US 2026/0140530 A1Published application

Control device for controlling real or virtual airborne objects

OwnerManuel-René Gernaertinventor

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Abstract

In order to further improve a control device for controlling unmanned and/or manned and/or virtual airborne objects in such a way that the control is easier to use and can be learned intuitively and more quickly even by untrained individuals, the control device has a first control element for controlling a movement about a vertical axis, a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis of the airborne object, a rotary movement and/or pivoting movement of the first control element about its vertical axis, its longitudinal axis and its transverse axis causing the airborne object to move about its vertical axis, longitudinal axis and transverse axis, and the control device also has a second control element for changing the flying altitude and/or a speed and/or a thrust of the airborne object.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A control device for controlling a virtual object, comprising:

a first control element configured to control movement of the object about a vertical axis, a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis of the virtual object;
and
a second control element configured to control a change in one of an altitude, a speed, and/or a thrust of the virtual object;
wherein the first control element is rotatable and/or pivotable about a vertical axis, a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis of the first control element to cause the movement of the virtual object about the vertical axis, the longitudinal axis, and the transverse axis of the virtual object;
wherein the vertical axis, longitudinal axis, and the transverse axis of the first control element run through a common point;
wherein the control device includes two handles rigidly connected to the first control element;
and
wherein the two handles are arranged parallel to the transverse axis of the first control element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/443,748Filed 8 Jan 2026
Priority: DE 102019100056.43 Jan 2019
Published: 21 May 2026
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Classification10 codes

G05G 9/047
In which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously: the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
G05G 9/04737
The controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks: with six degrees of freedom
G05D 1/0016
Associated with a remote control arrangement: characterised by the operator's input device
G05D 1/0808
Control of attitude, i.e. control of roll, pitch, or yaw: specially adapted for aircraft

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