Vehicle guidance system for automatic vehicle guidance

• US 20040186660A1
• Filed: 01/12/2004
• Published: 09/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Seifert, Jost
• Granted Patent: US 7,120,538 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/101 specially adapted for aircraft

Abstract

Track guidance system for the guiding of a vehicle with reference to pre-specified desired values of at least one application phase, whereby the track guidance system comprises: a script development function (3) for the developing of an application script for the description of pre-specified desired values of application phases, according to which the vehicle is to be guided, at least one track regulator (12; 12a, 12b, 12c) for the guiding of the vehicle with reference to the pre-specified desired values, an input function (2) for the developing of a regulator matrix by the user for the allocating of track regulators to the application phases, an application control (4) for the controlling of the time sequence of the application phases on the basis of pre-specified desired values, a regulator control (10) for the activating of the track regulator relevant in the respective application phase, whereby the respectively active track regulator (12; 12a, 12b, 12c) transfers its status for the control or monitoring to the regulator control (10).

Claims

1. Track guidance system for the guiding of a vehicle with reference to pre-specified desired values of at least one application phase, whereby the track guidance system comprises:

a script development function (3) for the developing of an application script for the description of pre-specified desired values of application phases, according to which the vehicle is to be guided,

at least one track regulator (12;

12a, 12b, 12c) for the guiding of the vehicle with reference to the pre-specified desired values,

an input function (2) for the developing of a regulator matrix by a user for the allocating of track regulators to the application phases,

an application control (4) for the controlling of the time sequence of the application phases on the basis of pre-specified desired values,

a regulator control (10) for the activating of the track regulator relevant in the respective application phase,

whereby the respective active track regulator (12;

12a, 12b, 12c) transfers its status for the control or monitoring to the regulator control (10),

characterized in that, by means of the input function (2) a modification of the regulator matrix on the basis of altered application phases can be carried out at any time by the user.

2. Track guidance system for the guiding of a vehicle with reference to pre-specified desired values of at least one application phase according to the claim 1, characterized in that the transferring of the track regulator status is carried out continuously.

3. Track guidance system for the guiding of a vehicle with reference to pre-specified desired values of at least one application phase according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application script is manipulable from the outside during the vehicle application or utilization.