Patent ID: 11948467
Assignee: BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
collecting a set of independent measurements of atmospheric parameters of interest, wherein the first set of independent measurements of atmospheric parameters of interest comprise at least one of: ground-based observations, soundings, observations from remote sensors, data from dedicated weather sensors onboard a vehicle, and data from numerical weather prediction models;
collecting a set of onboard measurements comprising measurements from a non-traditional atmospheric sensor onboard a UAV collected during flight operations of the UAV, wherein the non-traditional atmospheric sensor comprises at least one of: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a GPS receiver and a motor RPM sensor;
generating by a system parameter identification component, based on the set of independent measurements and the set of onboard measurements, a model for relating raw sensor outputs from the non-traditional atmospheric sensors to the atmospheric parameters of interest;
generating, using the model, atmospheric parameter estimates; and
employing the atmospheric parameter estimates in the operation of the UAV, wherein employing the atmospheric parameter estimates comprises transmitting a command for maneuvering the UAV.