Supplemental attitude with engaged and disengaged input device modes
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsAlexander David Selwa, Mark Johnson Cutler
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Abstract
An input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft is received. A supplemental attitude is generated, including by selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state and selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state. The input attitude and the supplemental attitude are combined in order to obtain a combined attitude. The aircraft is controlled using the combined attitude.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive an input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft;
- generate a supplemental attitude based at least in part on a state of the input device including:
- selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state;
- and
- selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state;
- combine, using an adder, the input attitude and the supplemental attitude in order to obtain a combined attitude;
- and
- instructor a controller to control the aircraft using the combined attitude.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive an input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft;
- generate a supplemental attitude based at least in part on a state of the input device, including by selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state and selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state;
- combine the input attitude and the supplemental attitude in order to obtain a combined attitude;
- and
- control the aircraft using the combined attitude.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft;
- generating a supplemental attitude based at least in part on a state of the input device, including:
- selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state;
- and
- selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state;
- combining the input attitude and the supplemental attitude in order to obtain a combined attitude;
- and
- controlling the aircraft using the combined attitude.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving an input attitude associated with an input device of an aircraft;
- generating a supplemental attitude based at least in part on a state of the input device, including:
- selecting a position-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in a disengaged state;
- and
- selecting a velocity-based supplemental attitude to be the supplemental attitude in the event the input device is in an engaged state;
- combining the input attitude and the supplemental attitude in order to obtain a combined attitude;
- and
- controlling the aircraft using the combined attitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.