Motion steering under kino dynamic constraints
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorNavid Dadkhah Tehrani
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Abstract
Motion steering under kino dynamic constraints is provided. A system can receive an indication to return to a route generated for autonomous navigation by the aircraft to a destination. The system can generate a vector field formed of a plurality of vectors that merge into the route. The vector field can be generated responsive to the indication to return to the route. The system can provide instructions to steer the aircraft toward the destination along the route via one or more vectors of the plurality of vectors in the vector field. The instructions can be based on a cost function applied to the vector field.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a data processing system of an aircraft, the data processing system comprising one or more processors coupled with memory to:
- receive an indication to return to a route generated for autonomous navigation by the aircraft to a destination;
- generate, responsive to the indication to return to the route, a vector field formed of a plurality of vectors that merge into the route;
- provide, based on a cost function applied to the vector field, instructions to steer the aircraft toward the destination along the route via one or more vectors of the plurality of vectors in the vector field;
- and
- cause the aircraft to navigate in accordance with the instructions.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a data processing system of an aircraft comprising one or more processors coupled with memory, an indication to return to a route generated for autonomous navigation by the aircraft to a destination;
- generating, by the data processing system, responsive to the indication to return to the route, a vector field formed of a plurality of vectors that merge into the route;
- providing, by the data processing system based on a cost function applied to the vector field, instructions to steer the aircraft toward the destination along the route via one or more vectors of the plurality of vectors in the vector field;
- and
- causing, by the data processing system, the aircraft to navigate in accordance with the instructions.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a data processing system comprising one or more processors coupled with memory to:
- receive an indication to return to a route generated for autonomous navigation by the aircraft to a destination;
- generate, responsive to the indication to return to the route, a vector field formed of a plurality of vectors that merge into the route;
- provide, based on a cost function applied to the vector field, instructions to steer the aircraft toward the destination along the route via one or more vectors of the plurality of vectors in the vector field;
- and
- cause the aircraft to navigate in accordance with the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.