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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);

Inventors:

Mark Johnson, Vannes, FR;

Ian Matt, Fareham, GB;

Christopher Yeomans, Fareham, GB;

Assignee:

FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B63H 25/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/18 (2006.01); B63H 25/06 (2006.01); G01P 21/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63H 25/04 (2013.01); B63H 25/06 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01C 21/18 (2013.01); G01P 21/025 (2013.01); B63B 2035/009 (2013.01); B63H 2025/045 (2013.01); G01C 21/203 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide proactive directional control for a mobile structure. A proactive directional control system may include a logic device, a memory, one or more sensors, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other modules of a mobile structure. The logic device is adapted to determine a steering angle disturbance estimate based on environmental conditions associated with the mobile structure, and the steering angle disturbance estimate is used to adjust a directional control signal provided to an actuator of the mobile structure. The logic device may also be adapted to receive directional data about a mobile structure and determine nominal vehicle feedback from the directional data, which may be used to adjust and/or stabilize the directional control signal provided to the actuator.


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