U.S. Patent 5,904,724 May 18, 1999
Method and apparatus for remotely piloting an aircraft
Abstract
A method and apparatus that allows a remote aircraft to be controlled by a remotely located pilot who is presented with a synthesized three-dimensional projected view representing the environment around the remote aircraft. According to one aspect of the invention, a remote aircraft transmits its three-dimensional position and orientation to a remote pilot station. The remote pilot station applies this information to a digital database containing a three dimensional description of the environment around the remote aircraft to present the remote pilot with a three dimensional projected view of this environment. The remote pilot reacts to this view and interacts with the pilot controls, whose signals are transmitted back to the remote aircraft. In addition, the system compensates for the communications delay between the remote aircraft and the remote pilot station by controlling the sensitivity of the pilot controls.
Copyright 2001 Jed Margolin
The above was written in 2001 and now that I have more server space, I think it would be useful to add the references and the file wrapper.
Jed Margolin
August 22, 2008
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Jed Margolin
September 23, 2015
U.S. Patent 5,904,724 Method and apparatus for remotely
piloting an aircraft
Issued: May 18, 1999
Priority Date: January 19, 1996
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