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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1992
Jeffrey W Hegg, North Redington Beach, FL (US);
Wayne E Lance, Largo, FL (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A servo controlled system is provided for electrically coupling the motions and applied forces of pilot and co-pilot control sticks. Servo-coupling between the two control sticks is accomplished by detecting the position of the control sticks of respective controllers and/or detecting torque exerted on the control sticks. The position and torques signals are processed and employed in a feedback loop for each control stick to generate a feedback signal to motors to which the control sticks are mechanically coupled. The motors act on the control stick to simulate the feel of traditional mechanical controllers, and to cause the controllers to track each other's movements.