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| 20080234923 | FLIGHT INFORMATION REMINDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A flight information reminder system includes a computer system maintaining updated flight information about a flight having a duration. The computer system is adapted to issue messages to individual subscriber units over a wireless network at spaced intervals throughout at least a portion of the duration of the flight, and the subscriber units are each coupled to receive the messages issued from the computer system over the wireless network. The messages each contain the updated flight information about the flight. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080288164 | Systems and Methods for Real-Time Conflict-Checked, Operationally Preferred Flight Trajectory Revision Recommendations - Systems and methods for actively seeking and generating real-time, conflict-checked, operationally preferred flight trajectory revision recommendations are disclosed. The system analyzes air traffic based on a plurality of uniquely integrated inputs, to produce at least one conflict-checked, operationally preferred flight trajectory revision opportunity for an operating vehicle, and a communications component configured to communicate the at least one conflict-checked flight trajectory revision. In one embodiment, the system interfaces with the airspace user's operations center (e.g. Airline Operations Center), to communicate the operationally preferred flight trajectory revision opportunity, and allow the operator to make the decision whether to implement, and request the same from the Air Navigation Service Provider. In another embodiment, the system interfaces with the Air Navigation Service Provider, and while considering operator business objectives, and other constraints, directly aides the air traffic controller in determining more optimal flight trajectory revision opportunities. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090005960 | Air Traffic Control - An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position data, and conflict detection means for detecting, based on the trajectories, future circumstances under which pairs of aircraft violate predetermined proximity tests, and for causing a display on the display device indicating said circumstances, further comprising means for inputting instruction data corresponding to instructions issued by the controller to an aircraft, and in which the proximity indication means is arranged to use a first proximity test and a second, more restrictive, proximity test; and in which the system is arranged to display a symbol representing pairs of aircraft which violate the second test in a first display mode, and those which violate the first set but not the second set in a second display mode, and in which the system is arranged, on input of a said instruction by a controller in relation to a pair of aircraft, to change the display mode of the symbol for said pair from the second mode to a third mode indicating that no further action is necessary. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090043487 | SAFE RUNWAY AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SYSTEM USING SPLIT RUNWAY DESIGN - A Safe Runway Aircraft Arrival and Departure System Using Split Runway Design comprising a linear runway divided into separate landing strip and takeoff strip portions. Arriving aircraft land on the designated landing strip portion of the runway, while departing aircraft take off from the designated takeoff strip portion of the runway. The landing and takeoff portions may be separated by a defined buffer zone utilized by aircraft for taxiing to and from a terminal. Existing runways may be readily converted into two designated portions for arriving and departing aircraft, thereby significantly increasing the number of aircraft arrival and departure sequences, reducing the likelihood of aircraft runway incursions, eliminating dangerous intersection takeoffs, and conserving jet fuel. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090099761 | WIRELESS, BATTERY-POWERED, PHOTOVOLTAICALLY CHARGED AND MONITORED RUNWAY-BASED AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A battery-powered runway-based aircraft identification system includes a frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem adjacent to an airport runway. A power supply subsystem adjacent to the frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem is operably coupled to the frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem and configured to controllably supply electrical power to the frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem. The power supply subsystem includes at least one frangibly mounted solar panel operably coupled to a deep cycle battery and charge controller. A remote base station configured for wireless communication with the frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem monitors charge status of the battery and determines an aircraft identification from the frangibly mounted image capture and communication subsystem. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090105935 | HYBRID HEURISTIC NATIONAL AIRSPACE FLIGHT PATH OPTIMIZATION - Hybrid-heuristic optimization of competing portfolios of flight paths for flights through one or more sectors of an airspace represented by an air traffic system. In one embodiment, a hybrid-heuristic optimization process ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090118997 | Integrated flight data interface for airport traffic control towers - A method of displaying electronic flight data together with airport surface detection data in an airport traffic control tower system. The Integrated Electronic Flight Data Interface incorporates Electronic Flight Data with a surface surveillance system. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118998 | Flight Tracking Display Systems and Methods - A computer-based method of displaying real time flight information for aircraft. includes retrieving data previously stored for which there is real time flight information and causing display, on a screen of a client computing device, automatically and repetitively of a plurality of views of a geographic map. Such views collectively display all viewable flights in a pre-specified category. The embodiment additionally includes causing display simultaneously on the screen of the client computing device, with the geographic map, of a list of flights in the pre-specified category. The list scrolls automatically at least to the extent necessary to cause repetitive display of the entire list. Additionally, contents of the list are coordinated with each of the views. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090125221 | AUTOMATED SEPARATION MANAGER - Providing separation management of vehicles is disclosed. In an embodiment, a separation management system includes a data input module for receiving and filtering aircraft information and airspace information related to a control aircraft and a relevant aircraft, the aircraft information enabling the calculation of a trajectory window for each aircraft. A conflict monitoring module may be included in the system for monitoring the trajectory window for each aircraft with respect to time and probabilistic location, the conflict monitoring module determining when a trajectory overlap occurs resulting from the intersection of the trajectory window for the control aircraft and the relevant aircraft. In addition, the system may include a separation routing module for rerouting the control aircraft when a trajectory overlap for the control aircraft is detected by the conflict monitoring module. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125222 | FLIGHT PLAN COMPARISON SYSTEM AND METHOD - A flight plan comparison method is provided to be carried out by a display system deployed on an aircraft. The flight plan comparison method includes the steps of storing a group of flight plans and generating a first flight plan comparison page wherein the values of a first type of variable are graphically expressed for a plurality of flight plans in the group of stored flight plans. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090143968 | Perceptual-Spatial Electronic Flight Data Interface for airport traffic control towers - In an air traffic control system, a method to track, record, communicate, and organize electronic flight data spatially in relation to an airport surface. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090143969 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AIRCRAFT HOLDING LOCATIONS AND HOLDING DURATIONS FROM AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE DATA - A method using airport surveillance data to output a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between two locations, the delays being observed in the surveillance data as a knot of several data points. A first method is used to identify proposed knots based on distances between individual data points within the data. A second method is used to identify proposed knots based on the speed of the vehicle. Another method can be used to separate proposed knots have been incorrectly joined together. This method performs the separation by arranging the data points into a two-dimensional grid to form clusters of grid cells having data points. The location of the individual cells is then analyzed to determine whether clusters should be separated. Each of the remaining clusters defines a hold where the vehicle is delayed. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090157287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF GUIDANCE REFERENCE FOR TRAFFIC SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Situational Awareness and Guidance Reference (SAGR) and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a display system utilized for a traffic application and an SAGR associated with the own-ship symbol providing longitudinal and lateral guidance reference. In a manual implementation, the SAGR aids human operators achieve required longitudinal and lateral spacing from selected traffic by depicting a small operating region on a navigational map display within which an aircraft will have achieved the required spacing. Such depiction of the deviation guidance may be with respect to time or distance relative to selected traffic aircraft or to fixed structure, and engaged in an automatic or manual mode. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171557 | METHOD, CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED USE OF THE AIRSIDE CAPACITIES OF AN AIRPORT - A method for optimized use of the airside capacities of an airport, in which by means of an electronic data processing system a current operating capacity of the airport and a current traffic demand are calculated. Information for an optimized use of the available resources is determined and outputted based on the current operating capacity and the current traffic demand. Further provided are an information system and a control system for optimum runway use and a software program for executing the method. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090187332 | Method for controlling air traffic - A method is disclosed for controlling the traffic of flying vehicles. More specifically, a method using a one-to-one function is described that can assign one and only one elevation of travel to each allowable desired direction of travel. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090248287 | UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - Methods of communicating the location of an unmanned aerial system (UAS). Implementations of the method may include receiving position data for a UAS with an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) from a ground control station (GCS) in communication with the UAS, where the ATC-RS and the GCS are coupled together and located on the ground. The method may include transmitting the position data using one or more telecommunication modems included in the ATC-RS to an air traffic control center (ATC) and transmitting the position data using an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) receiver to one or more aircraft. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090265088 | SYMBOLOGY FOR A FLIGHT DISPLAY - Flight display systems are provided that present a pilot with a three dimensional view of an area within a potential flight path of an aircraft. The three dimensional view may include representations of potential obstacles and avoidance zones surrounding the potential obstacles. The view may also include cardinal compass representation aligned with the visual horizon. Aircraft traffic obstacle symbols may be variable based on the type of aircraft represented. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265089 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING THE AIRPORT NAVIGATION - The device ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090265090 | GROUND OPERATIONS AND ADVANCED RUNWAY AWARENESS AND ADVISORY SYSTEM - A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict awareness advisories as a function of determining that a conflict exists. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090276149 | COGNITIVE ARICRAFT HAZARD ADVISORY SYSTEM (CAHAS) - Integrated surveillance systems and methods for processing multiple sensor inputs and determining a best route for avoiding multiple hazards. An example method performed on a first aircraft includes generating a plurality of routes for avoiding a previously determined alert from a first advisory system. Then, probability of success information is generated at other advisory systems for each of the plurality of routes. The best route of the plurality of routes is determined based on the generated probabilities and output to the flight crew or other aircraft. The probability of success information includes a previously defined uncertainty value. The uncertainty value corresponds to quality of data provided to or provided by the respective advisory system. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090319164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OVER A BROAD GEOGRAPHIC AREA USING AIRCRAFT CONTRAILS - A method for controlling aircraft contrail placement including detecting an aircraft contrail, determining an approximate location of the aircraft contrail based on at least one of detected aircraft contrail pan information, tilt information, or zoom information, transmitting contrail detection information and contrail location information to a centralized controlling unit, matching the contrail location information with a database of known GPS coordinates to identify the contrail producing aircraft, determining a boundary for an energy management area, determining an amount of cloud cover over the energy management area, determining an optimal cloud cover amount for the energy management area, and transmitting a re-route request to the identified contrail producing aircraft to re-route toward or away from the energy management area based on the determining an amount of optimal cloud cover amount for the energy management area. