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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas L. Weaver, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Donald Frank Wilkins, O'Fallon, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for aircraft refueling with sun glare prevention. One embodiment is a method that includes calculating a future time to position a receiver aircraft via an optical sensor with respect to a supply aircraft for an aerial fuel transfer, and calculating a sun position relative to the position of the receiver aircraft for the future time. The method also includes determining that the optical sensor of the receiver aircraft is susceptible to solar interference for the future time based on the sun position relative to the position of the receiver aircraft. The method further includes generating a request for the supply aircraft to move to an alternate position for the future time, and positioning the receiver aircraft via the optical sensor at the future time with respect to the alternate position of the supply aircraft for the aerial fuel transfer.