US 12,242,284 B2
Unmanned system maneuver controller systems and methods
Daniel Baumgartner, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Knightwerx Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by KNIGHTWERX INC., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,753.
Application 18/344,753 is a continuation of application No. 18/077,468, filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Application 18/077,468 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/538,428, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,542,002, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,305, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359226 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 39/00 (2023.01); B64C 27/59 (2006.01); B64C 27/605 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/689 (2024.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64U 101/15 (2023.01); B64U 101/18 (2023.01); B64U 101/31 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/106 (2019.05) [B64C 27/59 (2013.01); B64C 27/605 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 20/80 (2023.01); B64U 20/87 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/689 (2024.01); B64U 20/50 (2023.01); B64U 2101/15 (2023.01); B64U 2101/18 (2023.01); B64U 2101/31 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned system maneuver controller (USMC) comprising:
an inertial navigation system (INS) for state estimation of the USMC in three-dimensional (3D) space;
a communications device configured to wirelessly communicate with an unmanned system; and
a processor configured to:
receive, via the communications device, operation data comprising at least one of flight, maneuver, or dive data from the unmanned system;
detect movement of the USMC based on data from the INS; and
generate navigation instructions comprising at least one of flight, maneuver, or dive control instructions based at least on the operation data and the detected movement, the navigation instructions configured to be wirelessly transmitted to the unmanned system to pilot the unmanned system based on movement of the USMC in 3D space.