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326792 | Method and system for increasing the degree of autonomy of an unmanned aircraft by utilizing meteorological data received from GPS dropsondes released from an unmanned aircraft to determine course and altitude corrections and an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path - A system and method for determining wind profile and current icing potential information, comprising the steps of flying a plane; carrying a plurality of dropsondes on the plane; releasing the dropsondes into an atmosphere, for movement with a wind; collecting meteorology data by the dropsondes; transmitting the data from the dropsondes to the plane; transmitting the data from the plane to a remote control center; interpreting the meteorological data; and guiding the plane to a flight path with favorable winds and other favorable weather conditions. The invention also discloses an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path thus increasing the degree of autonomy of the unmanned aircraft. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100017105 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALERTING AN AIRCRAFT CREW MEMBER OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN AIRCRAFT ON A TAXIWAY - Methods and system are provided for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on a first taxiway. Real-time positioning data related to the first aircraft on the first taxiway is monitored. Data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft is monitored. A prediction is made as to whether the second aircraft will enter the first taxiway, based on the monitored data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft. The potential conflict is indicated on the first taxiway, if a prediction is made that the second aircraft will enter the first taxiway. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023247 | SEAMLESS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) DATALINK TRANSFERS - Embodiments for seamless air traffic control (ATC) data link transfers are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method includes receiving a new air traffic control center designation from an original air traffic control center through an active connection. The active connection is based on a first data link standard. The method further includes initiating control transfer by at least one of an aircraft logon to a new air traffic control center or a contact between the original and new traffic control centers. The method additional includes establishing an inactive connection between the new air traffic control center and the aircraft based on a second link standard. The method also includes confirming the establishment of an inactive connection from the aircraft to the new air traffic control center. Additionally, the method includes terminating the active connection between the original air traffic control center and the aircraft. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100030457 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL - An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling a plurality of aircraft held vertically separated in a stack, the system comprising at least one processor; a display device for the control generating a display controlled by said at least one processor, and at least one device for selectively receiving, from said aircraft, an indication of their intended future altitudes; in which said processor is arranged to receive such intended altitude data; to compare said intended altitude data with current altitude and/or intended altitude data of other aircraft; and to generate said display on said display device so as to list said plurality of aircraft, to highlight a first part of the display relating to a first aircraft whose intended altitude overlaps with the current or intended altitude of at least one said second aircraft, and to highlight also a second part of the display relating to said second aircraft. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100036596 | Surface Management at an Airport - An airport management system having a memory storing surface management data for aircraft at an airport and a processor calculating a metric using the surface management data and generating a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric. A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to receive surface management data for aircraft at an airport, calculate a metric using the surface management data and generate a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100042312 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC INFORMATION - This system for displaying, on the flight deck of an aircraft travelling on the surface of an airport, an airport map mentioning the surface traffic, for the purpose of a taxiing aid and protection of the ground movements of the aircraft, shows on the airport map only the traffic occupying the airport thoroughfares close to the aircraft, this closeness being defined by the existence of a joining path comprising a number of thoroughfare sections that is less than an arbitrary limit of the order of 1 or 2. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100049430 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL - An air traffic control system, for use by a human controller controlling a plurality of aircraft held vertically separated in a stack above a minimum stack level, the system comprising at least one processor, and a display device for the human controller, controlled by said at least one processor; further comprising: means for periodically inputting a value representative of local terrestrial air pressure conditions; means for periodically inputting an aircraft flight level reading representing an altitude defined by a reference air pressure measured on the aircraft; means for periodically generating a display on said display device comprising a plurality of flight levels vertically arranged; means for indicating in said display said plurality of aircraft, arranged in a vertical list ranked by flight level; said at least one processor being arranged, on reception of a new said value, to redetermine said minimum stack level and to vary said display so as to indicate changes to said minimum stack level. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100063716 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AT AN AIRPORT - In a method of controlling the air traffic management at an airport, optimized partial process sequences for the visit of an individual aircraft at the airport (flight visit) are determined by using an electronic data processing system including actual and/or forecast factors. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100106396 | Air traffic complexity reduction system utilizing multivariable models - An airspace complexity reducing system is provided. The airspace complexity reducing system has a data storage device including data describing a multivariable model of an airspace complexity, the airspace complexity being a cumulative effect of factors that influence a system user's ability to manage aircraft in an associated airspace. The airspace complexity reducing system also has a selecting module configured to select a variable from a plurality of variables of the multivariable model and determine an amount by which to modify the selected variable to achieve a predetermined airspace complexity value. In addition, the airspace complexity reducing system has a suggestion module configured to determine a modification to the airspace that results in the determined variable modification and transmit the determined course of action to the system user. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100125403 | Display of Taxi Route Control Point Information - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media described herein provide for the display of taxi route control point information in conjunction with an alphanumeric taxi route display in an aircraft. Taxi route data is received and compared with airport map information to determine any taxi route control points along the taxi route. Information associated with the taxi route control points is then collected and displayed on a display unit of the aircraft in conjunction with an alphanumeric display of the taxi route. The information associated with the taxi route control points may include ATC clearance information, runway and taxiway status information, runway orientation information, runway and taxiway traffic information, or taxi route information such as distance remaining to the taxi route control point. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100145599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PROTECTED AIRSPACE ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECTED TRAJECTORY OF AIRCRAFT IN A CONFIDENCE DISPLAY - A display system and method for a display, in real-time, of a confidence display, displaying the protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of a first aircraft and the protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of at least one additional aircraft during a phase of flight. The system processes data representative of a phase of aircraft flight of a first aircraft and at least one additional aircraft and determines the protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of each aircraft based at least in part on the processed data. An image representative of the determined protected airspace of each aircraft is displayed on the display system as a confidence display. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100152996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RELATIVE SPACING BETWEEN AIRCRAFT - The invention presents a method providing for the optimized regulation of the relative spacing between aircraft. This method can be implemented by a system whose physical architecture can rely mainly on existing computers on board most current aircraft. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100174475 | TRAJECTORY PREDICTION BASED ON STATE TRANSITIONS AND LATENCIES - According to an embodiment herein, a method of predicting a trajectory of an aerospace vehicle comprises accessing an observation of a state of the vehicle from sensor data; and using a computing system to predict different possible future positions and attitudes of the vehicle, including using the sensor data and associated latencies to determine a set of vehicle state transitions. Each state transition in the set is computed as a function of estimated latency. The method further comprises using the computing system to update a prior distribution of the vehicle state with the state transitions. Consequently, the predicted trajectory is compensated for latency. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100191450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING RUNWAY INCURSION, EXCURSION AND CONFUSION - A method for predicting the occurrence of an undesired operating event for a mobile platform operating within a designated area. The method may involve obtaining a plurality of parameters including a position of the mobile platform within the designated area for determining a kinematic motion of the mobile platform while the mobile platform is operating within the designated area. Information may also be obtained that relates to surface geometry of the designated area. The information related to surface geometry may be used to determine physical constraints within the designated area that limit operation of the mobile platform within the designated area. The plurality of parameters may be used to determine a kinematic motion of the mobile platform within the designated area. The kinematic motion of the mobile platform and the physical constraints may be used to predict if motion of the mobile platform will cause it to incur an undesired operating event. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100198489 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AIRPORT GROUND TRAFFIC - An air traffic control system for control of airport ground traffic includes a graphical display system configured to display a surface map, and configured to enable a controller to input, via a graphical input device, a taxi route along the surface map. Furthermore, the system includes a processor operatively coupled to the graphical display system, wherein the processor is configured to provide the surface map to the graphical display system. The processor is programmed to interpret the taxi route, and modify the taxi route to a taxiway path existing on the surface map. The system includes a transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the transmitter configured to transmit the taxiway path to an aircraft, and a datalink interface positioned onboard the aircraft and configured to receive and display the transmitted taxiway path. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198490 | EXTENSION OF AIRCRAFT TRACKING AND POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM MOVEMENT AREAS INTO NON-MOVEMENT AREAS - At most airports, responsibility of air traffic control starts and stops at the entrance or exit to the runway movement areas, which are taxiways and runways. In the non-movement areas, such as hangers, ramps, and aprons, aircraft movements and separation are no longer the responsibility of air traffic control, but is the responsibility of other parties such as the airport itself, airlines, or other parties. The use of tracking technologies for air traffic control is therefore focused on the movement areas, not the non-movement areas, where there are limitations in aircraft tracking. Furthermore, many of the aircraft transmitting devices are switched off in non-movement areas exacerbating tracking problems in these areas. The present invention includes several methods including broadband multilateration, to extend aircraft tracking from the movement areas into non-movement areas without the need to extend special air traffic control equipment into those areas. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100204909 | Method for Aiding the Taxiing of an Aircraft - The invention relates to a method for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft comprising a plurality of onboard propulsion means and which is able to move over an airport zone according to at least one specific taxiing procedure making it possible to reduce fuel consumption, the method being characterized in that it implements the following steps during the phase of taxiing of the aircraft on an airport: | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211302 | Airspace Deconfliction System - According to one embodiment, an airspace deconfliction system includes a deconfliction tool coupled to a data repository that stores records describing airspace objects, such as routes to be taken by an aircraft, airspace regions, and/or corridors. The deconfliction tool determines conflicts in the geographic location of the one airspace object with the geographic location of at least one of the other airspace objects. