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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Ronald C. Provine, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan R. Bieniawski, Seattle, WA (US);
Emad W. Saad, Renton, WA (US);
Paul E. R. Pigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory J. Clark, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali R. Mansouri, Bothell, WA (US);
Khaled Abdel-motagaly, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles A. Erignac, Seattle, WA (US);
James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);
Paul Murray, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan P. How, Arlington, MA (US);
Mario J. Valenti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett M. Bethke, Cambridge, MA (US);
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Ronald C. Provine, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan R. Bieniawski, Seattle, WA (US);
Emad W. Saad, Renton, WA (US);
Paul E. R. Pigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory J. Clark, Seattle, WA (US);
Ali R. Mansouri, Bothell, WA (US);
Khaled Abdel-Motagaly, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles A. Erignac, Seattle, WA (US);
James J. Troy, Issaquah, WA (US);
Paul Murray, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan P. How, Arlington, MA (US);
Mario J. Valenti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett M. Bethke, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for development testing of vehicles and components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a position reference system and a command and control architecture. The position reference system is configured to repetitively measure one or more position and motion characteristics of one or more vehicles operating within a control volume. The command and control architecture is configured to receive the repetitively measured characteristics from the position reference system, and to determine corresponding control signals based thereon. The control signals are then transmitted to the one or more vehicles to control at least one of position, movement, and stabilization of the one or more vehicles in a closed-loop feedback manner. The system may further include a health monitoring component configured to monitor health conditions of the one or more vehicles, the control signals being determined at least in part on the health conditions.