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US 10,518,788 B2Granted
Vehicle control system and method
AssigneeGe Global Sourcing LLC
InventorsBret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Abstract
A control system receives signals representing a presence and position of a secondary movement system onboard a vehicle. The secondary movement system changes movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle. The control system creates a schedule of use of the secondary movement system based on the presence and position of the secondary movement system and controls the secondary movement system based on the schedule that is created.
Claims20
A control system comprising:
- a control unit electrically coupled to a vehicle that is an aircraft or a marine vessel having a propulsion system that generates thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle, the control unit having one or more processors and configured to receive one or more signals representing a respective presence and position of one or more secondary movement systems onboard the vehicle, the one or more secondary movement systems configured to change movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle;
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- a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the one or more processors, the instructions configured to control the one or more processors to:
- create a schedule that manages use of the one or more secondary movement systems based on the presence and position of the one or more secondary movement systems;
- and
- control the one or more secondary movement systems based on the schedule that is created.
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A control system comprising:
- a control unit electrically coupled to a vehicle having a propulsion system that generates thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle, the control unit having one or more processors and configured to receive one or more signals representing a respective presence and position of one or more secondary movement systems onboard the vehicle, the one or more secondary movement systems configured to change movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle;
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- a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the one or more processors, the instructions configured to control the one or more processors to:
- create a schedule that manages use of the one or more secondary movement systems based on the presence and position of the one or more secondary movement systems;
- and
- control the one or more secondary movement systems based on the schedule that is created,
- wherein the one or more secondary movement systems include one or more of:
- an aileron controlled by a first motor to change a roll of the vehicle,
- a rudder controlled by a second motor to change a yaw of the vehicle,
- an elevator controlled by a third motor to change a pitch of the vehicle,
- a trim plate controlled by a fourth motor to change a trim of the vehicle,
- a side thruster, bow thruster, or stern thruster to rotate the vehicle, or
- a fifth motor to raise or lower a propeller of the propulsion system.
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A method comprising:
- determining a presence of one or more secondary movement systems of a vehicle that is an aircraft or a marine vessel having a propulsion system that generates thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle, the one or more secondary movement systems configured to change movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle;
- determining a position of the one or more secondary movement systems onboard the vehicle;
- creating a schedule that manages use of the one or more secondary movement systems based on the presence and position of the one or more secondary movement systems;
- and
- controlling the one or more secondary movement systems based on the schedule that is created.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.