Electronic flight test card
AssigneeMicropilot Inc.
InventorsHoward William LOEWEN, Tyler Desmond MELMOTH, Adam Jacob TOEWS
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Abstract
An electronic flight test card for testing a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) design is provided. The flight test card comprises: a module comprising a list of tests to be performed, each test linked to a requirement for a system or subsystem of the UAV; an interface for communicating with the UAV; a storage medium with a data log for storing the test results captured by the interface; a display module for displaying test items; and an output for exporting the data log to a configuration system.
Claims18
An electronic flight test card for testing a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) design, the flight test card comprising:
- a module comprising a list of tests to be performed, each test linked to a requirement for a system or subsystem of the UAV;
- an interface for communicating with the UAV;
- a storage medium with a data log for storing the test results received through the interface;
- a display module for displaying test information;
- and
- an output for exporting the data log to a configuration system.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for implementation by a processor, the instructions comprising:
- creating a module comprising a list of tests to be performed, each test linked to a requirement for a system or subsystem of the UAV;
- communicating with the UAV through an interface;
- storing test results received through the interface in a data log;
- displaying test items on a display module;
- and
- exporting the data log to a configuration system.
A computer-implemented method of creating an electronic flight test card to validate UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) design requirements, the method comprising:
- creating the electronic flight test card based on requirements of systems and subsystems of the UAV
- assigning at least one flight test and at least one user to the electronic flight test card;
- downloading the electronic test card to a mobile ground control station;
- recording test data in a data log on the electronic flight test card while conducting the at least one flight test;
- and
- uploading the data log from the electronic test card to a configuration system after the at least one flight test is complete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.