Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Searchlight auto-land system
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Application No.: US16208930Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10894613B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Shouvik Das , Sunit Kumar Saxena , Rafeek Sainudeen , Naman Rawal
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: B64D47/02
- IPC: B64D47/02 ; B64D45/04 ; F21S8/00 ; G08G5/02

Abstract:
Systems and methods for an auto-land system for a rotorcraft are provided. The system includes, a search light (SL) assembly configured to receive user input directing the SL to a point of interest (POI) and determine an actual SL orientation and an actual SL range to the POI; and, a searchlight controller operationally coupled to the search light assembly, and configured to: responsive to receiving a command to auto-land at the POI, begin (i) generating a desired trajectory from the rotorcraft actual orientation and rotorcraft actual range to the POI; (ii) generating guidance commands for navigating the rotorcraft in accordance with the desired trajectory; (iii) monitoring an actual SL range and an actual SL orientation; and (iv) generating controlling commands for the searchlight assembly in accordance with the coordinates of the POI.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200172264A1 SEARCHLIGHT AUTO-LAND SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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