US 12,252,232 B2
Control system and method
Justin Mark Dee, Rochester (GB); and Peter Stuart Maley, Rochester (GB)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/001,129
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS plc, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/051385
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/250378, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20275108 (EP), filed on Jun. 11, 2020; and application No. 2008875 (GB), filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211871 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/10 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G05G 9/047 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/10 (2013.01) [B64C 13/042 (2018.01); B64C 13/506 (2018.01); B64C 13/507 (2018.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04766 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assisting a pilot to control a taxiing aircraft operating under control of an active inceptor via a control system, the method comprising:
receiving, from the pilot, an input on the active inceptor wherein the active inceptor is in a nominal position;
receiving an instruction from the control system based on an external signal associated with a geographical location of the aircraft; and
outputting, in response to the received instruction, a tactile cue in a particular direction the aircraft should be directed based on the geographical location of the aircraft, which causes the active inceptor to move from the nominal position to an offset position within a predetermined period of time,
wherein the tactile cue comprises a corresponding tactile force in the particular direction summed with the input on the active inceptor received from the pilot.