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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Andrejs Litvins, Wessling, DE;
Eduardo Martin, Wessling, DE;
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for determining a position of an autonomous or automated aircraft during its approach to a landing site comprises: a ground-based visual landing aid having a radiating surface, which radiates light in the form of light cones arranged discretely in a two-dimensional grid, wherein a navigation light is formed by a plurality of adjacent light cones, the light cones forming the navigation light change depending on a deviation of the aircraft from a target landing path; and an aircraft-based digital receiver, which, during the landing, continuously detects the positions of the light cones forming the navigation light along the radiating surface and determines, on the basis of the detected positions, a state of the aircraft, wherein the system is configured to generate commands for autonomously landing the aircraft or for assisting a pilot in landing the aircraft on the landing site based on the determined state of the aircraft.
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