Navigating a UAV with telemetry through a socket

Details Navigating a UAV with telemetry through a socket Navigating a UAV with telemetry through a socket

2007-10-23

2007-10-23

Nguyen, Cuong (Department: 3661)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Aeronautical vehicle

C701S002000, C701S003000, C701S036000, C382S106000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10692129

ABSTRACT:
Navigating a UAV, including receiving in a remote control device a user's selection of a GUI map pixel that represents a waypoint for UAV navigation, the pixel having a location on the GUI; mapping the pixel's location on the GUI to Earth coordinates of the waypoint; receiving downlink telemetry, including a starting position from a GPS receiver on the UAV, from the UAV through a socket on the remote control device; calculating a heading in dependence upon the starting position, the coordinates of the waypoint, and a navigation algorithm; identifying flight control instructions for flying the UAV on the heading; and transmitting uplink telemetry, including the flight control instructions, through the socket to the UAV. In some embodiments the UAV is piloted, under control of a navigation computer on the UAV, from the starting position to the waypoint in accordance with a navigation algorithm.

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