Redundant system for the indication of heading and attitude in an aircraft
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01C-021/00
G01P-013/00
출원번호
US-0883806
(2004-07-06)
우선권정보
SE-0000113 (1999-01-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Adebj?rk, Peter
Nordlund, Per-Johan
Carlsson, Carl-Olof
출원인 / 주소
Saab AB
대리인 / 주소
Swidler Berlin LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
5인용 특허 :
6
초록▼
A method for synthetically calculating redundant attitude and redundant heading for an aircraft using data existing in the aircraft, including angular rates p, q, r around x-, y- and z-coordinates of an aircraft-fixed (body frame) coordinate system, air data information including speed, altitude and
A method for synthetically calculating redundant attitude and redundant heading for an aircraft using data existing in the aircraft, including angular rates p, q, r around x-, y- and z-coordinates of an aircraft-fixed (body frame) coordinate system, air data information including speed, altitude and angle of attack, includes the steps of calculating attitude and heading based on the body-frame angular rates p, q, r, estimating errors in measured body-frame magnetic field vector components, deriving a measured body-frame field magnetic field vector, estimating errors in calculated attitude and heading using the air data and the derived measured body-frame magnetic field vector components, and correcting the calculated attitude and heading using the estimated errors in attitude and heading.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for synthetically calculating redundant attitude and redundant heading for an aircraft using data existing in the aircraft, including angular rates p, q, r around x-, y- and z-coordinates of an aircraft-fixed (body frame) coordinate system, air data information including speed, altitude
1. A method for synthetically calculating redundant attitude and redundant heading for an aircraft using data existing in the aircraft, including angular rates p, q, r around x-, y- and z-coordinates of an aircraft-fixed (body frame) coordinate system, air data information including speed, altitude and angle of attack, wherein the method includes the steps of:calculating attitude and heading based on the body-frame angular rates p, q, r; estimating errors in measured body-frame magnetic field vector components; deriving a measured body-frame field magnetic field vector; estimating errors in calculated attitude and heading using the air data and the derived measured body-frame magnetic field vector components; and correcting the calculated attitude and heading using the estimated errors in attitude and heading. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of calculating the attitude and heading comprises the step of integrating out the attitude and heading via information about the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q, and r) obtained from the aircraft's body-frame angular rate gyros.3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of estimating errors in measured body-frame magnetic field vector components is performed in a first filter.4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of estimating errors in the calculated attitude and heading is performed in a second filter by estimating attitude errors and heading errors that arise on integration of the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q and r) obtained from the aircraft's body-frame angular rate gyros, wherein the estimation is done using the attitude calculated from air data information and the derived measured body-frame magnetic field vector components.5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the filtering takes place using Kalman filters.6. An arrangement for synthetically calculating redundant attitude and redundant heading for an aircraft using data existing in the aircraft including measured body-frame field vector components, the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q and r), and air data including at least speed, altitude and angle of attack, wherein the arrangement includes a first measurement routine operable to transform the measured body-frame magnetic field vector components to navigation system (navigation frame) of the aircraft; a first filter operable to estimate errors in the measured body-frame field vector components; an integration routine operable to integrate out the aircraft's attitude and heading from information about the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q and r); a second filter operable to estimate errors arising in attitude and heading obtained in the said integration; and a second measurement routine operable to calculate attitude and heading from the air data and derived measured body-frame magnetic field vector components.7. The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the first measurement routine is input with the measured body-frame magnetic field vector components, and attitude and heading from the aircraft's navigation system and is operable to transform the measured body-frame magnetic field vector components to the aircraft's navigation frame.8. The arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the first filter is input with information from the first measurement routine and is operable to estimate the errors in the measured body-frame magnetic field vector components.9. The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the integration routine integrates out the aircraft's attitude and heading from the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q and r) obtained from the aircraft's body-frame angular rate gyros.10. The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the second measurement routine is input with air data, the derived measured body-frame magnetic field vector components and with information about the aircraft's body-frame angular rates (p, q and r) and based on this information is operable to calculate an attitude and a heading.11. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the second filter is input with information from the second measurement routine and is operable to estimate the errors in attitude and heading and to zero error in body-frame angular rate gyro signals and residual errors in the measured body-frame magnetic field vector components for generating an error signal.12. The arrangement according to claim 11, wherein a synthetically-generated corrected attitude and heading are obtained by generating a difference betweenthe attitude and heading obtained from the integration routine; and the error signal from the second filter. 13. The arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the integration routine is input with body-frame rate gyro signals compensated for estimated zero errors.14. The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the first filter, the second filter, or both the first filter and the second filter comprises a Kalman filter.
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