Automatic guidance unit for aerial delivery unit
First Claim
1. The method of preprogramming the flight computer of a guidance unit in an automatically controlled ram air parafoil aerial delivery system comprising:
- storing the latitude, longitude, altitude, desired landing heading, and default landing heading of the targeted location of said aerial delivery system as digital data in the digital memory of a microprocessor located in a handheld unit;
transferring the digital data stored in said digital memory to a removable key having a data memory integral therewith; and
removing said key from said handheld unit and inserting said key into a mating receptacle of said guidance unit to transfer data stored from said memory key into said flight computer.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for programming the automatic guidance unit of an aerial delivery system. The operator selects on a hand-held unit the desired flight parameters such as the latitude, longitude and altitude of the desired landing site, as well as the desired landing heading and default heading. A microprocessor converts this data into digital data that is stored on a removable EEPROM memory key. This key is then removed from the hand-held unit and at any convenient time, inserted into a mating female receptacle in the automatic guidance unit of the aerial delivery system. The programmed information originally entered in the hand-held unit is then transferred into the guidance unit of the aerial delivery system.
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12 Claims
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1. The method of preprogramming the flight computer of a guidance unit in an automatically controlled ram air parafoil aerial delivery system comprising:
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storing the latitude, longitude, altitude, desired landing heading, and default landing heading of the targeted location of said aerial delivery system as digital data in the digital memory of a microprocessor located in a handheld unit;
transferring the digital data stored in said digital memory to a removable key having a data memory integral therewith; and
removing said key from said handheld unit and inserting said key into a mating receptacle of said guidance unit to transfer data stored from said memory key into said flight computer.
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2. The method of preprogramming the flight computer of an automatically controlled ram air parafoil aerial delivery system comprising:
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storing the geographical coordinates of the targeted location of said aerial delivery system as digital data in the digital memory of a microprocessor located in a handheld unit;
loading data corresponding to said stored digital data in a removable device having a data memory integral therewith; and
removing said removable device from said handheld unit and inserting said device into a mating receptacle of said guidance unit to transfer data stored from said removable device into said flight computer.
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3. The method of preprogramming a flight computer for a guidance unit of an aerial delivery system comprising:
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entering the location of the landing target of said aerial delivery system into a memory key at a location removed from said flight computer;
moving said memory key from said remote location to said flight computer; and
using said memory key to preprogram said flight computer. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A system for preprogramming a flight computer for an automatically controlled ram air parafoil aerial delivery system comprising:
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a handheld unit having a series of thumbwheel switches on which can be manually entered the latitude, longitude, altitude, desired landing heading, and default landing heading;
a microprocessor and associated computer memory within said handheld unit storing digital data which corresponds with the values manually entered using said thumbwheel switches;
a female memory key receptacle accessible on the outside of said handheld unit, such receptacle connected to said microprocessor and associated computer memory;
a memory key having an integral data memory insertable into said receptacle and storing in said integral memory data corresponding to said values manually entered using said thumbwheel switches; and
a second female receptacle mating with said memory key, said second receptacle connected to the said flight computer.
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6. A system for preprogramming a flight computer for an automatically controlled ram air parafoil aerial delivery system comprising:
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a handheld unit having a series of thumbwheel switches on which can be manually entered the latitude, longitude, altitude, barometric pressure, and desired landing heading;
a microprocessor and associated computer memory within said handheld unit storing digital data which corresponds with the values manually entered using said thumbwheel switches;
a female memory key receptacle accessible on the outside of said handheld unit, such receptacle connected to said microprocessor and associated computer memory;
a memory key having an integral data memory insertable into said receptacle and storing in said integral memory data corresponding to said values manually entered using said thumbwheel switches; and
a second female receptacle mating with said memory key, said second receptacle connected to the said flight computer.
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7. A system for preprogramming a flight computer for an automatically controlled aerial delivery system comprising:
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a unit within which the location and other parameters relating to a predetermined target location are manually entered, said unit including a computer memory storage of data corresponding to said manually entered parameters;
a first key receptacle coupled to said computer memory;
a data memory key insertable in said first key receptacle; and
a second key receptacle which accepts said memory key, said second receptacle coupled to said flight computer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. The method of preprogramming a flight computer comprising:
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storing in a computer memory digital data corresponding to the location of the targeted location;
inserting a removable key having a memory integral therewith into a first receptacle coupled to said computer memory;
loading digital data in the memory of said removable key corresponding to said digital data stored in said computer memory;
removing said removable key;
inserting said removable key into a second receptacle coupled to said flight computer; and
transferring the digital data stored on said memory key to said flight computer.
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