Haptic feedback for rotary wing aircraft
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorPaul Gush
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Abstract
A method for providing haptic feedback to a user of a rotary wing aircraft that includes receiving, by a computing device, a signal indicative of a user input selecting a control system state for a rotary wing aircraft, where, upon selection, the control system state modifies one or more operational parameters of the rotary wing aircraft, and in response to receiving the signal, outputting, by the computing device, a signal to a shaker system coupled to a collective stick, where the signal is configured to cause the shaker system to provide a haptic feedback via the collective stick, and where the haptic feedback includes a signature that indicates that the control system state has been activated.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a signal indicative of a user input selecting a control system state for a rotary wing aircraft, wherein upon selection, the control system state modifies one or more operational parameters of the rotary wing aircraft;
- and
- in response to receiving the signal, outputting, by the computing device, a signal to a shaker system coupled to a collective stick, wherein the signal is configured to cause the shaker system to provide a haptic feedback via the collective stick, and wherein the haptic feedback comprises a signature that indicates that the control system state has been activated.
A system comprising:
- a computing device;
- a collective stick configured to control a pitch of a rotary wing aircraft;
- a shaker system coupled to the collective stick;
- and
- a control state selector configured to output a signal to the computing device in response to activation of the control state selector, wherein an operational parameter of the rotary wing aircraft is modified in response to the activation of the control state selector, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the signal from the control state selector and output a signal to the shaker system, in response to receiving the signal, wherein the signal causes the shaker system to provide a haptic feedback via the collective stick, and wherein the haptic feedback indicates that the control state selector has been activated.
A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:
- receive a signal indicative of a user input selecting a control system state for the rotary wing aircraft, wherein the control system state modifies one or more operational parameters of the rotary wing aircraft upon activation;
- and
- in response to the activation of the control system state, output a signal to a shaker system coupled to a collective stick, wherein the signal is configured to cause the shaker system to provide a haptic feedback via the collective stick, and wherein the haptic feedback indicates that the control system state has been activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.