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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Rolf Theodoor Rysdyk, Hood River, OR (US);
Jasmine Beth Minteer-Levine, Everett, WA (US);
Michael John Gobble, Troutdale, OR (US);
Scott Patrick Marmillion, White Salmon, WA (US);
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for line-of-sight (LoS) enforcement are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for guidance of an aircraft with respect to a target includes machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to determine a movement constraint based on an LoS criterion of an LoS corresponding to an orientation of the aircraft with respect to the target, and adjust, based on the movement constraint, movement of the aircraft to relax flight path following to maintain or cause the LoS to be directed away from an occlusion region.