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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:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Inventor:

Dhaval Patel, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 23/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A software framework for an autonomous system can include a sortie controller that receives a sortie spawn request from at least one of a station controller, a vehicle controller and a mission controller that are each in communication with at least one of a plurality external systems. The sortie controller can instantiate a given sortie spawn with a reference to a given station model in a set of station models, a given vehicle model in a set of vehicle models and a given mission model in the set of the mission models. The software framework can also include a plurality of functions defined by the station controller, the vehicle controller and the mission controller. Each function can be configured to operate on the sortie spawn. The software frame work can further include a plurality of capabilities. Each capability can includes a plurality of properties.


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