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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Skytran, Inc., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Robert Baertsch, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
SKYTRAN, INC., Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
Method for controlling altitude of a vehicle moving along a segmented track. The method including receiving, at a controller, data generated by one or more sensors and determining, at the controller, an altitude of the vehicle relative to the segmented track. The method then receives, at the controller, data relating to the length of a track segment between two or more supports and the weight of the vehicle and determining, at the controller, a speed of the vehicle relative to the length of the track segment. The method also calculating, at the controller, the deflection of the segmented track between two supports based on the length of the track segment, the weight of the vehicle, and the speed of the vehicle. The controller adjusts the altitude of the vehicle relative to the segmented track by an offset equivalent to the deflection of the segmented track thereby maintaining a constant altitude.