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US 2015/0307203 A1Published application
Vertical axis soft landing control
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsAnthony Litwinowicz, Vineet Sahasrabudhe, Alex Faynberg, John Knag, William Fell
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to obtaining data pertaining to at least: a rate of descent of an aircraft and a measured distance of the aircraft from at least one of an obstacle and the ground, processing, by a processing device, the data to obtain a flight envelope, generating a tactile cue corresponding to the flight envelope, and applying the tactile cue to an inceptor.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- obtaining data pertaining to at least:
- a rate of descent of an aircraft and a measured distance of the aircraft from at least one of an obstacle and the ground;
- processing, by a processing device, the data to obtain a flight envelope;
- generating a tactile cue corresponding to the flight envelope;
- and
- applying the tactile cue to an inceptor.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- obtain data pertaining to at least:
- a rate of descent of an aircraft and a measured distance of the aircraft from at least one of an obstacle and the ground;
- process the data to obtain a flight envelope;
- generate a tactile cue corresponding to the flight envelope;
- and
- apply the tactile cue to an inceptor.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a first sensor configured to measure a distance of the aircraft from at least one of an object and the ground;
- a second sensor configured to measure a rate of descent of the aircraft;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- process the measured distance and the measured rate of descent to obtain a flight envelope;
- generate a tactile cue corresponding to the flight envelope;
- and
- apply the tactile cue to an inceptor.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining data pertaining to at least:
- a rate of descent of an aircraft and a measured distance of the aircraft from at least one of an obstacle and the ground;
- determining, by a processing device, that the data indicates that the rate of descent exceeds a first threshold based on the measured distance being less than a second threshold;
- and
- automating a landing of the aircraft based on the determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.