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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Oleg Yakimenko, Seaside, CA (US);
Charles Hewgley, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Eugene Bourakov, Carmel, CA (US);
Oleg Yakimenko, Seaside, CA (US);
Charles Hewgley, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Eugene Bourakov, Carmel, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method is described performing the following with a parafoil's control unit composed of electronic circuitry while the control unit is being transported with a parafoil: calculating a desired landing location for a parafoil, the desired landing location corresponding to a moving target, the calculating including using a term representative of the moving target's velocity; determining a flight path to the desired landing location; and, controlling the parafoil's flight path so as to follow the flight path.