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 carried by an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
- an aiming device;
- 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 aiming points based on an orientation of the aircraft and a movement range of the aiming device, and
- cause, based on the aiming points and the position, movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device to maintain the aircraft at a relative position and a relative orientation to 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 aiming points based on an orientation of an aircraft and a movement range of an aiming device carried by the aircraft;
- and
- cause, based on the aiming points and the position, movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device to maintain the aircraft at a relative position and a relative orientation to the target.
A method comprising:
- determining, by executing instructions with at least one processor, a position of a target;
- determining, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, aiming points based on an orientation of an aircraft and a movement range of an aiming device carried by the aircraft;
- and
- causing, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, movement of at least one of the aircraft or the aiming device to maintain the aircraft at a relative position and a relative orientation to the target based on the aiming points and the position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.