Multimodal beacon based precision landing system for autonomous aircraft

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for autonomously estimating the position and orientation ("pose") of an aircraft relative to a target site are disclosed herein, including a system including a plurality of beacons arranged about the target site, wherein the plurality of beacons collective...

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Hauptverfasser:	Singh, Sanjiv, Brajovic, Vladimir, Grocholsky, Benjamin, Chamberlain, Lyle, Taylor, Jonathan, Scherer, Sebastian
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR HELICOPTERS MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for autonomously estimating the position and orientation ("pose") of an aircraft relative to a target site are disclosed herein, including a system including a plurality of beacons arranged about the target site, wherein the plurality of beacons collectively comprise at least one electromagnetic radiation source and at least one beacon ranging radio, a sensor system coupled to the aircraft including an electromagnetic radiation sensor and a ranging radio configured to determine a range of the aircraft relative to the target site, and a processor configured to determine an estimated pose of the aircraft based on at least: (i) detected electromagnetic radiation, and (ii) time-stamped range data for the aircraft relative to the target site.