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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Eric E. Hamke, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dale F. Enns, Roseville, MN (US);
Gregory R. Loe, Friendswood, TX (US);
Roger A. Wacker, Houston, TX (US);
Oliver Schubert, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Eric E. Hamke, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dale F. Enns, Roseville, MN (US);
Gregory R. Loe, Friendswood, TX (US);
Roger A. Wacker, Houston, TX (US);
Oliver Schubert, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The speed of the wind during operation of a UAV is estimated. In one example the speed of the wind is estimated by modeling an acceleration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a measured ground speed of the UAV, determining an actual acceleration of the UAV with one or more sensors, and estimating the speed of the wind as an integral of a difference between the modeled acceleration and the actual acceleration.