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US 11,235,860 B2Granted
Control inceptor management system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorShyhpyng Jack Shue
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a control manager is disposed between the rotor system and the flight control inceptor. The control manager is configured to receive control commands wirelessly from a ground control station, translate the control commands into one or more axes associated with the flight control inceptor, and transmit the translated control commands to the rotor system in place of the instructions received from the pilot via the flight control inceptor.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- an aircraft, comprising:
- a control device configured to selectively generate a control device control command;
- a mode selector configured to allow selective control of the aircraft in a manned mode, and optionally manned mode, and an unmanned mode;
- a control manager configured to receive information from the mode selector regarding which of the manned mode, the optionally manned mode, and the unmanned mode is selected and configured to receive the control device control command;
- and
- a controlled device configured to be selectively controlled by the control device command;
- and
- a remote control station located remotely from the aircraft, the remote control station being configured to wirelessly communicate a remote control station control command to the control manager, wherein the control manager is configured to receive the remote control station control command and wherein the controlled device is configured to be selectively controlled by the remote control station command;
- wherein the control manager is configured to control which of the control device control command and the remote control station control command is utilized to control the controlled device;
- and
- wherein while the optionally manned mode is selected, the control manager causes the controlled device to be controlled by the remote control station control command and wherein the remote control station control command can be selectively overridden by the control device control command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.