Patent ID: 8690101
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B64C,G05D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces, comprising: at least three pilot sensor channels including a first channel containing a first set of pilot sensor data, a second channel containing a second set of pilot sensor data, and a third channel containing a third set of pilot sensor data; at least three aircraft sensor channels including a primary channel containing a first set of aircraft sensor data, a secondary channel containing a second set of aircraft sensor data, and a tertiary channel containing a third set of aircraft sensor data; and a first actuator control component operatively connected to the at least three pilot sensor channels and the at least three aircraft sensor channels and configured to synchronously receive and vote on the pilot sensor data from each of the at least three pilot sensor channels and the aircraft sensor data from each of the at least three aircraft sensor channels, such that a voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels is transmitted to a flight control computer and augmented before being transmitted to remote electronics units, the voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels providing for the control of the aircraft surfaces coupled to the remote electronics units.