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100217509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING OFF SCREEN TRAFFIC - A system according to aspects of the present invention includes a processor, a user interface (including a display) in communication with the processor, and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory to present a first symbol on the display of the user interface that indicates the bearing to an off-scale vehicle, and to present a second symbol on the display that indicates the path of travel of the off-scale vehicle. The present invention provides a more accurate representation of the bearing and track of off-scale traffic compared to conventional traffic display systems. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217510 | Method for Managing the Flight of an Aircraft - The invention relates to a method for managing the flight of an aircraft flying along a trajectory and being subject to an absolute time constraint (on a downstream point) or relative time constraint (spacing with respect to a downstream aircraft), the said aircraft comprising a flight management system calculating a temporal discrepancy to the said time constraint, wherein the said method includes the following steps: the calculation of a distance on the basis of the temporal discrepancy, the modification of the trajectory: if the temporal discrepancy to the time constraint corresponds to an advance, the lengthening of the trajectory by the distance; if the temporal discrepancy to the time constraint corresponds to a delay, the shortening of the trajectory by the distance. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100228468 | METHOD OF COLLISION PREDICTION BETWEEN AN AIR VEHICLE AND AN AIRBORNE OBJECT - A method of predicting collisions between a mission air vehicle and an airborne object of a plurality of airborne objects present in a flight scenario of the mission air vehicle is described. The mission air vehicle and the airborne object move along corresponding routes including fly-by of fixed radius waypoints with which corresponding turn circumferences are associated. The method comprises the operations of: acquiring data representing the state of flight and flight parameters of the plurality of airborne objects and the mission air vehicle; assigning to each of said airborne objects a mode of calculating the collision prediction; determining a subset of airborne objects to be surveilled; calculating equivalent routes for the mission air vehicle and for each airborne object of the subset; synchronizing the equivalent route of the mission air vehicle with the equivalent route of each airborne object of the subset; and calculating, for each airborne object, a collision prediction based on the synchronized routes according to the assigned calculation mode. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100241345 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAILORED ALLOCATION OF ARRIVALS - A tailored arrival allocation system (TAAS) for determining a descent profile for an aircraft is described. TAAS includes a gateway operable for establishing communications between TAAS and aircraft, and for establishing communications between TAAS and at least one of a source of weather data, an air traffic services facility, and an airlines operations center. A processing device communicatively coupled to the gateway calculates a descent profile based on data received from a plurality of an air traffic services coordination function, an airline operations center function, data from the aircraft, and data received from a weather station that allows the aircraft to meet the required time at one or more metering fixes during the descent. Output interfaces provide data relating to the calculated descent profile to the processing device. The gateway communicates with a flight management computer for the aircraft to incorporate the calculated descent profile onto the flight management computer. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100262358 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AND RECEIVING TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC FLIGHT GUIDANCE INFORMATION - Methods and apparatuses for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information are disclosed. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes displaying at least one first indicator to an operator of the aircraft, with a first indicator corresponding to a first instruction input by the operator for directing a first aircraft behavior and implemented upon receiving an activation instruction from the operator. At least one second indicator corresponding to a second instruction for directing a second aircraft behavior at least proximately the same as the first aircraft behavior is displayed, with the at least one second instruction to be automatically implemented at a future time. The at least one second indicator is at least approximately the same as the at least one first indicator. Indicators can be hierarchically organized to simplify presentation and reduce pilot training time. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100274468 | Systems and methods for alerting aircraft crew members of a runway assignment for an aircraft takeoff sequence - System and methods are provided alerting an aircraft crew member of a runway assignment for an aircraft takeoff sequence from a runway of an airport having a plurality of runways. In an embodiment, the method includes transmitting data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status for each airport runway to an aircraft data receiver, and transmitting an audio signal indicating the runway assignment to an aircraft audio receiver. In another embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal indicating the runway assignment from a control tower audio transmitter, receiving data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status of each of the airport runways from a control tower data transmitter, processing the received data, and displaying the received data relating to the runway assignment on a display. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100286900 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO HELP AN AIRCRAFT TO ALTITUDE CHANGE IN CASE OF REDUCED SEPARATIONS - A method and device to help an aircraft change altitude in case of reduced separations is disclosed. The device, embarked on board the airplane, comprises means for determining a performing time range during which the altitude change maneuver within reduced spacings being desired by the pilots is able to be performed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100292912 | AIRCRAFT CLEARANCE ENFORCEMENT - A clearance enforcement system for a vehicle includes a transceiver to communicate over a data link that communicatively couples the vehicle to a control center external to the vehicle and a management unit configured to enforce a vehicle clearance policy. The vehicle clearance policy specifies that a vehicle must receive, in response to a clearance request message, an affirmative response message from a control center external to the vehicle, before executing a movement associated with the affirmative response message. The management unit enforces the vehicle clearance policy through a computer implemented method. The computer implemented method operates to first automatically determine within the vehicle when the vehicle is initiating the movement without having received the affirmative response and automatically alerting an operator of the vehicle that is initiating the movement without having received the affirmative response message. The operator of the vehicle is typically alerted using at least one visual annunciator, audible annunciator, or tactile annunciator. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100324807 | AIRPORT TAXIWAY NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A method and system for providing taxiway navigational information to a crewmember of an airplane taxiing at an airport. An airport taxiway navigation system (“ATNS”) that executes on an onboard computer system that displays a map of the taxiways of an airport, receives the name of each taxiway of the taxi route specified by the taxi clearance, and highlights the taxiways on a displayed map to provide a visual indication of the cleared taxi route for the crewmembers. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100332111 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING AN AIRCRAFT ALONG A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY - The guidance device ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332112 | IDENTIFYING RESTRICTED MOVEMENT AREAS ON ELECTRONIC AIRPORT CHARTS - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for graphically identifying operational restrictions for an airport area. The aircraft type is identified to form an identified aircraft type. A number of restrictions are identified for the airport area using the identified aircraft type to form a number of associated restrictions. The number of associated restrictions is presented as a number of graphical indicators on a display of the airport area in locations for the number of associated restrictions. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110004398 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL SEQUENCING AND SPACING IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF POTENTIAL WAKE VORTICES - A system is delineated comprising a processor, a transceiver coupled to the processor, and memory including instructions for execution by the processor to send with the transceiver meteorological data, 4-D position data, velocity data, and time and configuration data to a provided ATC ground station. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110015852 | Arrangement and Method for Flight Security and/or Air Traffic Control of Aircraft - The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for flight security and/or air traffic control of aircraft ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022291 | PERSPECTIVE-VIEW VISUAL RUNWAY AWARENESS AND ADVISORY DISPLAY - A graphical display system includes one or more sensors for obtaining data, wherein the data obtained includes position and trajectory data for a craft and airport data; a display element for displaying graphics and data; and at least one processor coupled to the one or more sensors. Based on data received from the one or more sensors regarding craft position and trajectory relative to an airport, the at least one processor determines if a runway is being targeted, selects which runway guides and alerts to display based on data obtained and runway targeted, and sends signals to the display element to display the targeted runway with the selected runway guides and alerts. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL TAXI CLEARANCES - A system is delineated comprising a display and a receiver coupled to the display for receiving data for presenting on the display, the data representing spoken VHF messages. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110046868 | Aircraft Guidance System for Assisting in Airport Navigation - An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance point; a positioning system delivering aircraft kinematic and attitude parameters; at least one computer generating a 2D view of the representation of the airport notably comprising navigation indications and a representation of the aircraft; and at least one display for displaying the representation of the airport. In the system, a first symbol is generated on the display indicating the position of an early guidance point, corresponding to the position of the guidance point at a future time. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110046869 | PROGRAMMING AIRPLANE SYSTEMS BASED ON INSTRUCTIONS - A method of receiving an instruction by an airplane from a control system includes facilitating, by the airplane, a user of a system of the airplane in accepting or rejecting the instruction. The instruction may be received by the airplane via a data link between the control system and the airplane system. If the instruction is accepted, the method may further include loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system and/or adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110066362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM DISPLAYING AIRCRAFT IN-TRAIL TRAFFIC - A system and method for displaying in-trail traffic includes providing ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110071750 | Airport Surface Conflict Detection - Method, system, and computer program product embodiments for conflict detection of vehicles, including aircraft, are presented. According to an embodiment, a method for conflict detection of an aircraft, comprises: reducing one or more vehicle travel paths in a three dimensional space to a first dimension; receiving data corresponding to a motion of the aircraft; mapping the motion to the one or more vehicle travel paths in the first dimension; and transmitting an alert if a potential conflict is determined in the one or more vehicle travel paths in the first dimension. Corresponding system embodiments and computer program product embodiments are also disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110130948 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLIGHT PLAN STATE FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for managing a flight plan state for an air traffic control that manage the flight plan state by using time information and accurately manage departure and arrival states of an aircraft by utilizing a state processor only for departure/arrival. The apparatus for managing a flight plan state for an air traffic control includes: a flight plan managing device generating a flight plan list on the basis of an inputted flight plan and setting a flight plan state of the flight plan included in the flight plan list; and a departure/arrival managing device generating a departure-scheduled aircraft list and an arrival-scheduled aircraft list on the basis of the flight plan state of the aircraft set by the flight plan managing device and managing departure and arrival of the aircraft on the basis of the departure-scheduled aircraft list and the arrival-scheduled aircraft list. