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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John Jian Dong, Bothell, WA (US);
Michael James Duffy, Lansing, NY (US);
Douglas C. Cameron, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Naveed Moayyed Hussain, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. Each ECS is configured as an integrated flight computer and motor controller.