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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Steven Barry Krogh, Issaquah, WA (US);
William Milo Bresley, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian M. Conner, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin D. Levine, Seattle, WA (US);
Jasmine Beth Minteer-levine, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan L. Pettit, Snohomish, WA (US);
Steven Barry Krogh, Issaquah, WA (US);
William Milo Bresley, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian M. Conner, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin D. Levine, Seattle, WA (US);
Jasmine Beth Minteer-Levine, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan L. Pettit, Snohomish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a monitoring module. The monitoring module is configured to identify a difference between measured position information for a controller and expected position information for the controller. The monitoring module is configured to compare the difference with thresholds for managing an autopilot in a control system of a vehicle to form a comparison. The monitoring module is configured to manage an operation of the autopilot based on the comparison such that the autopilot remains operating when a backdrive system is inoperative and an intentional override of the autopilot is absent.