System And Method For Controlling An Unarmed Air Vehicle
First Claim
1. An unmanned air vehicle control system, comprising:
- flight control means designed for providing control signals to control components of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows an active route according to data indicating said active route stored in the control system;
means for storing data indicating a mission route comprising a plurality of mission route segments;
the system being designed such that in one mission mode, the mission route is the active route, such that the control means provide the control signals calculated from the data indicating the mission route, so that the vehicle follows the mission route;
further comprisingmeans for storing data indicating at least one auxiliary route different from the mission route, such that each of a plurality of the mission route segments is assigned at least part of at least one auxiliary route;
flight mode determination means designed for determining if the flight should continue in the mission mode or if it should abandon the mission mode, and for generating a mission mode abandonment event if they determine that the mission mode should be abandoned;
route change means associated to the flight mode determination means and designed for, as a response to a mission abandonment eventdetermining which part of which auxiliary route is assigned to the mission route segment where the vehicle is located;
calculating a transition route to said part of the auxiliary route;
defining the transition route as the active route, such that the flight control means provide control signals so that the vehicle follows said transition route to the corresponding part of the auxiliary route;
once the transition route is completed, defining the corresponding auxiliary route as the active route, such that the flight control means provide control signals so that the vehicle follows said auxiliary route.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an unmanned air vehicle control system and method, designed such that, in one mission mode, the vehicle follows the mission route. The system comprises means (400, 450) for storing data indicating at least one auxiliary route (4000, 4001, 4002, 4003), such that each of a plurality of the mission route segments (10, 20), is assigned at least part (30, 31, 32, 33) of at least one auxiliary route. Furthermore, the system comprises route change means (53) designed for, as a response to a mission abandonment event (52), determining which part of which auxiliary route is assigned to the mission route segment where the vehicle is located, such that the vehicle can change the mission route to the corresponding auxiliary route.
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1. An unmanned air vehicle control system, comprising:
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flight control means designed for providing control signals to control components of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows an active route according to data indicating said active route stored in the control system; means for storing data indicating a mission route comprising a plurality of mission route segments; the system being designed such that in one mission mode, the mission route is the active route, such that the control means provide the control signals calculated from the data indicating the mission route, so that the vehicle follows the mission route; further comprising means for storing data indicating at least one auxiliary route different from the mission route, such that each of a plurality of the mission route segments is assigned at least part of at least one auxiliary route; flight mode determination means designed for determining if the flight should continue in the mission mode or if it should abandon the mission mode, and for generating a mission mode abandonment event if they determine that the mission mode should be abandoned; route change means associated to the flight mode determination means and designed for, as a response to a mission abandonment event determining which part of which auxiliary route is assigned to the mission route segment where the vehicle is located; calculating a transition route to said part of the auxiliary route; defining the transition route as the active route, such that the flight control means provide control signals so that the vehicle follows said transition route to the corresponding part of the auxiliary route; once the transition route is completed, defining the corresponding auxiliary route as the active route, such that the flight control means provide control signals so that the vehicle follows said auxiliary route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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6. The system according claim:
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said flight mode determination means are designed for generating the mission mode abandonment events such that they include an event type indicator selected from a plurality of event types according to conditions which have caused the abandonment of the mission mode; said route change means are designed for, as a response to a mission abandonment event, determining which part of the auxiliary route is assigned to the mission route segment where the vehicle is located, according to the event type indicator.
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11. An unmanned air vehicle control method, comprising the steps of:
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providing control signals to control components of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows an active route according to data indicating said active route stored in a control system of the vehicle; in one mission mode, defining the mission route as the active route, such that the control means provide the control signals calculated from data indicating the mission route, so that the vehicle follows the mission route, the mission route comprising a plurality of mission route segments; further comprising the steps of having data indicating at least one auxiliary route different from the mission route, such that each of a plurality of the mission route segments, is assigned at least part of at least one auxiliary route; determining if the flight should continue in the mission mode or if it should abandon the mission mode, and generating a mission mode abandonment event if it is determined that the mission mode should be abandoned; as a response to a mission abandonment event, determining which part of which auxiliary route is assigned to the mission route segment where the vehicle is located; calculating a transition route to said part of the auxiliary route; providing control signals so that the vehicle follows said transition route to the corresponding part of the auxiliary route; once the transition route is completed, providing control signals so that the vehicle follows said auxiliary route. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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