Control system for communicating with and controlling operations of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A control system for communicating with and controlling operations of a vehicle that moves in three dimensions with four channels of control, the control system comprising:
- a) a hand supported mounting system;
b) a primary three axis orientation sensor embedded within the hand supported mounting system generating a primary sensor signal;
c) a second mounting system spaced apart from the hand supported mounting system;
d) a reference three axis orientation sensor mounted to the second mounting system;
the reference three axis orientation sensor generating a reference sensor signal;
e) at least one auxiliary control mounted to the hand supported mounting system configured for finger operation by an operator, the at least one auxiliary control controlling thrust of the vehicle;
f) a wearable processor with a data storage mounted to the second mounting system, the wearable processor configured to;
(i) receive simultaneously the primary sensor signal and the reference sensor signal;
(ii) condition the primary sensor signal and the reference sensor signal using a conditioning formula forming conditioned signals;
(iii) filter the conditioned signals using a Kalman filter forming filtered signals;
(iv) merge the filtered signals forming merged signals;
(v) apply operator configurations on wrist reference locations to the merged signals;
(vi) apply vehicle customizations to the merged signals; and
(vii) generate operation commands using the merged signals to control the vehicle with four channels of control;
g) a wearable power supply in electrical connection with the wearable processor; and
h) a transmitter in communication with the wearable processor for receiving the operation commands and transferring the operation commands to the vehicle; and
wherein the control system is configured to provide simultaneously, resistance free three channels of control for orientation of pitch, roll, and yaw solely using a wrist of the operator and a fourth channel of control for thrust using fingers of the operator.
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Abstract
A control system for a vehicle using a primary three axis orientation sensor and a reference three axis orientation sensor spaced apart from the primary sensor. At least one auxiliary control can be used for thrust. A wearable processor can be configured to receive the primary sensor signal and the reference sensor signal. The reference sensor signal can use a conditioning formula and the wearable processor can filter the conditioned signals using a Kalman filter. The filtered signals can form merged signals and apply operator configurations on wrist reference locations to the merged signals. Operation commands can use the merged signals to control the vehicle with four channels of control to a transmitter that communicates with the vehicle.
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1. A control system for communicating with and controlling operations of a vehicle that moves in three dimensions with four channels of control, the control system comprising:
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a) a hand supported mounting system; b) a primary three axis orientation sensor embedded within the hand supported mounting system generating a primary sensor signal; c) a second mounting system spaced apart from the hand supported mounting system; d) a reference three axis orientation sensor mounted to the second mounting system;
the reference three axis orientation sensor generating a reference sensor signal;e) at least one auxiliary control mounted to the hand supported mounting system configured for finger operation by an operator, the at least one auxiliary control controlling thrust of the vehicle; f) a wearable processor with a data storage mounted to the second mounting system, the wearable processor configured to; (i) receive simultaneously the primary sensor signal and the reference sensor signal; (ii) condition the primary sensor signal and the reference sensor signal using a conditioning formula forming conditioned signals; (iii) filter the conditioned signals using a Kalman filter forming filtered signals; (iv) merge the filtered signals forming merged signals; (v) apply operator configurations on wrist reference locations to the merged signals; (vi) apply vehicle customizations to the merged signals; and (vii) generate operation commands using the merged signals to control the vehicle with four channels of control; g) a wearable power supply in electrical connection with the wearable processor; and h) a transmitter in communication with the wearable processor for receiving the operation commands and transferring the operation commands to the vehicle; and wherein the control system is configured to provide simultaneously, resistance free three channels of control for orientation of pitch, roll, and yaw solely using a wrist of the operator and a fourth channel of control for thrust using fingers of the operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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