Patents by Inventor Nansi XUE

Nansi XUE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12291343
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Bower, Nansi Xue, Alan Chen, Benjamin Goldman, Nathan Depenbusch
  • Publication number: 20240400222
    Abstract: Aspects of this present disclosure relate to systems and methods for dynamically moving graphical elements of a user interface of a flight control system. In one, a method is disclosed comprising: determining aircraft authority limits based on at least one state signal indicating an aircraft state, wherein the aircraft authority limits indicate an extent to which one or more control signals can command the aircraft; determining one or more proximities between the aircraft state and the determined aircraft authority limits; and automatically moving the graphical elements of the user interface to one or more positions on the user interface based on the determined one or more proximities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Nansi XUE, Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH
  • Publication number: 20240132224
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. BOWER, Nansi XUE, Alan CHEN, Benjamin GOLDMAN, Nathan DEPENBUSCH
  • Patent number: 11945597
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Bower, Nansi Xue, Alan Chen, Benjamin Goldman, Nathan Depenbusch
  • Publication number: 20220234747
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. BOWER, Nansi XUE, Alan CHEN, Benjamin GOLDMAN, Nathan DEPENBUSCH