Patent ID: 9102400
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting tactile cues for a controller having an axis and a cross-axis, the method comprising; obtaining an axis tactile cue in response to a position of the controller along the axis; scaling a cross-axis controller position to generate a scaled cross-axis controller position; scaling a cross-axis controller force to generate a scaled cross-axis controller force; combining the scaled cross-axis controller position and the scaled cross-axis controller force to generate an adjustment factor; and adjusting the axis tactile cue in response to the adjustment factor to generate an adjusted axis tactile cue to be applied along the axis of the controller; wherein the axis tactile cue has a depth and a width, and the adjusted axis tactile cue has one of an adjusted depth and an adjusted width; wherein the axis and cross-axis are perpendicular; wherein the controller is coupled to a servo, the servo coupled to a linkage to control a rotor of a rotary wing aircraft; wherein the controller is coupled to the servo in a fly-by-wire system with no direct mechanical connection between the controller and the servo and with no direct mechanical connection between the controller and the linkage.