Systems and methods for velocity profile based approach to point control
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorAnthony Litwinowicz
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Abstract
A method for velocity profile based approach to point control for an aircraft includes determining a distance from the aircraft to a target point; determining a velocity command based on the distance to the target point and a desired acceleration; and issuing the velocity command. A velocity profile based approach to point control module for an aircraft and a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for velocity profile based approach to point control are also provided.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method for velocity profile based approach to point control for an aircraft, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor of a computer, a distance from the aircraft to a target point;
- determining a velocity command based on the distance to the target point and a desired acceleration, wherein the velocity command is determined based on a square root of a product of two times the distance to the target point and the desired acceleration;
- and
- issuing the velocity command.
A velocity profile based approach to point control computer module for an aircraft, which comprises:
- a processor configured to:
- determine a distance from the aircraft to a target point;
- determine a velocity command based on the distance to the target point and a desired acceleration, wherein the velocity command is determined based on a square root of a product of two times the distance to the target point and the desired acceleration;
- and
- issue the velocity command.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for velocity profile based approach to point control, wherein the method comprises:
- determining a distance from the aircraft to a target point;
- determining a velocity command based on the distance to the target point and a desired acceleration, wherein the velocity command is determined based on a square root of a product of two times the distance to the target point and the desired acceleration;
- and
- issuing the velocity command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.