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110166772 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A REQUEST MESSAGE RECEIVED IN AN AIRCRAFT, FROM GROUND CONTROL, VIA A DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A method for processing a request message received (E | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110184635 | CLOSED AIRPORT SURFACE ALERTING SYSTEM - A system and a method alerts the occupant of an aircraft that the aircraft is in, or approaching, a zone of awareness associated with a closed surface at the airport. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110196598 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RENDERING TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY SIGNAGE IN A SYNTHETIC DISPLAY OF AN AIRPORT FIELD - A system and methods of displaying airport field features on a flight deck display element of an aircraft are provided. The flight deck display system obtains geographic position data and heading data for the aircraft, accesses airport feature data associated with synthetic graphical representations of an airport field, and renders a dynamic synthetic display of the airport field on the flight deck display element. The dynamic synthetic display is rendered in accordance with the geographic position data, the heading data, and the airport feature data. In certain embodiments the synthetic display includes graphical representations of taxiways/runways, along with signage that is conformally rendered on the exposed taxiway surfaces. Display characteristics of the signage may be influenced by the actual physical and/or temporal proximity of the aircraft relative to reference locations on the airport field. In some embodiments, the taxiway/runway signage includes dynamic directional indicators corresponding to the intended directions of travel on the taxiways/runways. Moreover, the taxiway/runway signage can be dynamically rendered in a forward-facing manner at all times on the flight deck display element. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196599 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INPUTTING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS - Methods and systems are provided for providing information relating to taxiing an aircraft at an airport having a plurality of taxi paths. One exemplary method involves identifying a first aircraft location on a first taxi path and a first aircraft heading along the first taxi path, and determining a first subset of possible taxi paths from the plurality of taxi paths based on the first aircraft location and the first aircraft heading, such that each respective taxi path of the first subset intersects the first taxi path at a respective intersection location in the first aircraft heading from the first aircraft location. The method continues by receiving a first input, and when the first input corresponds to a second taxi path of the first subset, providing indication of the second taxi path. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110246053 | Method and Device for Aiding the Management of An Aircraft Flight Receiving a Control Clearance - A method for aiding the management of an aircraft flight according to an active flight plan receiving a control clearance transmitted at a current time includes a step of computing a reception flight plan based on the said control clearance, a step of storing the said reception flight plan in a memory space dedicated to the said reception flight plan. The method also includes, prior to the step of computing a reception flight plan: a step of determining the time, called the recognition time, assumed to have to elapse between the current time and a time at which the said control clearance is assumed to be recognized; a step of attribution, to the said control clearance, of a destination flight plan as a function of the recognition time, the said destination flight plan being the temporary flight plan when the recognition time is included in a first time slot and the destination flight plan being a secondary flight plan when the recognition time is included in a second time slot longer than the first time slot. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251781 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLIGHT SUBSTITUTION AND REROUTE - Flight substitution and reroute is accomplished based on frequently updated flow constrained areas and a flight substitution system to minimize the impact of severe weather on the NAS. Each flight is assigned a route, a FCA controlled time of arrival (FCA_CTA) slot, a controlled time of departure, and a destination controlled time of arrival, wherein the flights are sorted according to the FCA_CTA slot to pass sequentially through an FCA. When a flight is re-routed, the subsequent flight FCA_CTA is updated with the FCA_CTA slot made available by the preceding flight. If such an update is not feasible, then the subsequent flight FCA_CTA is updated according to a slot credit substitution give-away method. The benefits and costs for rerouting a flight out of an AFP are input to an optimization framework for providing the best flight time and flight reroute options. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257873 | ONBOARD ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR AIDING THE FOLLOWING OF AN AIRPORT ROUTE BY AN AIRCRAFT - A device for aiding the following of an airport route by an aircraft includes: an onboard system of optical sensors; means providing the current position of the aircraft; a database having topological information for the airport; a recognition system providing, on the basis of the video images arising from the system of optical sensors, data characteristics of the airport route portion, making it possible to identify a simple primitive representative of the route portion followed; and a processing computer. The processing computer extracts, from the database, a succession of simple geometric shapes representing the airport route and of the same nature as the primitives arising from the recognition system, compares the succession of shapes with the primitives, and validates or invalidates the route followed by the aircraft as a function of the result of the comparison. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110288759 | DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PERSONNEL AND THE GROUND, AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING SAID DEVICE - A system for communicating between a commercial aircraft and the base of the airline that chartered the same when the aircraft is itself located on the ground during the flight preparation phases and before unloading the commercial freight or passengers. A method implements such a communication system by the commercial flight staff and/or the aircraft captain to prepare a flight and the commercial freight unloading phase. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110301829 | System and Method for Providing Predictive Departure and Arrival Rates for an Airport - A system and method for determining estimated departure and arrival rates. The system and method including receiving predicted airport constraint information for a predetermined time period, querying historical airport data to determine historical time periods having similar constraint information and determining an estimated arrival rate and an estimated departure rate for the predetermined time period based on corresponding arrival rates and departure rates for the historical time periods having similar constraint information. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110313645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT TAXIING AND GUIDANCE USING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for aircraft taxiing and guidance using ground station's communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, in a method of aircraft taxiing and guidance, a communication link between an aircraft computing system and a ground station system is established using a communication network provided by the ground station system. An aircraft taxi selection and guidance application residing in the aircraft computing system is displayed on a display device upon establishing the communication link. Further, one or more pilot selectable taxiing and ground services are displayed upon selecting the aircraft taxi selection and guidance application. One of the displayed pilot selectable taxiing and ground services is selected by a pilot of an aircraft. Information associated with the selected pilot selectable taxiing and ground service is then displayed on the display device using ground station data. The aircraft is taxied and guided by the pilot using displayed information. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120004837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING AIR TRAFFIC - The present invention relates to a method and system for controlling air traffic. The method and system utilises aircraft performance data, provided either by an FMS of a capable aircraft or generated by a model based on knowledge of the aircraft, to provide an accurate prediction of aircraft intent so that an accurate estimated time of arrival can be generated. The estimated time of arrival is then used to provide a required time of arrival (RTA) for the aircraft. The RTAs for the aircraft are provided for the aircraft to arrive at a destination, such as an Outer Fix Point, in a desired sequence. The desired sequence is arranged to provide intervals between the aircraft such that they may be able to land at the destination airport without requiring holding and vectoring from top of descent. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120022774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT THAT ARE PRESENT IN AN AIR SECTOR TO BE MONITORED - The present invention relates to a system for aiding the identification and control of aircraft that are present in an air sector to be monitored. The system includes a voice recognition means for analysing oral communications exchanged between the air-traffic controller and the pilots of aircraft present in the air sector, and a management means for making a comparison between data delivered by the voice recognition means and stored identifiers representative of respective aircraft expected to be present in the air sector. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120029802 | REDUCING AIRPORT DELAYS USING INFORMATION AND ANALYTICS - A system and method for receiving, from a data source, at least one type of information for a plurality of aircraft, calculating efficiency data based on the received information, distributing the efficiency data to users of the system and storing the calculated efficiency data, the efficiency data including an average separation between arriving aircraft, an arrival rate an airport, an elapsed time from a point of interest to an arrival of the aircraft at an airport, a comparison of an actual base leg initiation to an optimal base leg initiation for an aircraft and a comparison of an estimated time for passing fixed points on an arrival path and the actual time for passing the fixed points. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120035841 | AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND REQUIRED TIME OF ARRIVAL FUNCTION COOPERATION - Methods and systems are provided for enhancing the functionality of an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) by modifying it to cooperate with a required time of arrival (RTA) functionality. The system comprises an autopilot configured to execute a trajectory of an aircraft and a flight management system (FMS) in operable communication with the autopilot. The FMS includes a required time of arrival (RTA) system that is configured to determine an RTA aircraft trajectory of the aircraft based on a required time of arrival of the aircraft at a waypoint along the flight plan. The system also includes an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) in operable communication with the RTA and is configured to determine a spacing trajectory based on a spacing interval from a first reference aircraft. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120035842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF GUIDANCE REFERENCE FOR TRAFFIC SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Situational Awareness and Guidance Reference (SAGR) and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a display system utilized for a traffic application and an SAGR associated with the own-ship symbol providing longitudinal and lateral guidance reference. In a manual implementation, the SAGR aids human operators achieve required longitudinal and lateral spacing from selected traffic by depicting a small operating region on a navigational map display within which an aircraft will have achieved the required spacing. Such depiction of the deviation guidance may be with respect to time or distance relative to selected traffic aircraft or to fixed structure, and engaged in an automatic or manual mode. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120078494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NON-INTEGRATED CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS (CPDLC) SYSTEMS ON AN AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for implementing non-integrated FANS/ATN CPDLC solutions are provided. In one embodiment a system comprises: a first computing system executing a first CPDLC application; a second computing system executing a second CPDLC application; at least one Human Machine Interface (HMI) coupled to the first computing system and the second computing system, the HMI configured to display screens generated by the first CPDLC application and the second CPDLC application; and a manager function that arbitrates HMI access to the screens generated by the first and second CPDLC applications. The manager function restricts access to one or more of the screens generated by the first CPDLC application based on a logon status of the second CPDLC application. The manager function restricts access to one or more of the screens generated by the second CPDLC application based on a logon status of the first CPDLC application. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078495 | AIRCRAFT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are provided for improving aircraft pilot situational awareness. When datalink messages and/or automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and/or various other data are received in the aircraft, the received data are processed to generate a spatial and temporal situational model for the aircraft. At least a portion of the spatial and temporal situational model is rendered on a display device within the aircraft. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120083997 | Tailored Arrivals Allocation System Clearance Generator - The different advantageous embodiments provide a method for generating an integrated aircraft clearance. Flight information, preference information, environmental information, and constraints are retrieved from a number of sources. The flight information includes at least one of flight plan information, flight scheduling information, flight status information, and environmental information. The flight information is processed against the preference information, the environmental information, and the constraints. A clearance solution is generated for an aircraft based on the flight information, the preference information, the environmental information and the constraints. