Trajectory control of a vehicle

US10739792B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Igor Cherepinsky · Sandy Hook, US
• Harshad S. Sane · Southbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: May 3, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S13/935
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of trajectory control for a vehicle includes obtaining an initial trajectory; presenting the initial trajectory as a current trajectory on an I/O device, the current trajectory presented overlaying terrain; initiating travel of the vehicle along the current trajectory; updating the current trajectory and the terrain in real time as the vehicle travels along the current trajectory; determining if change in the current trajectory is required; changing the current trajectory to an altered trajectory in response to determining change in the current trajectory is required; and presenting the altered trajectory on the I/O device, the altered trajectory presented overlaying the terrain.