Control system for air vehicle and corresponding method
AssigneeTechnology Patents, LLC
InventorAris Mardirossian
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Abstract
A system and/or method is/are provided which reduces the likelihood of air vehicles being utilized by terrorists as weapons. In certain embodiments, when it is determined that the air vehicle is about to hit a designated structure (e.g., high-rise office building or apartment building, national monument, and/or government building), a controller automatically takes control of the air vehicle away from the pilot(s) and causes an automatic computerized pilot (auto-pilot) to take over control of the air vehicle and causes it to land at a selected airport and/or runway.
Claims5
A method of controlling an air vehicle, the method comprising:
- storing locations of respective designated structures in a memory, the designed structures including high-rise building, monuments, and/or government building;
- determining whether an in-flight air vehicle is on a flight path and/or potential flight path which may cause the air vehicle to hit one or more of the designated structures within a predetermined time period;
- when it is determined that the air vehicle is on such a flight path, automatically preventing pilot(s) from further controlling the air vehicle and causing the air vehicle to land at a selected runway and/or airport.
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