US 12606303 B2 / Apr 21, 2026

Synchronized pipeline flight controller

A pipeline in a controller may be configured to interface between sensors and actuators. The pipeline may elements such as drivers, filters, a combine, estimators, controllers, a mixer, and actuator controllers. The drivers may receive sensor data and pre-process the received sensor data. The filters may filter the pre-processed sensor data to generate filtered sensor data. The combine may package the filtered sensor data to generate packaged sensor data. The estimators may determine estimates of a position of a vehicle based on the packaged sensor data. The controllers may generate control signals based on the determined estimates. The mixer may modify the generated control signals based on limitations of the vehicle. The actuator controllers may generate actuator control signals based on the modified control signals to drive the actuators.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
Skydio, Inc.
Publication number
US 12606303 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Apr 21, 2026
Filing date
Oct 14, 2024
CPC classes
B64C39/02, B64C39/024, G05D1/0088, G05D1/227, B64U10/13, B64U10/14, B64U20/87, B64U2101/30, B64U2201/20, B64U30/21, B64U50/19, B64U50/39, B64U70/90, H04L67/12
Inventors
Enke; Joseph Anthony

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