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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Russell C. Peters, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Aaron M. Hitchcock, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Nathaniel Gordon Lundie, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0638 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ground state determination system for an aircraft includes sensors configured to detect parameters of the aircraft and a flight control system implementing a ground state module. The ground state module includes a ground state monitoring module configured to monitor the parameters and a ground state determination module configured to compare each of the parameters monitored by the ground state monitoring module to a respective parameter threshold to determine whether the aircraft is on a surface.