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US 2021/0173391 A1Published application
Apparatus, methods and systems for remote or onboard control of flights
AssigneeFluidity Technologies Inc.
InventorsScott Edward PARAZYNSKI, Jorge Antonio GUERRERO, Keith Edwin BROOKS, III
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to control systems, and in particular apparatus, methods, and systems for controlling flights remotely or onboard the vehicle. More specifically, the present disclosure describes embodiments of a control system that allows a user to control the motion of a control target in or along one or more degrees of freedom using a single controller.
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A controller, comprising:
- a first control member configured to be movable back and forth through three continuous and independent degrees of freedom to provide in response thereto a corresponding set of three independent control inputs;
- a second control member being a wheel and positioned on the first control member and configured to rotate back and forth in a single degree of freedom relative to the first control member to provide in response thereto a corresponding fourth control input;
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- a controller processor configured to receive the set of three independent control inputs and the fourth control input and generate a set of first control signals and a second control signal, respectively,
- the set of first control signals configured to control three independent rotational movements of a control target;
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- the second control signal configured to control vertical movement of the control target.
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A controller, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive from a control target data including information related to a distance, from the control target, of an object in a vicinity of the control target;
- a controller processor configured to receive the data from the transceiver and generate a control signal to cause a vibrational haptic motor of the controller to vibrate, a rate of vibration of the vibrational haptic motor increasing in intensity as the distance of the object from the control target decreases;
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- a control member configured to be grasped by a hand of a user of the controller and including within the vibrational haptic motor.
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A controller, comprising:
- a first control member configured to be grasped by a hand of a user of the controller controlling flight of a control target;
- a second control member positioned on the first control member and configured to rotate, in response to an applied force by the user, at a rate of rotation relative to the first control member to provide in response thereto a corresponding control input configured to control vertical motion of the flight of the control target;
- a safety mechanism coupled to the second control member and configured to prevent accidental rotation of the second control member with respect to the first control member during the flight of the control target;
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- a tension tuner coupled to the second control member and configured to vary the rate of rotation of the second control member when the applied force is applied to the second control member by the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.