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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Sunlight Photonics Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Sergey V. Frolov, New Providence, NJ (US);
Michael Cyrus, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Allan J. Bruce, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
John P. Moussouris, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC., Edison, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01P 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 43/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01P 5/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of air flow sensing systems are provided herein. In some embodiments, one or more sensors are positionable on an aircraft and dimensioned and arranged to measure vector components of airflow velocity having at least one of a transverse or streamwise direction relative to a flight direction of the aircraft. In some embodiments, the one or more sensors are positioned in front of an aircraft wing and distributed as an array of sensors along the span of the aircraft wing.