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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Eugene Lavretsky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Naira Hovakimyan, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Eugene Lavretsky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Naira Hovakimyan, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adaptive control method is provided that scales both gain and commands to avoid input saturation. The input saturation occurs when a commanded input uexceeds an achievable command limit of u. To avoid input saturation, the commanded input uis modified according to a factor μ.