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Automatic piloting device for rotary wing aircraft

US7555371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2006
Grant dateJun 30, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0858
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic piloting device utilizing a measurement of ground speed deduced from the measurements of acceleration originating from an AHRS attitude and heading platform which it readjusts by ground speed information provided by a T readjustment device: satellite-based positioning receiver or a Doppler radar exhibiting periods of unavailability. This automatic piloting device includes a preprocessing part with readjustment blocks based on estimator filters of the complementary type of second order with two branches one of the first order, the other of the second order which are momentarily transformed into first-order complementary filters, by action on their branch gains, with each return of availability of the readjustment device.

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