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US 12,498,718 B2Granted
Landing site localization for dynamic control of an aircraft toward a landing site
AssigneeReliable Robotics Corporation
InventorsRobert W. Rose, Matthew T. Nehrenz, John P. Couluris, Juerg Frefel
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Abstract
While an aircraft is in flight toward the desired landing site, the aircraft generates a navigation solution to land the aircraft at the landing site. The navigation solution is transmitted to an operator that is at a location remote from the aircraft. The operator reviews the navigation solution and provides a confirmation whether the navigation solution is accurate back to the aircraft.
Claims16
A method of an aircraft for landing site localization, the method comprising:
- generating, by a flight subsystem of the aircraft, a navigation solution to land the aircraft at a predefined landing site;
- capturing, by a camera subsystem of the aircraft, an image of the predefined landing site;
- transmitting the navigation solution and the image of the predefined landing site to an entity remote from the aircraft, wherein the image of the predefined landing site and a visual representation of a portion of the navigation solution that is overlaid on the image of the predefined landing site are displayed at the entity;
- receiving, by the aircraft, feedback on the navigation solution from the entity confirming that the image of the predefined landing site is fully contained within the visual representation of the portion of the navigation solution, the visual representation and the image displayed at the entity;
- determining, by the aircraft, to land the aircraft according to the navigation solution responsive to the received feedback;
- and
- automatically landing, by the aircraft, on the predefined landing site according to the navigation solution.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a flight subsystem configured to generate a navigation solution to land the aircraft at a predefined landing site;
- and
- a camera subsystem configured to capture an image of the predefined landing site,
- wherein the flight subsystem is further configured to:
- transmit the navigation solution and the image of the predefined landing site to an entity remote from the aircraft, wherein the image of the predefined landing site and a visual representation of a portion of the navigation solution that is overlaid on the image of the predefined landing site are displayed at the entity;
- receive feedback on the navigation solution from the entity, the feedback confirming that the image of the predefined landing site is fully contained within the visual representation of the portion of the navigation solution, the visual representation and the image displayed at the entity;
- determine to land the aircraft according to the navigation solution responsive to the received feedback;
- and
- automatically landing, by the aircraft, on the predefined landing site according to the navigation solution.
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A method for landing site localization, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an entity remote from an aircraft, a navigation solution and an image of a predefined landing site from the aircraft, the navigation solution generated by the aircraft to land at the predefined landing site;
- displaying, by the entity, the image of the predefined landing site and a visual representation of a portion of the navigation solution that is overlaid on the image of the predefined landing site;
- determining, by the entity, feedback on the navigation solution confirming that the image of the predefined landing site is fully contained within the visual representation of the portion of the navigation solution, the visual representation and the image displayed at the entity;
- and
- transmitting, by the entity, the feedback on the navigation solution to the aircraft,
- wherein the aircraft determines to land the aircraft according to the navigation solution responsive to the transmitted feedback and automatically lands on the predefined landing site according to the navigation solution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.