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120101710 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING RUNWAY INCURSION AT AIRPORTS - The present invention relates to a system and method for minimizing or preventing runway incursion at airports by utilizing data packets of information transmitted over the voice communication channel used by pilots at the airport. The data packets of information contain the latitudinal and longitudinal position of the aircraft provided by an on board GPS receiver and a unique identifier for the aircraft, such as the tail number, which is then received by other aircraft on the same ground frequency, and the tower, and displayed on a geo-referenced map display of the airport provided to the pilots and the tower ground controller. The information may be updated by polling the various aircraft In this manner, information received from all active aircraft within an airport can be displayed on an electronic map of the airport which can be viewable by the pilots on the ground as well as the ground controller. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120123668 | POSITION/TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES FOR AIR REFUELING OPERATIONS - A system and methods for coordinating positioning of vehicles in motion is disclosed. The method graphically presents displayed synchronization parameters on a display screen such that a user determines a planned position of a first vehicle on a planned path in order to arrive at a predetermined position at a correct time. The method further synchronizes the first vehicle with the planned position on the planned path using the displayed synchronization parameters and performs a rendezvous between the first vehicle and a second vehicle. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123669 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AVIATION NAVIGATION - A system operates to guide an aircraft to or along a route designed to maintain the aircraft within a safe glide distance of an acceptable emergency landing area. The system uses a database of emergency landing areas with glide characteristics of an aircraft to determine a route that minimizes travel time or other specified parameter, while keeping the aircraft within a safe glide distance of a landing area in the database meeting the landing requirements for the aircraft. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HOLD PATH COMPUTATION TO MEET REQUIRED HOLD DEPARTURE TIME - A method and hold path computation system for automatically generating a hold path for an aircraft flying in a holding pattern, wherein the holding pattern is defined by one or more orbits within a selectable holding area are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive a hold departure time indicating a time the aircraft is to leave the hold path to meet a required time of arrival (RTA) at a waypoint, determine a present position of the aircraft within the holding pattern, and determine an amount of time to complete a current hold orbit. The processor is also configured such that if the determined amount of time to complete a current hold orbit is less than or equal to the hold departure time, maintain the aircraft flying in the holding pattern and determine an amount of time by which to shorten the next orbit to exit the holding pattern at the hold departure time. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136562 | Method And System For Aiding The Taxiing Of An Aircraft On An Airport Domain - Method and system for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft on an airport domain. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143482 | ELECTRONICALLY FILE AND FLY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Flight plans for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are automatically generated and filed with an air traffic control (ATC) system to quickly and easily secure approval for flying the UAV in a controlled airspace. In one example, one or more flight locations for a UAV are defined using a computing device. Using the computing device, an electronic flight plan is automatically generated based on the defined flight locations for the UAV. The flight plan can be transmitted to an ATC system. ATC approval, with or without modifications, or denial of the flight plan may also be received electronically and indicated on the operator device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143483 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AIRCRAFT HOLDING LOCATIONS AND HOLDING DURATIONS FROM AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE DATA - A method using airport surveillance data to output a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between two locations, the delays being observed in the surveillance data as a knot of several data points. A first method is used to identify proposed knots based on distances between individual data points within the data. A second method is used to identify proposed knots based on the speed of the vehicle. Another method can be used to separate proposed knots have been incorrectly joined together. This method performs the separation by arranging the data points into a two-dimensional grid to form clusters of grid cells having data points. The location of the individual cells is then analyzed to determine whether clusters should be separated. Each of the remaining clusters defines a hold where the vehicle is delayed. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150426 | AIRCRAFT PATH CONFORMANCE MONITORING - A particular method includes receiving aircraft state data associated with an aircraft at an air traffic control system. The aircraft state data includes a detected position of the aircraft, a velocity of the aircraft and an orientation of the aircraft. The method also includes predicting at least one future position of the aircraft based on the aircraft state data. The method further includes generating an alert in response to comparing the predicted future position to an air traffic navigation constraint assigned to the aircraft. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120158277 | Method and System for Preparing the Taxiing Phase for an Aircraft in an Airport Area - A method and a system is provided for preparing the taxiing phase for an aircraft on the basis of an airport database cataloguing by section, the taxiways of an airport and storing, for each section, specific data of geographical position and of connectivity and of a taxiing plan for the aircraft indicating a succession of taxiway sections. The method comprises a step of detecting risk areas along the taxiing plan and a step of displaying the detected risk areas. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158278 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POTENTIAL CONFLICT SITUATION - The invention relates to a method for determining a potential conflict situation ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120173131 | Airport Demand Management Method - A method is presented here for mitigation of airport congestion problem by manipulating flight arrival times to coincide with expected departure times in order to keep airport demand under a specific limit and optimize utilized capacity of an airport. In one example, a threshold is defined which is related to the airport surface capacity to represent airport's tolerance for accumulation. At the time the congestion problem is overcome, the accumulation rate is not positive. In another example, a threshold is defined which is related to the airport facilities available to a specific carrier and is applied to the flights operated by that carrier. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120191331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND USING USER PREFERENCES IN AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for encoding and using user preferences in air traffic management operations are disclosed. The method may include determining a current trajectory based on the user preferences, computing a cost of deviations from the current trajectory, codifying the cost of deviations from the current trajectory using normalized cost coefficients for one or more segments of the current trajectory, and communicating the codified cost of deviations to an air traffic control (ATC) automation system, wherein the ATC automation system computes costs of maneuvers based on the codified cost of deviations and ranks the maneuvers according to cost. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191332 | System and Method for Planning, Disruption Management, and Optimization of Networked, Scheduled or On-Demand Air Transport Fleet Trajectory Operations - Disclosed are algorithms and agent-based structures for a system and technique for analyzing and managing the airspace. The technique includes managing bulk properties of large numbers of heterogeneous multidimensional aircraft trajectories in an airspace, for the purpose of maintaining or increasing system safety, and to identify possible phase transition structures to predict when an airspace will approach the limits of its capacity. The paths of the multidimensional aircraft trajectories are continuously recalculated in the presence of changing conditions (traffic, exclusionary airspace, weather, for example) while optimizing performance measures and performing trajectory conflict detection and resolution. Such trajectories are represented as extended objects endowed with pseudo-potential, maintaining objectives for time, acceleration limits, and fuel-efficient paths by bending just enough to accommodate separation. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120197516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT TAXI GATE SELECTION BASED ON PASSENGER CONNECTING FLIGHT INFORMATION - A system and method for aircraft taxi gate selection based on passenger connecting flight information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication link is established between an aircraft computing system and a ground station system via a communication network provided by the ground station system. Further, aircraft taxi gate selection information and the passenger connecting flight information are substantially simultaneously displayed on a display device to a pilot upon establishing the communication link. Furthermore, the pilot is allowed to select an aircraft taxi gate based on the displayed aircraft taxi gate selection information and passenger connecting flight information. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120203448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ITP CLEARANCE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for providing improved In-Trails Procedure (ITP) or standard (STD) transition information on a display with a vertical profile view. In an exemplary embodiment, a user interface located on a host aircraft receives a user selection of a desired altitude. A processor on the host aircraft receives information from one or more proximate target aircraft via a communications system on the host aircraft and receives host aircraft information from one or more other systems located on the host aircraft. The processor generates a graphical user interface display for presentation on a display coupled to the processing device. The graphical user interface display includes a vertical profile view that shows a valid or invalid indication for an In-Trails Procedure (ITP) or standard (STD) transition to the altitude associated with the received desired altitude based on the received proximate target aircraft and host aircraft information. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120215433 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AIR TRAFFIC - Methods and systems suitable for negotiating air traffic trajectory modification requests received from multiple aircraft that each has trajectory parameters. The methods include transmitting from at least a first aircraft a first trajectory modification request to alter the altitude, speed and/or lateral route thereof. A first conflict assessment is then performed to determine if the first trajectory modification request poses a conflict with the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of other aircraft. If a conflict is not identified, the first trajectory modification request is granted and the first aircraft is notified of the first trajectory modification request being granted. Alternatively, if a conflict is identified, the first trajectory modification request is not granted and the first aircraft is notified thereof. If the first trajectory modification request was not granted, the first trajectory modification request is placed in a queue, which is periodically processed to perform subsequent conflict assessments. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215434 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AIR TRAFFIC - Methods and systems suitable for processing multiple trajectory modification requests received from multiple aircraft within an airspace. The methods include receiving multiple trajectory modification requests that are transmitted from multiple aircraft and request alterations of the altitudes, speeds and/or lateral routes thereof, sequentially performing conflict assessments on the multiple trajectory modification requests to determine if any of the multiple trajectory modification requests pose conflicts with the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of any other of the multiple aircraft, placing in a computer memory data queue n trajectory modification requests of the multiple trajectory modification requests that are identified by the conflict assessments as posing conflicts, and periodically processing the queue to perform subsequent conflict assessments on the n trajectory modification requests to determine if any of the n trajectory modification requests still pose conflicts with the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of any other of the multiple aircraft. