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Patent No.:

US 9250629 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2014

Terrain adaptive flight control

Applicant:

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Litwinowicz, Derby, CT (US);

Vineet Sahasrabudhe, Cheshire, CT (US);

Assignee:

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Calvin Cheung

Assistant Examiner:

Luis A Martinez Borrero

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); G08G 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A helicopter is provided and includes an air frame formed to accommodate a pilot, flight control elements disposed on the airframe to generate lift and thrust in accordance with control commands issued by the pilot and a current control mode, a sensor disposed on the airframe to sense helicopter proximity to terrain and obstacles and a flight computer configured to change the current control mode based on sensed helicopter proximity to the terrain and the obstacles.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Litwinowicz, Anthony. (2016). Terrain adaptive flight control (U.S. Patent No. 9250629). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9250629

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