Methods and apparatus for pointing logic in aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDouglas Famularo, Jeffery Saunders
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for pointing logic in aircraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to aim an aiming device carried by an aircraft includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry. The processor is to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to determine a position of a target, determine an orientation of the aircraft, determine aiming points based on the orientation and a movement range of the aiming device, and determine a movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device based on the aiming points and the position to orient the aiming device toward the target.
Claims20
An apparatus to aim an aiming device carried by an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory;
- machine readable instructions;
- and
- processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to:
- determine a position of a target,
- determine an orientation of the aircraft,
- determine aiming points based on the orientation and a movement range of the aiming device, and
- determine a movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device based on the aiming points and the position to orient the aiming device toward the target.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least:
- determine a position of a target;
- determine an orientation of an aircraft carrying an aiming device;
- determine aiming points based on the orientation and a movement range of the aiming device;
- and
- determine a movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device based on the aiming points and the position to orient the aiming device toward the target.
A method of aiming an aiming device carried by an aircraft toward a target, the method comprising:
- determining, by executing instructions with at least one processor, a position of the target;
- determining, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, an orientation of the aircraft,
- determining, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, aiming points based on a movement range of the aiming device and the orientation;
- and
- determining, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, a movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device based on the aiming points and the position to orient the aiming device toward the target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.