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215435 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AIR TRAFFIC - Methods and systems scheduling and negotiating air traffic within an airspace surrounding an airport and scheduled to land at the airport. An air traffic control (ATC) system is used to monitor the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of aircraft as they enter the airspace. The ATC system generates a scheduled time-of-arrival (STA) for each aircraft at one or more meter fix points associated with the airport, the STA for each aircraft is stored, and data is received or inferred with the ATC system for at least a first of the aircraft, including a minimum fuel-cost speed and predicted trajectory parameters of the first aircraft based on current values of its existing trajectory parameters. Auxiliary data, including earliest and latest estimated time-of-arrival ETA | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221233 | System and Method for Departure Metering from Airports - Described herein are systems and methods for allocating departure slots at an airport. One embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a method including calculating an estimated takeoff time (“ETT”) based on airport data and flight plan data, allocating a departure slot time for the at least one flight based on the ETT, and populating the allocated departure slot time in an allocation grid. Another embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a system comprising a user interface displaying information related to flight plan data and airport data received from an airport network, and a departure allocation module calculating an estimated takeoff time (“ETT”) for the first flight based on the airport data and the flight plan data, allocating a departure slot time for the flight, and populating the departure slot time in an allocation grid via the user interface. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120245834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AERIAL VEHICLE TRAJECTORY MANAGEMENT - A method and system of managing an aerial vehicle trajectory is provided. The remote trajectory management system (RTMS) for a fleet of aircraft includes an input specification module configured to manage information specifying flight-specific input data used to generate a trajectory, an aircraft model module including data that specifies a performance of the aircraft and engines of the aircraft, a predict 4D trajectory module configured to receive the specified inputs from the input specification module and an aircraft performance model from aircraft model module and to generate a 4D trajectory for a predetermined flight, and a trajectory export module configured to transmit a predetermined subset of the predicted trajectory to the aircraft. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245835 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING REQUIRED INTERVAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE (RIMP) - A method of characterizing an airborne spacing operation is provided. The method includes determining, using a computer, a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the spacing operation, determining, using a computer, a minimum state data level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance, determining, using a computer, an airborne functionality required to meet the performance objective, and providing, using a computer, a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data level, the minimum speed performance level, and the airborne functionality. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245836 | System and Method for Airport Surface Management - Described herein are systems and methods for surface management of an airport. One embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a method including receiving airport data from an airport network, receiving surface surveillance data for specific segments of an airport area, identifying predicted conflicts within one of the segments based on the airport data and surface surveillance data, and allocating a taxi time slot for the flight. Another embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a system comprising a user interface displaying information related to flight plan data and airport data received from an airport network, and a surface management module receiving the airport data and surface surveillance data for specific segments of an airport area, identifying predicted conflicts within one of the segments based on the airport data and surface surveillance data, and allocating a taxi time slot for the flight. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND REDUCING RUNWAY INCURSIONS - A system and method are provided for presenting a taxi route for an aircraft at an airport. The method, for example, includes, but is not limited to receiving, by a processor, the taxi route, translating, by the processor, the taxi route into a graphical representation, displaying, on an aircraft display, a map of the airport and the graphical representation, and displaying, a location of a hold short instruction on the aircraft display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253650 | Method And Device For Checking That An Aircraft Fulfils Successive Time Constraints - Method and device for checking that an aircraft fulfils successive time constraints. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120303252 | DATABASE AUGMENTED SURVEILLANCE - An aircraft traffic alert system that minimizes false alarms and unnecessary alerts by automatically adjusting the sensitivity of the system based on proximity to an airport. The system also can use information from a flight management system (FMS) or GPS navigation system (GNS) to only adjust the sensitivity near a destination airport and to suppress potential alerts for possible collisions with other aircraft that will be moot based on planned course changes of the subject aircraft. The system also can suppress alerts related to another aircraft when the other aircraft is landing on a parallel runway to the runway on which the subject aircraft is landing. The system may use multiple sensitivity levels based on different airspace classes, each class being associated with a different sensitivity level. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303253 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL - An air traffic control system in which several tactical sectors each control of a respective tactical controller can be amalgamated into a single super-sector under control of a single planning controller. The tactical controllers can collaboratively manage flights in neighbouring tactical sectors within the same planning sector and have awareness of selected flights and interactions outside their own tactical sector; the invention assesses and selects which flights to display for each controller (based upon separation responsibility). | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120316766 | METHOD FOR CREATION OF A TAXIING ROUTE OVER AN AIRPORT AREA AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The general field of the invention is that of the systems and of the methods allowing a taxiing route to be established over an airport area. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323475 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AIRCRAFT HOLDING LOCATIONS AND HOLDING DURATIONS FROM AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE DATA - A method of using airport surveillance data to determine a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between locations including obtaining a time-ordered sequence of data points representing the movement of the vehicle, creating a speed vector (sv) for each data point, replacing ground speed elements in the speed vector (sv) with a one when the ground speed element is less than a speed threshold, performing a spatial density test on each data point in a sequence of consecutive one entries, defining a starting and stopping index for a consecutive sequence of data points as a preliminary hold, determining whether to merge adjacent preliminary holds, determining a time duration of each preliminary hold and eliminating any preliminary hold having a time duration less than a predetermined time duration and outputting the results. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130006511 | SELECTABLE DISPLAY OF AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC ON TRACKS - A method of displaying aircraft traffic information on a display element of a host aircraft begins by displaying a lateral display and an in-trail procedure (ITP) display. The lateral display includes representations of tracks corresponding to flight path constraints, the host aircraft, and neighboring aircraft, wherein the host aircraft and the neighboring aircraft are displayed in alignment with the tracks. The ITP display includes representations of flight levels including a current flight level of the host aircraft. The method continues by receiving a command that indicates selection of one of the displayed tracks. In response to the command, the ITP display is rendered to display representations of neighboring aircraft traveling on the selected track, in the absence of neighboring aircraft traveling on tracks other than the selected track. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130006512 | WEATHER DATA SELECTION RELATIVE TO AN AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY - A method of providing weather information for an aircraft trajectory to a flight management system (FMS) includes selecting a unique subset of temperature data points from weather data points along an aircraft trajectory and sending corresponding weather data points to the FMS. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013182 | AIRPORT OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for airport operations optimization. In some examples, a method for airport operations optimization includes generating a runway configuration for a time period based on runway information. The method further includes generating a flight-to-runway assignment for the first time period based on flight information. The method further includes generating a sequence of flights for the time period based on the runway configuration, the flight-to-runway assignment, and the flight information. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130041575 | System and Method for Predicting Aircraft Gate Arrival Times - A system and method for receiving an estimated ON time for an aircraft, determining an estimated ON to IN time for the aircraft and determining an estimated gate arrival time for the aircraft based on the estimated ON time and the estimated ON to IN time. The system including a calculation engine for performing the steps of the calculation. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130060457 | Distance determination and type of aircraft determination during docking at the gate - A device for detecting an object moving in a space includes a measuring device aimed at the object, the measuring device detecting a distance pattern which contains the distances of at least two different points on the object to the measuring device. The measuring device detects the object in the space if at least one part of the distance pattern remains constant over time. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066543 | GROUND BASED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INCURSIONS ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH OF AN IN-FLIGHT AIRCRAFT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting incursion alerts to a plurality of in-flight aircraft in accordance with preconfigured pilot preferences. The apparatus comprises a data store module containing data sets against which the pilot preferences are evaluated during flight, including weather, airspace and flight restrictions, ground delay programs, and air traffic information. The apparatus further includes a flight path module containing route and position information for each aircraft. An incursion alert processing module evaluates the flight path, data store, and pilot preferences and generates incursion alerts which are transmitted to each aircraft during flight, either directly or via ground based dispatchers or flight operations personnel. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130080042 | AVIATION ADVISORY - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, in a computer-based airspace monitoring system, airspace information from a plurality of different sources via a plurality of different communication networks, receiving, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first flightpath parameter from a first aircraft at a first point in time, wherein the first flightpath parameter comprises at least one of a three-dimensional position parameter, a flight trajectory parameter, or a speed parameter, establishing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, a first defined airspace in a region proximate the first aircraft, processing, in the computer-based airspace monitoring system, the airspace information for the first defined airspace based on the first position parameter received from the first aircraft to define a first data set of airspace information relevant to the first aircraft, and transmitting the first dataset of airspace information from the computer-based airspace monitoring system to the first aircraft. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080043 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Flight-Optimizing Trajectories - An apparatus for generating flight-optimizing trajectories for a first aircraft includes a receiver capable of receiving second trajectory information associated with at least one second aircraft. The apparatus also includes a traffic aware planner (TAP) module operably connected to the receiver to receive the second trajectory information. The apparatus also includes at least one internal input device on board the first aircraft to receive first trajectory information associated with the first aircraft and a TAP application capable of calculating an optimal trajectory for the first aircraft based at least on the first trajectory information and the second trajectory information. The optimal trajectory at least avoids conflicts between the first trajectory information and the second trajectory information. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085660 | Air Traffic Analysis Using a Linear Inequalities Solver - Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for solving large systems of linear equations, such as for aircraft traffic control and analysis, are disclosed. A method for aircraft traffic control, includes receiving as input, airspace sector information and aircraft traffic information, configuring a homogeneous system of linear inequalities comprising a plurality of linear inequalities based upon the airspace sector information and the aircraft traffic information, and resolving the homogeneous linear system to determine a second airspace sector information and a second aircraft traffic information, wherein the second airspace sector information and the second aircraft traffic information are based upon a predetermined future point of time, and wherein the resolving includes at least one of reducing a maximum infeasibility of the homogeneous linear system and reducing a sum infeasibility of the homogeneous linear system. