- Patent Title: Control value generation unit based automatic flight control system
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Application No.: US14993483Application Date: 2016-01-12
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Publication No.: US09684307B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Avanindra Singh
- Applicant: ROCKWELL COLLINS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agent Donna P. Suchy; Daniel M. Barbieri
- Priority: IN1535/DEL/2015 20150528
- Main IPC: G05D1/08
- IPC: G05D1/08

Abstract:
An autopilot system, comprising: an auto-pilot unit adapted to provide one or more controlling parameters to control one or more control components of an aircraft; an override unit operatively coupled to said auto-pilot unit; at least one sensor adapted to capture data associated with at least one external parameter; and a Control value generation unit (CGU) operatively coupled to said override unit, said CGU comprising at least one processor and a database, said database stores information pertaining to at least one flight data; characterized in that said CGU configured to generate one or more predictive control values based on the flight data and the external parameters and provide the generated control values to override unit; and the override unit is configured to accept or ignore the predicted control values based on the pilot's selection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160349760A1 CONTROL VALUE GENERATION UNIT BASED AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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