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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
John Wesley Melton, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Stephanie Baynham, Tacoma Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01D 7/00 (2006.01); G01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/503 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G05D 1/0077 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes receiving a first sensor value comprising a first coarse resolution portion and a first fine resolution portion, receiving a second sensor value comprising a second coarse resolution portion and a second fine resolution portion, and determining that the second coarse resolution portion corresponds with the second fine resolution portion when a difference between the second sensor value and the first sensor value is within a first threshold.