SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT BASED ON SENSED AIR MOVEMENT
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Abstract
A monitoring system (5, 205) for an aircraft (10) has sensors (20, 30) that are used to sense the air movement around the aircraft. The monitoring system may use information from the sensors to estimate the effects of the air movement on the aircraft and to determine how to control components of the aircraft, such as flight control surfaces and a propulsion system, to compensate for such effects. The monitoring system may also assess aircraft performance based on the air movement information and provide control inputs for improving such performance. It is also possible for the monitoring system to determine more optimal flight paths for avoiding collision threats based on the air movement information.
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46 Claims
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1-24. -24. (canceled)
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25. An aircraft monitoring system, comprising:
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at least one optical sensor for sensing air movement external to an aircraft; and an aircraft controller having at least one processor configured to control the aircraft based on the sensed air movement. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for monitoring an aircraft, comprising:
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sensing, with at least one optical sensor on the aircraft, air movement external to the aircraft; and controlling the aircraft with at least one processor based on the sensed air movement. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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