System, apparatus and method for predicting aerodynamic parameters using artifical hair sensor array

US11047874B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

• Gregory W. Reich · Centerville, US
• Kaman Thapa Magar · Beavercreek, US
• Keith A. Slinker · Keller, US
• Corey R. Kondash · Beavercreek, US
• Benjamin T. Dickinson · Destin, US
• Jeffrey W. Baur · Monroe, US
• Alexander Pankonien · Fairborn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N3/045
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and associated methods for utilizing an artificial hair sensor to gather fluid flow data sensed on a surface. The artificial hair sensors are disposed on a surface to acquire flow sensory data in approximately real-time and for a plurality of dynamic flow parameters on the surface. The sensory data is based on a quantity of the artificial hair sensors that can be configured in an array of sensors. A mapping module, such as a neural network, is operatively coupled to the artificial hair sensor array and receives the sensory data acquired by the artificial hair sensors and generates a time-varying signal, which is based on the quantity of dynamic parameters. A real-time representation of the time-varying signal is generated.