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公开(公告)号:US11630467B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17133229
申请日:2020-12-23
发明人: John Robert Wittmaak, Jr. , Russell C. Peters , Aaron Hitchcock , William Ben Johns , Levi Charles Hefner , Andrew Vincent Louis
IPC分类号: G05D1/00 , B64C39/02 , G01S13/00 , B64C29/00 , G06V20/13 , G05D1/06 , G01S13/91 , B64U101/30
摘要: An aircraft includes an airframe with a thrust array attached thereto. The thrust array includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies that are independently controlled by a flight control system. A landing gear assembly is coupled to the airframe and includes a plurality of landing feet. An altitude sensor array includes a plurality of altitude sensors each of which is disposed within one of the landing feet such that when the aircraft is in the VTOL orientation, the altitude sensor array is configured to obtain multifocal altitude data relative to a landing surface. The flight control system is configured to generate a three-dimensional terrain map of the surface based upon the multifocal altitude data.
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公开(公告)号:US20220197308A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17133229
申请日:2020-12-23
发明人: John Robert Wittmaak, JR. , Russell C. Peters , Aaron Hitchcock , William Ben Johns , Levi Charles Hefner , Andrew Vincent Louis
摘要: An aircraft includes an airframe with a thrust array attached thereto. The thrust array includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies that are independently controlled by a flight control system. A landing gear assembly is coupled to the airframe and includes a plurality of landing feet. An altitude sensor array includes a plurality of altitude sensors each of which is disposed within one of the landing feet such that when the aircraft is in the VTOL orientation, the altitude sensor array is configured to obtain multifocal altitude data relative to a landing surface. The flight control system is configured to generate a three-dimensional terrain map of the surface based upon the multifocal altitude data.
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