System for a vehicle with redundant computers

US9573682B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE
• EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS S.A. · ES

Inventors

• Hugo Heusinger · Neuching, DE
• Winfried Lohmiller · Schweinhub, DE
• Reinhard Reischl · Aying, DE
• Gregor Jarasch · Ingolstadt, DE
• Rosa Maria Delgado Romero · Getafe, ES

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control and/or management system for a vehicle includes at least one of: (A) at least two redundant vehicle management computers configured to generate system control commands for each maneuvering actuators and for each system actor based on the data acquired by the sensors; (B) at least two redundant remote interface units for interconnecting a sensor or a system actor with a vehicle management computer; (C) at least two redundant actuator control computers configured to generate control commands for each maneuvering actuator based on received maneuvering commands; and (D) a common interface for connecting an external computer, the common interface being directly connected to at least two redundant computers.