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7584042 |
Vehicle running control device
There is provided a new and novel vehicle running control device for correcting a yaw angle of a vehicle toward the yaw direction intended by a driver, together with vehicle stability control,...
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7463948 |
Robot control apparatus
A robot control apparatus allows a plurality of mobile robots to carry out tasks at a reduced or minimized cost as a whole with consideration given to costs derived from an encounter with an...
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7024280 |
Robot capable of detecting an edge
A robot with an edge detector and two operating modes. The first operating mode is a remote control mode. The second operating mode is a processor controlled mode.
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6815919 |
Accelerated startup for a balancing personal vehicle
A method and apparatus that afford a user accelerated access to operation of a balancing personal transporter. The method includes first initializing a single-axis stabilizer, and, while...
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6810305 |
Obstruction management system for robots
A system for mobile robots to detect obstructions. Obstructions include objects which may impair the or impede the mobility of the robot, as well as transitions from carpeted surfaces to hard...
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6789640 |
Yaw control for a personal transporter
A device and method for providing yaw control for a balancing transporter that has two laterally disposed ground-contacting wheels. The method has the steps of receiving a user input of a desired...
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6693405 |
Electrical steering system
An electrical steering system for a vehicle includes an electrically supplied steering motor arrangement which is connected with an inverter arrangement, whose output voltage is influenced by a...
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6586901 |
Methods and apparatus suitable for facilitating control of an aircraft rudder
A method and an apparatus for controlling aircraft rudder movement are disclosed. The system including a yaw damping control portion integrated with a directional compensation rudder control...
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6526338 |
Electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder
An electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder includes a low-pass filter, arranged between a rudder bar and an actuator of a rudder. The low-pass filter receives a control...
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6448734 |
Method for current regulation of permanently excited synchronous motors for guided missiles having an electromechanical actuating drive for the rudder
In a method for current regulation of permanently excited synchronous motors for guided missiles with an electromechanical actuating drive for the rudder, the commanded current is always guided...
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6445153 |
Method and system for adjusting headway in an adaptive speed control system based on road surface coefficient of friction
In an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle, a method and system for automatically adjusting a selected following interval for the vehicle based on driving conditions is provided. The method...
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6321141 |
Method and device for detecting motor vehicle tilt
A method and a device are provided for detecting a tendency of a vehicle to tip about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. To this end, a variable is ascertained...
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6240246 |
Anti-resonance mixing filter
In a closed loop control system that governs the movement of an actuator a filter is provided that attenuates the oscillations generated by the actuator when the actuator is at a resonant...
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6194860 |
Mobile camera-space manipulation
The invention is a method of using computer vision to control systems consisting of a combination of holonomic and nonholonomic degrees of freedom such as a wheeled rover equipped with a robotic...
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6137252 |
Controller of a stepping motor, control method for the motor and timing device
A power-saving controller for controlling a stepping motor mounted in an electronic wristwatch. A pulse signal generator in the controller combines two pulse signals GPi and GPi+2 having different...
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6085131 |
Driverless vehicle system and method
The driverless vehicle system and method of control therefor includes a fixed camera fixedly mounted to a vehicle and a movable camera movably mounted to the vehicle. A control unit selectively...
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6060847 |
Interactive amusement ride
An amusement ride provides an interactive experience to its passengers. The amusement ride includes at least one ride vehicle movable along a track. The amusement ride senses inputs from at least...
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6025687 |
Mobile unit and controller for mobile unit
A controller for a mobile unit providing a setting unit to set an upper limit on the number of corrective rotations of to turn said mobile unit so as to correct the turning angle of said mobile...
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5738310 |
Rudder bar system with force gradient for a helicopter
A rudder bar system for a helicopter controlled in yaw by acting on the tail rotor or an equivalent device has a capability, as a function of the parameters representative of the current flight...
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5698353 |
Flat display and method of its manufacture
The present invention discloses a flat display. The flat display is obtained by sealing an electro luminescent display which emit red and green light to a plasma display panel which emit blue...
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5650703 |
Downward compatible AGV system and methods
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) control system which is downward compatible with existing guidewire systems providing both guidewire navigation and communication and autonomous navigation and...
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5489830 |
Control system with loadfeel and backdrive
The control system includes a control member connected to a control centering device which resists operational control member movement and returns it to a neutral position upon release thereof....
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5339241 |
Method and system for controlling a travelling body so as to move forward along the predetermined route of the movement of travelling body
A method and apparatus for controlling a travelling body having a main body and a steering device along a predetermined route includes a plate-shaped indicator disposed perpendicular to an axis of...
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5300869 |
Nonholonomic camera space manipulation
A nonholonomic camera space manipulation system which allows a mobile manipulator which can have both holonomic and nonholonomic movement to autonomously use computer vision to move with respect to...
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5208521 |
Control system for a self-moving vehicle
A control system for a self-moving vehicle is provided with a pair of driving wheels on both sides of a shaft of a vehicle, motors for driving the driving wheels, velocity encoders for outputting...
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5192903 |
Equipment for transporting a load
A load transport equipment having self-propelled trucks travelling on a predetermined route so as to transport a load by the truck, wherein an encoder is connected to a motor and the pulse number...
