Active throttle arrangement and control system
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsMarcus Edward Cater, Justin Mark Dee, Robert David Hollands, Jonathan Paul Mihr
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Abstract
Described herein is a method of controlling a multi-quadrant active throttle assembly. The method comprises: receiving force and position data for a plurality of levers in the multi-quadrant active throttle assembly; analysing the force and position data to determine whether a threshold is exceeded; in response to determining that the threshold is not exceeded, operating in a first mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are controlled collectively; and in response to determining that the threshold is exceeded, operating in a different mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are not controlled collectively.
Claims24
A method of controlling a multi-quadrant active throttle assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving force and position data for a plurality of levers in the multi-quadrant active throttle assembly;
- analysing the force and position data to determine whether a threshold is exceeded;
- in response to determining that the threshold is not exceeded, operating in a first mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are controlled collectively;
- and
- in response to determining that the threshold is exceeded, operating in a different mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are not controlled collectively.
A control system for a multi-quadrant active throttle assembly, the control system comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive force and position data for a plurality of levers in the multi-quadrant active throttle assembly;
- an output interface configured to output control data to the multi-quadrant active throttle assembly;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed cause the processor to
- analyse the force and position data to determine whether a threshold is exceeded,
- in response to determining the threshold is not exceeded, operate in a first mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are controlled collectively, and
- in response to determining that the threshold is exceeded, operate in a different mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are not controlled collectively.
A computer program product including one or more non-transitory processor-readable mediums encoded with instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a process to be carried out for controlling a multi-quadrant active throttle assembly, the process comprising:
- receiving force and position data for a plurality of levers in the multi-quadrant active throttle assembly;
- analysing the force and position data to determine whether a threshold is exceeded;
- in response to determining that the threshold is not exceeded, operating in a first mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are controlled collectively;
- and
- in response to determining that the threshold is exceeded, operating in a different mode of operation in which the plurality of levers are not controlled collectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.