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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Walton Ross Williamson, Burbank, CA (US);
Jason Lee Speyer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Walton Ross Williamson, Burbank, CA (US);
Jason Lee Speyer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sysense, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices for estimating and controlling the orientation of a drogue relative to air mass motion where method and apparatus embodiments incorporate estimation of angle of attack and sideslip and function to correct the direction of a drogue so as to maintain a desired angle of attack and sideslip. Some of the exemplary estimation techniques apply methods of sensor output fusion.