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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Inventors:
Rolf Rysdyk, Hood River, OR (US);
Joseph Jackson, White Salmon, WA (US);
Jeffrey Decker, Snowden, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/485 (2024.01); G05D 1/654 (2024.01); G05D 109/25 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/485 (2024.01); G05D 1/6545 (2024.01); G05D 2109/25 (2024.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for controlling landing of a vertical landing vehicle. In one illustrative example, a method controls landing of a vertical landing vehicle. A landing profile for landing the vertical landing vehicle is determined by the computer system using a third derivative of a position equation, an initial position, an initial speed, a final speed, and a touchdown point for the vertical landing vehicle. Landing of the vertical landing vehicle is controlled using the landing profile.