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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Insitu, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Bingen, WA (US);
Inventor:
Rolf Rysdyk, Bingen, WA (US);
Assignee:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method of establishing a flight pattern adjacent to a target for an aerial vehicle to follow includes determining a stand-off distance to the target. The stand-off distance indicates a distance from the target at a point along the flight pattern. The example method also includes generating the flight pattern in a form of a conchoidal transformation of a lemniscate based on the stand-off distance.