Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle control system
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Application No.: US15751097Application Date: 2016-11-28
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Publication No.: US10234874B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Yair Kahn
- Applicant: Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IL
- Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS LAND AND C4I LTD.
- Current Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS LAND AND C4I LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL
- Agency: Vedder Price P.C.
- Priority: IL242858 20151130
- International Application: PCT/IL2016/051271 WO 20161128
- International Announcement: WO2017/094000 WO 20170608
- Main IPC: G05D1/10
- IPC: G05D1/10 ; B64C39/02 ; G08G5/00 ; G01S15/06 ; G01S13/06 ; G01S5/00 ; G01S19/03 ; G01S19/11 ; G01S19/48 ; G01S19/49

Abstract:
A drone control system for controlling a drone which includes an onboard-flight-system previously configured to receive navigational-data in a format compliant with a standard navigational data transmission protocol. The system includes a remote-sensor and an interface. The remote sensor is located remotely from the drone and determines the position of the drone relative to the remote-sensor. The interface, coupled with the remote-sensor, produces a pseudo GPS signal indicating the position of the drone and to provide the pseudo GPS signal to an onboard-flight-system of the drone. The format of the pseudo GPS signal is fully compliant with the standard navigational data transmission protocol employed by the onboard-flight-system. The onboard-flight-system is receives inertial tracking data from an onboard inertial-measuring-unit and the pseudo GPS signal, and tracks the position of the drone by merging the inertial tracking data and the pseudo GPS signal and navigates the drone accordingly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180239367A1 AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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