Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Aeronautical vehicle
Patent
1997-05-29
1999-09-14
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Aeronautical vehicle
701 14, 701226, 244161, 244158R, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059516097
ABSTRACT:
An autonomous control system supports autonomous operation of the a spacecraft in carrying out mission objective commands. The control system also provides autonomous fault detection, isolation and recovery. Performance problems and anomalies are detected and accounted for in the carrying out mission objectives. A mission manager module analyzes all incoming mission objective commands to verify that sufficient system resources are available and not already dedicated to other pending mission objective commands. A command processor is included to translate acceptable mission objective commands into lower level command sequences for delivery to a flight manager controlling the underlying spacecraft systems. The mission manager reanalyzes all pending mission objective commands whenever unexpected performance or fault conditions are detected. The mission objective commands can be constructed in a hierarchical fashion, with many sequences predefined within the spacecraft. All portions of the autonomous control system, including software and associated data, can be readily replaced, supplemented or disabled at any time before, during or after launch.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4654846 (1987-03-01), Goodwin et al.
patent: 4730798 (1988-03-01), Wertz
patent: 4739498 (1988-04-01), Eichhorn
patent: 5109346 (1992-04-01), Wertz
patent: 5204818 (1993-04-01), Landecker et al.
patent: 5581462 (1996-12-01), Rogers
"Model-based Autonomous Systems in the New Millennium", by Brian C. Williams, Recom Technologies, published May 29, 1996.
"Spacecraft Autonomy in the New Millenium", by Fesq et al., Proceedings of the 19 AAS Guidance and Control Conference, published Feb. 1996.
"A Model-based Approach to Reactive Self-Configuring Systems", by Williams et al., Computational Sciences Division MS 269-2; NASA Ames Research Center, Aug. 4, 1996.
"Model-based Reasoning: Troubshouting", by Davis et al., Mass. Inst. of Tech.
"Modeling Power Systems for Diagnosis: How Good is Good Enough?", by Fesq et al., IEEE 27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), published Aug. 1992.
"Model-Based Diagnostics for Space Station Freedom", by Fesq. et al., IEEE 26th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), published Aug. 1991.
"Spacecraft Command Verification: The AI Solution", by Fesq. et al., Godard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence, published May 1990.
"On-Board Fault Management Using Modeling Techniques", by Fesq. et al., IEEE Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, published Aug. 1989.
"Advances in Spacecraft Autonomy Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques", by Fesq et al., Feb. 1989.
"Expert Systems on Spacecraft", by Lorraine M. Fesq.
"Autonomous Spacecraft Executive and Its Application to Rendezvous and Docking", Komoura et al., 3d Int'l. Symposium of AI, Robotics and Automation for Space, Oct. 1994.
"An Implemented Architecture Integrating On Board Planning, Scheduling, Execution, Diagnosis, Monitoring and Control for Autonomous Spacecraft", Pell et al., Proceedings of SPIE Conference on Optical Science, Engineering, and Automation, 1996.
"A System Architecture To Advance Small Satellite Mission Operations", Siewert et al., 9th Annual AIAA/Utah State University, Sep. 1995.
Marple: An Autonomous Diagnostician For Insolating System Hardware Failures, by Fesq, 1993.
"Expert Systems: A New Approach To Spacecraft Autonomy", by Cowles et al., TRW Space & Defense Quest, 1990.
Fesq Lorraine M.
Hanson Mark L.
Arthur Gertrude
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
TRW Inc.
Yatsko Michael S.
LandOfFree
Method and system for autonomous spacecraft control does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and system for autonomous spacecraft control, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and system for autonomous spacecraft control will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1505378