Systems and methods for weather detection and avoidance
AssigneeAviation Communication & Surveillance Systems LLC
InventorArnold Oldach
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Abstract
Various vehicular systems may benefit from the appropriate use of detection and avoidance of potentially dangerous scenarios. For example, autonomous aircraft may benefit from systems and methods for weather detection and avoidance. A method can include sensing, by an aircraft, an environmental condition of the aircraft. The method can also include controlling, by the aircraft, flight of the aircraft based on the sensed environmental condition.
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A method, comprising:
- sensing, by an aircraft, an environmental condition of the aircraft;
- determining, by the aircraft, a risk level associated with the environmental condition of the aircraft;
- and
- controlling, by the aircraft, flight of the aircraft based on the sensed environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein controlling the flight comprises selecting a flight path for the aircraft from a plurality of possible flight paths for the aircraft based on the environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein the selecting comprises weighting each path of the plurality of possible flight paths based on a kind of environmental condition presented in each path and the risk level, and
- wherein the kind of environmental condition comprises a severity level.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program instructions,
- wherein the at least one memory and computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to
- sense, by an aircraft, an environmental condition of the aircraft;
- determine, by the aircraft, a risk level associated with the environmental condition of the aircraft;
- and
- control, by the aircraft, flight of the aircraft based on the sensed environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein control of the flight comprises selecting a flight path for the aircraft from a plurality of possible flight paths for the aircraft based on the environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein selection of the flight path comprises weighting each path of the plurality of possible flight paths based on a kind of environmental condition presented in each path and the risk level, and
- wherein the kind of environmental condition comprises a severity level.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed in hardware, perform a process, the process comprising:
- sensing, by an aircraft, an environmental condition of the aircraft;
- determining, by the aircraft, a risk level associated with the environmental condition of the aircraft;
- and
- controlling, by the aircraft, flight of the aircraft based on the sensed environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein controlling the flight comprises selecting a flight path for the aircraft from a plurality of possible flight paths for the aircraft based on the environmental condition and the risk level,
- wherein the selecting comprises weighting each path of the plurality of possible flight paths based on a kind of environmental condition presented in each path and the risk level, and
- wherein the kind of environmental condition comprises a severity level.
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