System and method for performing an emergency descent and landing
AssigneeAurora Flight Sciences Corporation
InventorsWilliam Bosworth, Devin Richard Jensen, Margaret Reagan
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Abstract
An aircrew automation system that provides a pilot with high-fidelity knowledge of the aircraft's physical state, and notifies that pilot of any deviations in expected state based on predictive models. The aircrew automation may be provided as a non-invasive ride-along aircrew automation system that perceives the state of the aircraft through visual techniques, derives the aircraft state vector and other aircraft information, and communicates any deviations from expected aircraft state to the pilot. The aircrew automation may also monitor pilot health and, when needed, function as a robotic co-pilot to perform emergency descent and landing operations.
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An aircrew automation system for use in an aircraft, the aircrew automation system comprising:
- a core platform;
- a human machine interface operatively coupled with the core platform to provide an interface between an aircrew member and the aircrew automation system;
- an aircrew health monitoring system operatively coupled with the core platform to monitor one or more health parameters for the aircrew member;
- an aircraft state monitoring system coupled with the core platform to determine flight situation data, wherein the aircraft state monitoring system comprises a perception system to visually monitor one or more cockpit instruments of the aircraft to generate the flight situation data;
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- an actuation system operatively coupled with the core platform to actuate one or more flight controls of the aircraft based in response to commands from the core platform.
An aircrew automation system for use in an aircraft, the aircrew automation system comprising:
- a core platform;
- a human machine interface operatively coupled with the core platform to provide an interface between an aircrew member and the aircrew automation system;
- an aircrew health monitoring system operatively coupled with the core platform to monitor one or more health parameters for the aircrew member, wherein the aircrew health monitoring system comprises a optical sensor to monitor the aircrew member to generate data reflecting one or more health parameters;
- an aircraft state monitoring system coupled with the core platform to visually determine flight situation data;
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- an actuation system operatively coupled with the core platform to actuate one or more flight controls of the aircraft based in response to commands from the core platform.
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