Accession Number:
ADD002147
Title:
Blended Manual-Automatic Control System.
Descriptive Note:
Patent,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON D C
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1975-11-18
Pagination or Media Count:
10.0
Abstract:
The patent relates to a control method comprising generating a command signal proportional to the difference between a desired control effect and the instantaneous control effect, splitting the command signal into a high frequency portion and a low frequency portion, applying the high frequency portion to a mechanical servomechanism for automatically executing the high frequency portion of the command, and displaying only the low frequency long term portion of the command for manual execution. As a specific example, apparatus is disclosed for controlling the airspeed of a helicopter in accordance with the method.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Flight Control and Instrumentation
- Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems