US 12,258,144 B2
Aircraft wing motion prediction systems and associated methods
Jinkyu Yang, Seattle, WA (US); Hiromi Yasuda, Tokyo (JP); Koshiro Yamaguchi, Seattle, WA (US); and Yasuhiro Miyazawa, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/612,941
Filed by University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed May 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/035335
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/263501, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,877, filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227498 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B64D 45/0005 (2013.01) [B64C 23/065 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B64D 2045/007 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft system comprising:
one or more LIDAR sensors carried by an aircraft and positioned to observe a portion of an aircraft wing; and
a controller programmed with instructions that, when executed, cause the aircraft system to perform operations comprising:
observing the portion of the aircraft wing via the one or more LIDAR sensors;
based on data from the one or more LIDAR sensors, recording movement of the portion of the aircraft wing; and
based on movement of the portion of the aircraft wing, predicting future motion of the portion of the aircraft wing.