Automatic formation flight control system (AFFCS)?a system for automatic formation flight control of vehicles not limited to aircraft, helicopters, or space platforms
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B64C-003/00
B64C-009/00
출원번호
US-0784660
(2004-02-21)
§371/§102 date
20030910
(20030910)
발명자
/ 주소
Corcoran, III, James John
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
40인용 특허 :
5
초록▼
A totally integrated system for automatic formation flight control of multiple vehicles not limited to aircraft, helicopters, or space platforms. For instance, the system may be used to control any number of aircraft in a pre-determined flight formation and provide “positive” identification, control
A totally integrated system for automatic formation flight control of multiple vehicles not limited to aircraft, helicopters, or space platforms. For instance, the system may be used to control any number of aircraft in a pre-determined flight formation and provide “positive” identification, control and discrete communications between any number of vehicles. Thus the invention prevents mid-air collisions between vehicles in formation flight. The system generally includes a processor located on the vehicles to enable communications, unique position computations and control messaging between any number of aircraft in formation flight, a communications transceiver located on the vehicle that provides discrete communication links to any number of aircraft in formation flight an autopilot and a display. The processor may take into consideration velocity, direction, winds aloft, wing tip clearance of any number of vehicles. On aircraft, the system will display the current formation and vehicles relative position under control by this invention. The system may be overridden in flight.
대표청구항▼
1. A totally integrated system for automatic formation of flight control for vehicles, said system comprising:an automatic flight control system having a processor located on the vehicle to enable communications and control of any number of aircraft in a formation,a communications transceiver locate
1. A totally integrated system for automatic formation of flight control for vehicles, said system comprising:an automatic flight control system having a processor located on the vehicle to enable communications and control of any number of aircraft in a formation,a communications transceiver located on the vehicle that provides discrete communication links to the number of aircraft in formation,an aircraft communications bus protocol and message packet structure that provides an exchange of information between the number of aircraft in formation,a means for encrypting communications exchange between any number of aircraft in formation,a means for providing a computed formation zone that provides elemental positional information for the number of aircraft in formation;a means for selecting both formation flight pattern and spatial clearance between the number of aircraft in formation flight,a means for providing real-time display of aircraft and positions of the number of aircraft in formation,a means for providing a buffer zone with a relative formation point for any number of aircraft in formation,a means for polling the number of aircraft in formation for positional information,a means for providing flight guidance including an autopilot inputs to the number of aircraft in formation;a means for providing a dampening of the flight profile to the number of aircraft in formation, andan autopilot located on the vehicle, capable of receiving and transmitting inputs or outputs from the vehicle communications bus.2. A process for automatic formation flight control of vehicles comprising a flight control system with processor located on the vehicle, said processor enables communications and controls to any number of aircraft in formation flight and calculates the formation zone (FZ) and (RFP) relative formation point and initiate exchange of similar information between multiple vehicles in order to prevent mid-air collision of multiple vehicles under AFFCS control, a communications transceiver located on the vehicle that provides discrete communication links to any number of aircraft in formation flight, a aircraft communications bus protocols and message packet structure that provides exchange of information from any number of aircraft in formation,encrypting a communications exchange between any number of aircraft in formation flight,providing a computed formation zone (FZ) that provides the speed (IAS), position, and altitudeselecting both formation flight pattern and spatial clearance between any number of aircraft in formation flight;providing real-time display of the positions of any number of aircraft in formation flight;providing a buffer zone with a relative formation point (RFP) for each aircraft in formation flight;polling all aircraft in formation flight for positional information,providing flight guidance including autopilot inputs to any number of aircraft in formation,providing a dampening of the flight profile to any number of aircraft in formation.
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