Patent 9308425 was granted and assigned to Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology on April, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided are an apparatus and method of controlling a boomerang. The apparatus includes: a detection unit for detecting moving information of a boomerang including a plurality of wings; a movement prediction unit for generating movement prediction information of the boomerang by using the detected moving information; and a control unit for controlling an angular velocity of a rotation shaft connected to the plurality of wings or a flap angle of the plurality of wings of the boomerang according to the generated movement prediction information. Accordingly, the boomerang may accurately move to a target place by controlling flight of the boomerang by using moving information of the boomerang. Also, a flight distance of the boomerang may be increased by switching a flight state from non-power flight to powered flight.