US 11,992,444 B1
Apparatus, system, and method to control torque or lateral thrust applied to a load suspended on a suspension cable
Derek Sikora, Denver, CO (US); Logan Goodrich, Golden, CO (US); and Preston Fitzrandolph, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC
Filed by Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/534,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/606,085, filed on Dec. 4, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 3/00 (2006.01); B66C 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/006 (2013.01) [A61G 2220/10 (2013.01); B66C 13/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to rotate or laterally move a load, comprising:
a thruster, a thrust controller, and a sensor suite, wherein the sensor suite is to obtain a sensor data;
a computer processor and a memory, wherein the memory comprises an autonomous state response module and a decision and control module;
wherein the computer processor is to execute the autonomous state response module and the decision and control module;
wherein the thrust controller comprises the autonomous state response module and the decision and control module;
wherein the autonomous state response module is to receive and process the sensor data and continuously determine a hyperparameter with respect to the apparatus and any load secured thereto; and
wherein the decision and control module is to determine a thrust control signal to output to the thruster based at least in part on the hyperparameter;
wherein at least the apparatus, the thruster, and any load secured thereto are suspended on a suspension cable beneath a carrier.
 
9. A method to rotate or laterally move a suspended load with a suspended load control system, comprising:
receiving a sensor data;
continuously determining, based on the sensor data, a hyperparameter with respect to the suspended load control system and any load secured thereto; and
determining a thrust control signal to output to a thruster of the suspended load control system based at least in part on the hyperparameter; wherein at least the suspended load control system, the thruster, and any load secured thereto are suspended on a suspension cable beneath a carrier.