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5184054 |
Friction actuator
An actuator suitable for autopilot control of a helicopter tail rotor comprises a direct current motor, a non-reversible gearbox, a speed reducer driving an output shaft, a friction device disposed...
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5182505 |
Aircraft control surface position transducer
A retrofit apparatus for providing a signal indicative of the position of an aircraft control surface comprises a rotary coupling flexibly coupled to the control surface, an extensible coupling...
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5175480 |
Vehicle guidance and control systems and methods for controllably guiding a vehicle along a predetermined pathway
In accordance with the method, first and second substantially parallel conductors are placed along a pathway and coupled to a controller in a manner so that each may carry a current independently...
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4992713 |
Aircraft autopilot with yaw control by rudder force
An autopilot with long term yaw coordination capabilities which utilizes lateral acceleration to generate a rudder force command which is combined with the sensed rudder force to create an error...
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4947096 |
Method and apparatus for controlling multiple engine aircraft
Control means and method for steering an aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes engines positioned on opposite sides of its longitudinal axis. The method comprises: selecting an aircraft...
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4935682 |
Full authority engine-out control augmentation subsystem
A full authority engine-out control augmentation subsystem for use in a flight control system to assist a pilot and/or lateral-directional control subsystem in compensating for the yawing moment...
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4626998 |
Heading reference trim system
A heading trim reference system provides beep commands indicative of a desired heading/attitude change to the roll channel of an AFCS as roll commands at slow speed in a conventional manner, and to...
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4607202 |
Apparatus for automatically eliminating control force errors in aircraft, especially helicopters
Control force errors are automatically eliminated in aircraft, especially licopters. Such errors may occur because of disturbing forces that act on a control stick (1) for the elevator and/or rotor...
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4607201 |
Apparatus for improving the longitudinal or pitching stability of aircraft
The control of the longitudinal or pitching stability of aircraft is imprd by providing a corrected control characteristic for the correction adjustment drive which is interposed between the pilot...
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4583030 |
Pitch/trim control
Aircraft attitude along the pitch axis is controlled by inputting a velocity command to a pitch control subsystem that includes a velocity side channel and a gain side channel of a pitch servo...
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4492907 |
Combined series and parallel servo control for aircraft
A flight control system increases the automatic control authority over, preferably, a helicopter yaw axis. A limited authority series servo is complemented with a full authority parallel servo. The...
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4482961 |
Automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft during landing rollout
A control system for maintaining an aircraft within the lateral boundaries of a runway during landing rollout under conditions of combined crosswind and low runway friction is disclosed. An...
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4471280 |
Anti-log power amplifier for reversible D.C. motor in automotive steering controls
An anti-log power amplifier for energizing a reversible electric motor of an electrically assisted power steering system for an automotive vehicle. The power amplifier has a preamplifier which...
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4426607 |
Differential linkage apparatus for an aircraft series servoactuator apparatus
In a servoactuator system for an aircraft, a strapdown series servoactuator having an external linkage assembly is coupled between the pilot's control stick and a control surface member. The...
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4396878 |
Body referenced gimballed sensor system
A system for proportionally navigating an airframe to a target wherein the airframe is maneuvered by an onboard flight control system including body rate gyros for detecting the movement of the...
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4345195 |
Strapdown multifunction servoactuator apparatus for aircraft
Strapdown, multifunction actuator apparatus comprising one or two integral units adapted for installation in an aircraft, particularly a helicopter, and coupled between the pilot's control stick...
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4234142 |
High angle-of-attack missile control system for aerodynamically controlled missiles
A missile control system can avoid instability at high angles of attack by cross-coupling roll and steering sensor signals between the steering and roll channels. The control law for the system is...
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4094479 |
Side slip angle command SCAS for aircraft
A yaw axis stability and command augmentation system (SCAS) particularly applicable to STOL type aircraft includes three primary control terms proportional to side slip angle, side slip angle rate...
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4016798 |
Gun to rudder interconnect system
An interconnect system between an off-center-line gun of an aircraft and the aircraft rudder control. When the off-center gun is fired, the trigger actuation creates a signal modified by dynamic...
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3882367 |
Pulse-width modulated servo torquer control whereby power drain is minimum at null
An autopilot for controlling a vehicle such as aircraft or a boat, which uses a fully DC servo control system in its implementation. Inputs representing manual turn controls, radio navigation, and...
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3848172 |
YAW DAMPER SYNCHRO SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT
A yaw rate signal is derived from a conventional three wire synchro transmitter positioned by a directional gyro and supplied to a yaw axis servomotor for providing short term automatic yaw damping...
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3837603 |
LATERAL AXIS ROLLOUT, GO-AROUND, TAKEOFF CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT
Automatic control of aircraft which provides runway centerline guidance during landing rollout, takeoff roll and low altitude initiated go-around flight modes, wherein lateral dispersion is...
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3819135 |
SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTING AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE STABILITY USING VERTICAL VANE TYPE SENSORS
A system is disclosed herein for augmenting the inherent attitude stability of an aircraft utilizing two vertical weathercock vane type sensors, one mounted near each wing tip of the aircraft. The...
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3777242 |
TURN COORDINATION CONTROL WITH DEAD SPACE AND LIMITED WASHOUT
A turn coordination feed which, unlike conventional linear control operates on a combined zero-linear coordination basis. Small aileron position input signals are precluded from the coordination...
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