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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Insitu, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Bingen, WA (US);
David Harty, Husum, WA (US);
Douglas Allyn Miller, Sisters, OR (US);
Kenneth Hillen, Aloha, OR (US);
Insitu Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Bingen, WA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for controlling unmanned systems (UMSs), such as unmanned aircraft, are provided. A UMS can be provided that includes a physical computer, one or more auxiliary systems for the UMS, and a payload. The physical computer can execute software to cause the physical computer at least to instantiate a plurality of virtual computers that include a mission virtual computer and a payload virtual computer for: controlling the one or more auxiliary systems for the UMS using the mission virtual computer, communicating with the payload using the payload virtual computer, determining whether a software fault has occurred on one virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers, and after determining that a software fault has occurred on one virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers, preventing the software fault from causing a fault on a different virtual computer of the plurality of virtual computers.