Patent ID: 11900823
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for computing flight controls for landing a vehicle, comprising:
receiving an indication that a landing zone is clear;
descending the vehicle based on a landing flight path for the landing zone;
receiving landing zone data;
performing, based on the landing zone data, a first sensor process including a profile check process and a first one of a scanning confirmation process or a vision confirmation process;
performing, based on the landing zone data, in parallel or in sequence with the first sensor process, a second sensor process including a second one of the scanning confirmation process or the vision confirmation process;
determining, based on the first sensor process and the second sensor process, whether an unsafe condition exists; and
upon determining that an unsafe condition exists, computing flight controls for the vehicle to continue the descending of the vehicle or modify the descending of the vehicle.