Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of controlling an actuator system and aircraft using said method
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Application No.: US16943414Application Date: 2020-07-30
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Publication No.: US11720124B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Jan Zwiener , Burak Yuksel
- Applicant: Volocopter GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Buchsal
- Assignee: Volocopter GmbH
- Current Assignee: Volocopter GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bruchsal
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Priority: EP 196435 2019.09.10
- Main IPC: G05D1/10
- IPC: G05D1/10 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C39/02 ; B64U30/20 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
A method of controlling an actuator system including a plurality of k actuators. Each of the actuators-receives a control input ui, wherein index i denotes a particular actuator, which control input ui is determined depending on a weight matrix W including a weighting factor wi for each actuator and depending on at least a physical maximum control limit uimax for each of the actuators. The weighting factors wi and/or physical maximum control limit uimax are actively changed during operation if a first comparison of the control input ui or a function f(ui) thereof with a set first threshold value yields that the control input ui or function f(ui) thereof exceeds the set first threshold value. The first comparison is repeated during operation, and a new control input ui is determined from the adjusted weighting factor wi and/or the adjusted physical maximum control limit uimax and applied to the actuators.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210072771A1 METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ACTUATOR SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT USING SAID METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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