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130090841 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING RUNWAY STATUS AND LAYOUT - A method for combining static runway information with runway status information for a selected runway is described. The method includes retrieving, with a processing device, static runway information for the selected runway from at least one database, retrieving, with the processing device, runway status information for the selected runway from at least one source of dynamic runway status information, generating, through a program executing on the processing device, a depiction of the selected runway on at least one display device, and generating for display proximate the runway depiction, through the execution of the program, a plurality of contextual symbology associated with the runway, the symbology based on the retrieved static runway information and the retrieved dynamic runway status information. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130103297 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING A TAXI CLEARANCE - Methods and systems are provided for completing and displaying a taxi clearance for an aircraft at an airport. One exemplary method involves receiving an input taxi clearance including a first taxi path of a plurality of taxi paths at the airport and a second taxi path of the plurality of taxi paths that succeeds the first taxi path in the input taxi clearance, and determining a plurality of possible taxi routes between the first taxi path and the second taxi path. The method continues by identifying an optimal taxi route from among the plurality of possible taxi routes, and graphically indicating that the taxi clearance for the aircraft includes the optimal taxi route between the first taxi path and the second taxi path. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110387 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFERRING AIRCRAFT PARAMETERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110388 | Terminal Aircraft Sequencing and Conflict Resolution | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130116918 | DEVICE INTENDED FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FOR AIDING TRACKING OF AIRCRAFT CLIMBS AND DESCENTS - The device, intended for air traffic controllers and for assisting the tracking of aircraft ascents and descents, includes: a means for receiving data transmitted by an aircraft, said data including at least the spatial position of the aircraft and requests that are optionally transmitted by the crew; a display making it possible to display the path of a moving aircraft with a view to returning to a first altitude; and a means for giving the aircraft crew permission to reach a second altitude. The device includes an alarm manager that is configurable according to at least one aircraft flight condition calculated on the basis of the first altitude, thus enabling transmission of an alarm at a point in time when the condition is fulfilled. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130124076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REACT TO ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT - Computer implemented systems and methods of communicating a system reaction to environmental input comprising receiving environmental input, determining a hazard state and a user state from the environmental input, determining a system reaction from the hazard state and the user state and communicating the system reaction to a user interface. In some embodiments, the system reaction comprises a system reaction level and in some embodiments the system reaction level corresponds to a stage of automation. In some embodiments, the user interface is a multimodal interface and in some embodiments the user interface is a haptic interface. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130131970 | FLIGHT PLANNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An electronic flight planning system is provided, arranged to implement a preferred method for identifying conflicts between flight plans for aircraft. In the preferred method, the system receives, as data input from one or more users, a plurality of flight plans each defining a flight by an aircraft; the system determines, for each aircraft and its respective received flight plan, a three-dimensional region of potential conflict, representative both of the uncertainty in the position of the aircraft and of a region of air exclusion appropriate for the aircraft or for the respective received flight plan; and the system determines, on the basis of the determined regions of potential conflict, whether one of the received flight plans is in conflict with any of the other received flight plans. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130138332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN AIRLINE - An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights where the airline operations control system includes a computer searchable database a query module configured to query the database and a prognostic module. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN AIRLINE - An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights where the airline operations control system includes a computer searchable database a query module configured to query the database and a display module and a method of controlling operation of the airline having the multiple aircraft and the multiple routes. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130166189 | ON-BOARD SYSTEM TO ASSIST THE TAXIING OF AN AIRCRAFT ON AIRPORT TAXIWAYS - The invention relates to an on-board optoelectronic system to assist the taxiing of an aircraft on the taxiways of an airport, that includes:
| 06-27-2013 |
| 20130179059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE AIRPORT - Systems and methods for use in identifying at least one alternate airport for an aircraft. One example method includes identifying a plurality of alternate airports based on static data associated with the plurality of alternate airports, identifying, at a processing device, at least one preferred alternate airport from the plurality of alternate airports based on dynamic data associated with the plurality of alternate airports, and storing the at least one preferred alternate airport. The dynamic data includes at least one of visibility information and traffic density information. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OWNSHIP DEVIATION FROM ASSIGNED TAXIWAY CLEARANCE - Systems and methods for identifying ownship deviation from assigned taxi-clearance in the area of taxiway intersection. An exemplary system provides alerts in the event of a significant deviation from the assigned clearance, but does not give unwanted alerts when the flight crew is performing normal turning maneuvers in the area of an intersection. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130184978 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AIR TRAFFIC - A system and method to improve efficiency in aircraft maneuvers meant to accommodate time-related constraints in air traffic. Information related to flight performance and atmospheric conditions is gathered onboard an aircraft, then transmitted to an air traffic control center. In the event of a delay or any other event which necessitates an alteration in an aircraft trajectory, the data is sent to a decision support tool to compute and provide alternative trajectories, preferably including operator-preferred trajectories, within air traffic constraints. Air traffic controllers can then offer an alternative trajectory to an aircraft that is more efficient, cost effective, and/or preferable to the aircraft operator. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130191015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DEGRADED TRAFFIC DATA ON AN IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE (ITP) DISPLAY - A system and method for displaying degraded traffic data from an intruder aircraft on an ITP display is provided. The method includes determining if the degraded traffic data exhibits navigational accuracy sufficient for display on the ITP display, and analyzing the degraded traffic data to determine the ITP parameters for similar track traffic and to determine if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic data is within predefined bounds if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic is not sufficient for display on the ITP display. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130211701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AIR TRAFFIC DATA TO USERS FOR DISPLAY - A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of aviation information is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information. Upon receiving a user request, a server retrieves a result set from the database and transmits it to the requesting user. Subsequently, updates as to a flight identified in the request are transmitted at a selected rate, which may be modified automatically based on one flight characteristic, for subsequent display. In one form, the results may be presented to the user in the form of digital map having aircraft images. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211702 | ALLOCATION OF FLIGHT LEGS TO DISPATCHER POSITIONS - A method includes receiving flight leg data and dispatcher position data for a planning horizon and identifying cycle flight legs and extraordinary flight legs based on the flight leg data. The method includes allocating each cycle flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions. The method includes allocating, after allocating each cycle flight leg, each extraordinary flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130231852 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING REQUIRED INTERVAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE (RIMP) - One embodiment provides a method of characterizing an airborne spacing operation. The method includes determining, using a computer, a spacing tolerance based on a performance objective for the airborne spacing operation, determining, using a computer, a minimum state data performance level and a minimum speed performance level based on the spacing tolerance, and providing, using a computer, a required interval management performance (RIMP) category for the airborne spacing operation, the RIMP category specifying the spacing tolerance, the minimum state data performance level, and the minimum speed performance level. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231853 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RENDERING TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY SIGNAGE IN A SYNTHETIC DISPLAY OF AN AIRPORT FIELD - A system and methods of displaying airport field features on a flight deck display element of an aircraft are provided. The flight deck display system obtains geographic position data and heading data for the aircraft, accesses airport feature data associated with synthetic graphical representations of an airport field, and renders a dynamic synthetic display of the airport field on the flight deck display element. The dynamic synthetic display is rendered in accordance with the geographic position data, the heading data, and the airport feature data. In certain embodiments the synthetic display includes graphical representations of taxiways/runways, along with signage that is conformally rendered on the exposed taxiway surfaces. Display characteristics of the signage may be influenced by the actual physical and/or temporal proximity of the aircraft relative to reference locations on the airport field. In some embodiments, the taxiway/runway signage includes dynamic directional indicators corresponding to the intended directions of travel on the taxiways/runways. Moreover, the taxiway/runway signage can be dynamically rendered in a forward-facing manner at all times on the flight deck display element. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130245927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE (ITP) OPPORTUNITIES ON AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT DISPLAY - A system and method is provided for displaying ITP opportunities on an onboard display device of a host aircraft flying at a first flight level. Flight status data of the host aircraft and at least a first neighboring aircraft flying at a second flight level is obtained and processed to determine a first predicted time within which an ITP transition through the second flight level to a desired flight level can be made. A graphical representation of the host aircraft, the neighboring aircraft, and the first predicted time is rendered on the onboard display device. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130268183 | CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE OPERATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An object of is to cooperatively appropriately respond to a target moving in the air by an aircraft and a flying object launched from a launch facility. The control facility ( | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130289866 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN AIRPLANE IN CONNECTION WITH PARKING OF THE AIRPLANE AT A STAND - Method for identifying an airplane in connection to parking of the airplane at a gate or a stand, for possible connection of a passenger bridge ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130317731 | Defined Interval (DI) Risk Based Air Traffic Control Separation - A method and process redefining the air traffic control system-state into a derivational, optimized air traffic control environment capitalizing on data exchange and interactive surveillance modalities with satellite functionality is disclosed. Data interrogation will exchange operationally relevant real-time information amongst users and regulators, and a computer complex. Defined Interval (DI) logic makes value judgments concerning safety and efficiency of the system as a whole. The DI risk model compares optimization with current state and communicated intent. Intuitive localizations called “swabs” reflecting the risk associated with any operation manifest this. Solution sets are transmitted for implementation to the pilot, controller, or both, and may be spacing tasks or operational requirements that must be performed within defined boundaries, instead of at fixed separation distances as is required by prior art methods. By eliminating static separation requirements and restrictions indicative of the prior art, DI advances the system-state beyond previously envisioned trajectory-based operations. