用于农业上的农药喷洒

2. 三菱重工(MISUBISHI)无人机:运用于军用无人战斗机

3. 汉威联合(HONEYWELL)无人机:运用于打击犯罪集团及恐怖组织的无人机。

4. 波音(BOEING)无人机:美国空军希望将波音所开发的X-48无人飞机用作加油机、运输机、指挥控制机或多用途飞机。

5. 重庆金泰航空(KINGTEC INDUSTY)无人机:运用农业运用的喷农药用途

6. 无锡同春新能源(WUXI TONGCHUN)无人机:用于大楼之间的快递包裹

7. 韩国航空宇宙产业(KOREA AEROSPACE) 无人机:运用于军用侦察机

8. 顺丰快递所使用的无人机:运用于运送货物

柒、全球无人机的未来运用趋势

捌、全球无人机的重要专利解析

一、至2015年4月为止，以EPO专利数据库为评估对象，挑选他人引证数较多的专利。他人引证数越多，代表该专利极有可能是基础专利或先驱专利。

1. US7874513B1 - 01/25/2011

[en] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT

发明人(s): SMITH FRICK A (US)

申请人:SMITH FRICK A (--)

他人引证数 :38

摘要 [en]:

A fixed wing Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft for use as a Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) or unmanned vehicle. A first double-ended drive shaft engine is mounted sideways in the front of the fuselage to serve a first pair of ducted fans mounted at the ends of the front wing. A second double-ended drive shaft engine is mounted sideways in the rear of the fuselage to serve a second pair of ducted fans mounted on the rear fuselage. The ducted fans are rotatable from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation to permit the aircraft to take off and land as a VTOL or conventional aircraft, and to be flown as a conventional aircraft. A parachute is provided with inflation assistance to permit rapid low altitude deployment for a controlled descent of the aircraft in an emergency.

二、至2015年5月为止，以欧洲EPO专利数据库为评估对象，挑选专利家族数较多的专利，专利家族数越多，代表该专利权人极重视的专利，或者也有可能是基础专利或先驱专利。

1. US5809204A - 09/15/1998

[en] USER INTERFACE FOR TELEVISION SCHEDULE SYSTEM

发明人(s): YOUNG PATRICK (US); ROOP JOHN H (US); EBRIGHT ALAN R (US); FABER MICHAEL W (US); ANDERSON DAVID (US)

申请人:STARSIGHT TELECAST INC (US)

优先权号: US21997188A (19880715); US48441295A (19950607); US19853894A (19940218); US57955590A (19900910)

专利家族数:36

摘要 [en]:

Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28) of one-half hour in duration, and twelve rows (30) of program listings. Some of the program listings overlap two or more of the columns (28) because of their length. Because of the widely varying length of the cells (26), if a conventional cursor used to select a cell location were to simply step from one cell to another, the result would be abrupt changes in the screen (10) as the cursor moved from a cell (26) of several hours length to an adjacent cell in the same row. An effective way of taming the motion is to assume that behind every array (24) is an underlying array of regular cells. By restricting cursor movements to the regular cells, abrupt screen changes will be avoided. With the cursor (32), the entire cell (26) is 3-D highlighted, using a conventional offset shadow (34). The offset shadow (34) is a black bar that underlines the entire cell and wraps around the right edge of the cell. To tag the underlying position-which defines where the cursor (32) is and thus, where it will move next-portions (36) of the black bar outside the current underlying position are segmented, while the current position is painted solid.

玖、结论

谈及近年来最火红的无人机送货，雷虎科技赖春霖直言：「这些都是Nonsense（胡说八道）！」，囿于无人机有限的载重程度和电池续航力，他认为目前要用无人机送货是天方夜谭，即使未来技术可以克服，无人机送货仍然没有实质效益可言。赖春霖认为：「无人机更大的应用潜力是农业、水质监测、救灾和公共安全等商业领域，而这也是台湾无人机厂商还有机会切入的领域。」

另赖春霖特别提到，无人机产业的决胜关键是什么？「第一是速度，第二是规模，第三才是技术。」。因此，雷虎近年来运用其累积多年的马达与引擎技术，并积极与德国、美国和中国合作开发软件，希望抢食无人机的高阶应用市场，因为无人机高阶应用市场需要深厚的技术底子和精准的商业模式，不是人人吃得起。赖春霖认为，由于两岸政治国情不同，当牵涉到商业应用时，国际市场普遍还是比较信任台湾的产品，这可望成为台湾无人机产业的优势。(数位时代，第250期)

藉由无人机全球性专利地图之建置分析，可以探知各国无人机的核心技术，以及同性质竞争公司的研发技术及其专利布局、各厂间结盟情况之调查，除了可以避免重复研发技术而浪费研发资源外，藉此也可避开他人无人机的专利地雷区，以绝专利侵权被告之可能；另可获知自身的竞争优势外，亦可以以既有的无人机技术，进行技术创新改良或回避设计，进而促进国内产业升级，进而提升企业自身价值及竞争优势

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备注：

1. cover photo via , Todd Huffman cc license.

2. FRC YAMAHA R-MAX TEST FLIGHT图／摘自Ｙoutube

3. ATD-X试验机图／wikipedia

4. honeywell t-hawk图／federaljack.com

5. 波音X-48无人飞机图／www.unmanned.co.uk

6. 金泰航空的农用机图／www.casid.org.tw

7. 韩国航空宇宙产业无人机图／http://blog.daum.net/