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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Montrallo Flickinger, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Mark D. Ward, Milford, CT (US);
William T. McNeill, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); G05D 1/0684 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for flying an aircraft is disclosed. A perception system at the aircraft tracks a trajectory of a moving object. A processor determines, from the trajectory of the moving object, a reference frame in which the moving object is stationary and establishes the aircraft at a selected offset from the moving object for the trajectory of the moving object. The aircraft is flown along a flight path based on the selected offset using calculations performed with respect to the determined reference frame.