公开(公告)号：US20180164820A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15073403

申请日：2016-03-17

Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Inventor： OMAR ABOUTALIB ,  David W. Evans ,  Gregory L. Larson ,  Annie D. Nguyen ,  Richard R. Ramroth

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06K9/62 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/121 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06K9/0063 ,  G06K9/6202 ,  G06K2209/21 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/10048 ,  G06T2207/30212 ,  G06T2207/30252 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a swarm of UAVs that are stored on and released from an airborne platform, fly to and destroy a target, where the UAVs download target information from the airborne platform before being released therefrom, do not communicate with each other or the airborne platform while in flight, and do not depend of the presence of GPS. Each UAV includes a vision sensor that provides image data, a navigation module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to navigate and fly towards the target, and a target destruction module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to destroy the target.

公开(公告)号：US20200122656A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-23

申请号：US16163726

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Inventor： Sunil Dixit ,  Richard R. Ramroth ,  Nathan R. Good

IPC: B60R16/023 ,  B64D45/00 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06F17/50

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for an integrated vehicle health management system that uses a model based reasoner to develop real-time diagnostic and maintenance information about a vehicle. A model having nodes is used to represent sensors, components, functions and other elements of the system. Parameterized input sensors provide flexible definitions of each node. Once developed, the model is loaded into an operational flight program to provide real-time failure analysis of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10073454B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15073403

申请日：2016-03-17

Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Inventor： Omar Aboutalib ,  David W. Evans ,  Gregory L. Larson ,  Annie D. Nguyen ,  Richard R. Ramroth

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06T7/73 ,  B64C39/00

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a swarm of UAVs that are stored on and released from an airborne platform, fly to and destroy a target, where the UAVs download target information from the airborne platform before being released therefrom, do not communicate with each other or the airborne platform while in flight, and do not depend of the presence of GPS. Each UAV includes a vision sensor that provides image data, a navigation module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to navigate and fly towards the target, and a target destruction module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to destroy the target.