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  • Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing
    Patent number: 7113202
    Abstract: An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically recognize and track taxiway navigation features thereby providing pilot television picture steering cues or force inputs to the nosewheel steering system to maintain the aircraft on the centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Kazuhide Konya