Flight envelope protection system for unmanned aerial vehicles

Christian G. Claudel (Inventor), Mohammad Shaqura (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Systems and methods to protect the flight envelope in both manual flight and flight by a commercial autopilot are provided. A system can comprise: an inertial measurement unit (IMU); a computing device in data communication with the IMU; an application executable by the computing device comprising: logic that estimates an angle of attack; a slip angle; and a speed of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based at least in part on data received from the UAV. A method can comprise estimating, via a computing device, flight data of a UAV based at least in part on data received from an IMU; comparing the estimated flight data with measured flight data; and triggering an error indication in response to a determination that the measured flight data exceeds a predefined deviation of the estimated flight data. The estimated speed can comprise an estimated airspeed, vertical speed and/or ground velocity.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Patent numberUS9650152B2
StatePublished - Apr 28 2016

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2019-02-13

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