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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cameron Robertson, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A takeoff location and a landing location are received for an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that includes a plurality of rotors. An autonomous and noise-reduced flight trajectory for the autonomous VTOL vehicle is determined based at least in part on the takeoff location, the landing location, a jerk function, and a noise function, including by minimizing the jerk function and minimizing the noise function. A set of one or more desired forces or moments is determined for the autonomous VTOL vehicle based at least in part on autonomous and noise-reduced flight trajectory. A plurality of motor control signals is determined for the plurality of rotors based at least in part on the set of one or more desired forces or moments.