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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Karl F. Roenigk, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thomas Dobbins, Plymouth, MN (US);
Matthew D. Wiebold, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/95 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/00 (2013.01); G05B 17/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/95 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adaptive airdrop system for an aircraft includes a wind measurement system and a processing system. The wind measurement system measures at least atmospheric wind velocity and supplies wind velocity data representative thereof. The processing system is configured to adaptively sample the wind velocity data, implement a computer aided release point (CARP) model, and iteratively process the adaptively sampled wind velocity data to calculate, using the CARP model, a precision release point for a payload.