APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES
    55.
    发明授权
    APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES 有权
    用于无人驾驶车辆的装置

    公开(公告)号:EP2723641B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-04

    申请号:EP12729189.6

    申请日:2012-06-20

    Abstract: An apparatus, and a method performed by the apparatus, are disclosed wherein the apparatus can be mounted on an unmanned vehicle and arranged to act upon a payload. The payload can be mounted on the unmanned vehicle and, under an action of the apparatus, is able to be activated. The method can include receiving an activation instruction from an entity remote from the unmanned vehicle; determining whether or not the received activation instruction is valid by performing a validation process; and in response to determining that the received activation instruction is valid, activating the payload. In response to determining that the received activation instruction is not valid, activation of the payload may be prevented or opposed.

    REDUNDANCY IN UAV ENGINE TIMING POSITION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:EP3143269A4

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-21

    申请号:EP15812348

    申请日:2015-06-23

    Abstract: Redundancy in engine timing position sensing maintains a UAV operational in the event of failure of a primary engine timing position sub-system. The redundancy avoids duplication of the primary crankshaft timing position sensing components, and avoids adding weight, cost and component complexity. Conditioned (square) waveform(s) (102) is/are created from respective sinusoidal waveform(s). Each consecutive leading edge (103a) and trailing edge (103b) of the pulses of the square waveform (102) is derived from the crossing of the zero voltage value by consecutive sinusoidal waveforms A,B,C (e.g. Voltage (V) vs Time (t) or angular degrees). The square pulse waveform (102) is output (104) to a microcontroller (106) to create and output a pseudo crankshaft timing position signal (108) to be used by an ECU to determine ignition and fuel injection events in the event that the primary timing signal from the crankshaft position sensor (CPS) has failed. The signal (108) output to the ECU can have a missing pulse (116) (i.e. indicative of a TDC position of the engine crankshaft) as well as multiple square pulses (114) corresponding to the pulses of the initial square pulse waveform (102). The waveform signal (108) is therefore derived from the alternator waveform signal(s) and provides a pseudo crankshaft timing position signal in the event of failure of the primary or initial CPS signal.

    ROUTE PLANNING
    58.
    发明公开
    ROUTE PLANNING 审中-公开
    路线规划

    公开(公告)号:EP3161575A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-03

    申请号:EP15738961.0

    申请日:2015-06-26

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle (2). The method comprises generating, by a processor (12), a grid (16) by specifying a start node (18), specifying one or more movement operations performable by the vehicle (2), and iteratively adding edges and further nodes (20-24) to the grid (16), each edge corresponding to a respective movement operation and each further node corresponding to a location for the vehicle (2). The one or more processors (12) then select a path through the grid (16) from a first node of the grid to a second node of the grid. The first node corresponds to a first location (A) for the vehicle (2) and the second node corresponds to a second location (B) for the vehicle (2). Thus, a route for the vehicle (2) from the first location (A) to the second location (B) is determined.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于确定车辆(2)的路线的方法和装置。 该方法包括由处理器(12)通过指定起始节点(18),指定车辆(2)可执行的一个或多个移动操作,以及迭代地添加边缘和其他节点(20)来生成网格 (16)中,每个边对应于相应的移动操作,并且每个另外的节点对应于车辆(2)的位置。 一个或多个处理器(12)随后选择通过网格(16)从网格的第一节点到网格的第二节点的路径。 第一节点对应于车辆(2)的第一位置(A)并且第二节点对应于车辆(2)的第二位置(B)。 因此,确定车辆(2)从第一位置(A)到第二位置(B)的路线。

    APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES
    59.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES 有权
    设备中使用的车辆无人

    公开(公告)号:EP2723641A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-30

    申请号:EP12729189.6

    申请日:2012-06-20

    Abstract: An apparatus, and a method performed by the apparatus, are disclosed wherein the apparatus can be mounted on an unmanned vehicle and arranged to act upon a payload. The payload can be mounted on the unmanned vehicle and, under an action of the apparatus, is able to be activated. The method can include receiving an activation instruction from an entity remote from the unmanned vehicle; determining whether or not the received activation instruction is valid by performing a validation process; and in response to determining that the received activation instruction is valid, activating the payload. In response to determining that the received activation instruction is not valid, activation of the payload may be prevented or opposed.

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