Chapter 18 Key Algorithms
"Thank you for helping us out." Zhang Jun said to the young man next to him.
"You're welcome, Mr. Yuan also expected this, so let me hurry over. Let me introduce myself, my name is He Jun. He Jun stretched out his hand to the two of them.
"Wu Hao, Zhang Jun!" The two shook hands with He Jun, who had a good impression, in turn, and they were also full of good feelings for Mr. Yuan, who had not yet met.
"By the way, this Yuan we are going to meet is always ......," Wu Hao said curiously.
"Yuan is always the deputy general manager of our Alibaba's Cainiao Technology, and he is also the person in charge of the drone project. This time......" He Jun introduced to the two,
With He Jun's continuous introduction, Wu Hao also roughly knew what happened. Cainiao Technology also participated in this exhibition, so this Mr. Yuan will follow his big boss.
Originally, he was just accompanying the boss as an entourage, but he didn't expect Wu Hao's demonstration to make him very amazing. That's why after the demonstration, he was so eager to ask He Jun to come and pick them up.
He Jun took the two to a teahouse not far from the convention and exhibition center, and when he walked into the private room, a middle-aged man in a white shirt in his forties immediately stood up and said enthusiastically to the two: "Here, sit down, this is the new Mingqian Longjing this year, I just brewed it, try it." ”
beckoned the two to sit down, and after Mr. Yuan poured them a cup of tea, he said enthusiastically: "Introduction, contemptible Yuan Siming." I was really amazed by the drone demonstration that I had just done, so I can't wait to meet both.
On the one hand, as a technician, I also have some experience in drone technology. It's rare to meet a bosom friend today, so I naturally want to have a good exchange and discussion.
On the other hand, I am very optimistic about your technology and hope to cooperate with you more. ”
Seeing that the two were a little restrained, Yuan Siming nodded slightly. The decision was to start with the technical aspect, so that the two of them relaxed: "That's the case, I don't understand a little, how did you manage to let a hundred drones carry out high-density swarm array flight control in such a small space."
You know, such a dense cluster, in such a small space, a few carelessness can completely collapse. ”
Hearing Yuan Siming's question, Wu Hao shook his head with a smile and said: "In fact, there is not much difference in principle from those drone swarm technologies on the market, but we use different ideas in the algorithm." Make the algorithm of the entire flight control system more accurate, concise and fast.
These three points may seem simple, but in fact they are complex, and they are also interrelated and closely related. In order to achieve these three points, we have also experienced countless failures. ”
"It's true that for those of us who do technology, the simpler things are, the more complex they are. I am also a technician in this area, so I naturally know how difficult the three points you mentioned are in practice.
So let's talk about how you can achieve high-precision spatial positioning between fleets in such a small space. ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Siming said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm too interested, if there are any core technologies involved, you don't want to say it." ”
Wu Hao shook his head and said, "It's okay, as you said, the simpler things seem to be, the more complicated they are. Although our technology is not very rare, it will not be easily imitated.
In fact, anyone who has used Beidou or GPS knows that the more navigation satellites in the sky, the more accurate the positioning.
Similarly, for our clustering technology, the more coordinate points, the more accurate the spatial location points will be.
However, in a fixed site demonstration, the coordinate base points we can arrange are very limited, which is not conducive to accurate positioning in spatial locations.
So can we reverse the way around and use these drones to relocate these coordinate base points, or these drones are originally coordinate base points.
By positioning these coordinate base points with each other, we will get an accurate spatial coordinate point.
Similarly, the greater the number of drones, the more coordinate base points can be used for positioning. This is what I mean by breaking through the limit of numbers and increasing the size of the entire cluster array to N. ”
"But such a huge coordinate system will inevitably produce large-scale data calculations, how do you achieve fast and accurate two points? I watched your demonstration of the cluster flight controller, and the whole process was very smooth. Is it true, as you said, that these drones themselves are carriers of computing? After listening to his explanation, Yuan Siming immediately raised new questions.
Wu Hao smiled and picked up the teacup, took a sip, moistened his throat and said, "That's right, the key is the algorithm." Because of their size, these drones can carry very small loads.
How to realize massive information operation under the limited hardware level involves the in-depth optimization of algorithms. ”
Hearing his answer, Yuan Siming couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart anymore, and said excitedly to Wu Hao: "Wu Hao, come to our company." Come with your skills and I promise to give you a satisfactory price.
As long as you and your partner come, anything can be discussed, and I can even let you form a team independently and let you play freely.
In terms of conditions and resources, you can rest assured that we have the strength to meet all your needs.
In life, you can also rest assured that a house and a car are not a problem, and an annual salary of one million is not a problem.
But in contrast to these, I think you need a good platform to realize your ambitions. ”
Hearing Yuan Siming's words, Wu Hao and Zhang Jun glanced at each other, then smiled slightly, and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Yuan, we have our own goals, thank you for your kindness." ”
Seeing his refusal, Yuan Siming couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. stared at him for a while, then shook his head at him and said, "Also, a genius like you will indeed not be willing to be subordinate." I've been so excited just now, and I want to forgive me for some love. ”
Wu Hao shook his head and smiled lightly: "I can understand, thank you for taking care of me." ”
Yuan Siming waved his hand, and then said to him: "I'm very interested in your technology, I don't know if you have registered a patent in this area?" ”
Of course, there are sixteen items in total, except for the core code. According to the latest revision of the Patent Law, it is expected that the relevant patent licenses will be obtained soon [Note 1].
That's right. Yuan Siming nodded, and then said to him: "I'm very interested in your technology, so whether you are willing to sell this technology or not, the price is easy to say." ”
[Note 1: I am not unaware of the relevant legal provisions on patent applications.] However, in order to speed up the pace of the plot, the patent application review and publicity period is shortened, and the patent protection period remains unchanged.
Among them, the time for the examination and publicity of invention patent applications has been shortened from two to three years to six months. Utility patents and shape design patents are shortened to three months.
In fact, I believe that the actual time for examining patent applications should also be shortened, because the environment in which this law was enacted is very different from the current one.
In the past, messages could only be transmitted by fax, mail, and telephone, which was slow and inefficient, so it took a long time.
After all, Internet communication technology is developed, and information acquisition and exchange are convenient. Therefore, the time for application review should be shortened, which is conducive to the incubation of patents. 】