Method and system for controlling remotely piloted aircraft
AssigneeSharper Shape Oy
InventorsTero Heinonen, Atte Korhonen
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and a system for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft. The remotely piloted aircraft includes a clock, at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter for communicating with at least one radio transmitter of a ground station, via at least one radio communication network. The method includes analyzing a communication between the remotely piloted aircraft and the ground station, such as calculating the latency of the communication. The method also includes modifying at least one flight parameter based on the calculated latency and pre-loaded instructions.
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A method for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft, wherein the remotely piloted aircraft comprises:
- a clock;
- at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter for communicating with at least one radio transmitter of a ground station, via at least one radio communication network, which ground station is equipped with a clock;
- and
- a controller for controlling movements of the remotely piloted aircraft using flight parameters;
- the method comprising:
- the remotely piloted aircraft analysing a communication between the remotely piloted aircraft and the ground station, including calculating a latency of the communication;
- and
- the remotely piloted aircraft modifying at least one flight parameter based on the calculated latency and pre-loaded instructions, wherein the pre-loaded instructions comprise at least one threshold value of the latency and allowed flight parameters.
A system for modifying flight parameters of a remotely piloted aircraft, comprising:
- a remotely piloted aircraft comprising:
- a clock;
- at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter;
- a controller for controlling movements of the remotely piloted aircraft using flight parameters;
- and
- a processor communicably coupled to the clock, the at least one radio receiver, at least one radio transmitter and the controller;
- a ground station comprising:
- a clock;
- and
- at least one radio receiver and at least one radio transmitter;
- and
- at least one radio communication network;
- wherein
- the processor is configured to analyse a communication received by the at least one radio receiver, including calculating the latency of the received communication, and to instruct the controller to modify at least one flight parameter based on the calculated latency and pre-loaded instructions, wherein the pre-loaded instructions comprise at least one threshold value of the latency and allowed flight parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.