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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Skytran, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Robert Baertsch, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Gabriel Hugh Elkaim, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
SkyTran, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A method controlling a vehicle moving along a guideway for magnetic flight is provided. The method includes receiving, at a controller, data generated by one or more sensors. The controller receives data relating to a projected flight path of the vehicle. The controller determines an altitude of the vehicle relative to the guideway for magnetic flight and determines a speed of the vehicle relative to the guideway for magnetic flight. The controller then calculates a deviation of the vehicle from the projected flight path. The controller adjusts the altitude of the vehicle relative to the guideway for magnetic flight by changing certain aspects of a magnetic flight suspension system causing the vehicle to more closely track the projected flight path.