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130338909 | Conflict Detection and Resolution Using Predicted Aircraft Trajectories - A method of detecting conflicts between aircraft passing through managed airspace, and to resolving the detected conflicts strategically. Air traffic control apparatus arranged to manage airspace through which aircraft are flying is provided that comprises processing means configured to receive aircraft intent data describing an aircraft's intended flight path, to launch a conflict detection procedure in which it computes a user-preferred trajectory for each of the aircraft based on the aircraft intent and determines whether any conflicts will arise, to launch a conflict resolution procedure in which it calculates revisions of the aircraft intent of the conflicted aircraft to remove the conflicts, and to transmit to the aircraft the revised aircraft intent data. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140012490 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN AIRLINE - An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights, which are implemented by the aircraft flying the flights forming the routes, where the airline operations control system includes a computer searchable database, a query module configured to query the database, and a prognostic module. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019032 | AVIONIC SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY INTERCEPTION IN CASE OF IMMINENT DAMAGES OF AIRCRAFT FLEETS FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS - An avionic system including: a memory that stores a selectable hash table assigned to a flight plan of an aircraft fleet, the hash table including table elements with operational parameters of an airport, wherein airports covered by the table elements are airports flown to according the fight plan of the aircraft fleet; and a plurality of ground stations situated at the flown to airports of the fight plan, wherein the ground stations are linked via a communication network to a central processing unit; a receiver of the central processing unit that receives, via a communication network interface, a transmission from a detection device, the transmission including at least parameters regarding a time interval parameter of an airport closing and an airport identification. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019033 | Generalized Arrival Planning - A method of air traffic planning includes defining an arrival network of nodes and legs. Each leg represents a segment traversed by an aircraft from an upstream one of the nodes to a downstream one of the nodes, with a plurality of the nodes being designated as scheduling points where one or more constraints are enforceable. The method includes defining for each of a plurality of aircraft, a route set including a plurality of allowed routes each of which includes legs between an arbitrary N scheduling points. And the method includes determining a plan including at least a sequence of the plurality of aircraft and an assigned route for each aircraft, with the assigned route of each aircraft may be one of the allowed routes in the route set of the respective aircraft, with the plan being determined in accordance with the arrival network, and the scheduling points and constraints. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025282 | UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM - An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system. The ATC-RS may include an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may be adapted to receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS and to selectively communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both the civilian ATC and the military C2 communication center through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may also be adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140039783 | System and Method for Airport Surface Management - Described herein are systems and methods for surface management of an airport. One embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a method including receiving airport data from an airport network, receiving surface surveillance data for specific segments of an airport area, identifying predicted conflicts within one of the segments based on the airport data and surface surveillance data, and allocating a taxi time slot for the flight. Another embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a system comprising a user interface displaying information related to flight plan data and airport data received from an airport network, and a surface management module receiving the airport data and surface surveillance data for specific segments of an airport area, identifying predicted conflicts within one of the segments based on the airport data and surface surveillance data, and allocating a taxi time slot for the flight. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140067244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AIR TRAFFIC DATA TO USERS FOR DISPLAY - A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of aviation information is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information. Upon receiving a user request, a server retrieves a result set from the database and transmits it to the requesting user. Subsequently, updates as to a flight identified in the request are transmitted at a selected rate, which may be modified automatically based on one flight characteristic, for subsequent display. In one form, the results may be presented to the user in the form of digital map having aircraft images. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140088857 | VIDEO-GRAPHIC RUNWAY ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system for detecting and displaying airplane and/or vehicular activity on an airport runway or its intersecting taxi ways and providing an indication of such activity to the crew of an on-ground aircraft operating upon or approaching the same active runway or taxiway. The system relies on a plurality of LCD, LED, or other electronic monitors which display a video image of the runway, taxiway, or intersection immediately adjacent to the location of the monitor. Any discernable aircraft or vehicular traffic operating on the subject runway or taxiway is displayed by icons (mechanical or electronic image) against the runway/taxiway background on the monitor. The monitor is powered by instantaneous feeds from any combination of all or a variety of sources, including ground control radar returns. Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X), Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), aircraft transponders, air traffic controller stations, satellite transmissions, and other equipment. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140121955 | AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electronic communication system for aircraft management at an airport and an aircraft traffic management method are provided. The system includes an aircraft computing system environment carried on an aircraft, an air traffic control computing system environment, a departure/arrival control computing system environment and a communications network interconnecting all of the computing system environments to establish voiceless communication therebetween. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140136091 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENSURING THE ACCURACY AND THE INTEGRITY OF AN AIRCRAFT POSITION ON THE GROUND - An assist device for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position information of an aircraft on the ground includes means for determining in the airport (AE) a zone (ZP) of insensitivity to multipath GPS signals, the zone (ZP) having a rectangular shape, which is determined relative to the threshold (O) of the runway, and which has a length (L | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140163850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING, DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT, AND OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORKED, SCHEDULED OR ON-DEMAND AIR TRANSPORT FLEET TRAJECTORY OPERATIONS - Disclosed are algorithms and agent-based structures for a system and technique for analyzing and managing the airspace. The technique includes managing bulk properties of large numbers of heterogeneous multidimensional aircraft trajectories in an airspace, for the purpose of maintaining or increasing system safety, and to identify possible phase transition structures to predict when an airspace will approach the limits of its capacity. The paths of the multidimensional aircraft trajectories are continuously recalculated in the presence of changing conditions (traffic, exclusionary airspace, weather, for example) while optimizing performance measures and performing trajectory conflict detection and resolution. Such trajectories are represented as extended objects endowed with pseudo-potential, maintaining objectives for time, acceleration limits, and fuel-efficient paths by bending just enough to accommodate separation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140163851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE AIRPORT - Systems and methods for use in identifying at least one alternate airport for an aircraft. One example method includes identifying a plurality of airports based on static data associated with the plurality of airports, and identifying, at a processing device, at least one preferred airport from the plurality of airports based on dynamic data associated with at least the at least one preferred airport, wherein the static data and/or the dynamic data is associated with at least one weight that enables at least one of the plurality of airports to be identified based on a relative importance of the static data and/or the dynamic data. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140163852 | METHOD FOR ALLOWING MISSIONS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR IN NON-SEGREGATED AIR SPACES - A method for allowing missions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), in particular in non-segregated air space, includes the steps of: prearranging a flight plan by an operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle; verifying, by a management and control body, that the flight plan is compatible with other flight plans of other aerial vehicles, and, if necessary, modifying the flight plan so as to prevent any collisions with the other aerial vehicles, wherein the following steps are carried out: encrypting the flight plan, by the management and control body, with a private key of the management and control body, so as to obtain an encrypted flight plan; encoding the encrypted flight plan with a public key of the unmanned aerial vehicle for which the flight plan is intended, so as to obtain an encrypted and encoded flight plan. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140188377 | Methods and Systems for Determining Fleet Trajectories to Satisfy a Sequence of Coverage Requirements - Methods and systems for determining trajectories for vehicles of a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving an initial location of one or more vehicles, and receiving a sequence of coverage requirements for a region and an associated period of time. The region may be divided into a plurality of landmarks and the period of time may be divided into a plurality of phases. The method also comprises determining for each of one or more phases and at least one respective landmark, a set of starting landmarks from which a vehicle could reach the respective landmark during the phase. The method further comprises determining which respective landmark that the vehicle should travel to during the one or more phases based on the sequence of coverage requirements and the set of starting landmarks for the one or more phases and the at least one respective landmark. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195139 | Audio Monitor and Event-Conflict Signaling System - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for an audio monitoring and event-conflict signaling system. An embodiment operates by receiving airport audio communication originating from an airport control tower (ATCT) of an airport with one or more runways or a flight deck of an aircraft. The system determines one or more keywords corresponding to a runway event affecting operations of a particular runway of the airport. The system detects, within the airport audio communication, a conflict comprising a correspondence between the airport audio communication and one or more of the keywords, and notifies the ACT of the conflict. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140236465 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING USER ACTIONS ON A TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRONIC FLIGHT STRIP SYSTEM - An electronic flight strip system and method of operation are disclosed. One such method receives a non-stylus touch on a touchscreen display that displays an electronic flight strip having a plurality of fields. A context-based reaction to the electronic flight strip is caused in response to which field of the plurality of fields received the non-stylus touch. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140249736 | AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT GUIDING MOBILE UNIT - Embodiments of the subject application provide methods and systems for an autonomous aircraft guiding mobile unit (GMU). The GMU includes one or more light modules, one or more processing units, and one or more data storage mediums. The one or more data storage mediums include instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to receive control messages from a traffic control ground station (TCGS), the control messages assigning the GMU to an aircraft and controlling movement of the GMU and its assigned aircraft, and to provide light commands to a pilot of the assigned aircraft with the one or more light modules, the light commands directing movement of the assigned aircraft during taxiing. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249737 | Unknown - Extended and integrated aeronautical safety and surveillance system comprising first means adapted for preventing in-flight collisions between aircraft (“TCAS”) second means for carrying out a function from among the surveillance and air traffic control functions (“ADS-B”). The system also comprises third means for carrying out at least one function from among a set of ground movements assistance functions comprising in particular a function for displaying a map during the movement of an aircraft in an airport. Finally the system is characterized in that the first, second and third means are embedded on one and the same hardware platform. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257682 | GROUND BASED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE FLIGHTPLAN RE-PLAN SCENARIOS TO A PILOT DURING FLIGHT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting re-routing options to a plurality of in-flight aircraft in accordance with preconfigured pilot preferences. The apparatus comprises a data store module containing data sets against which the pilot preferences are evaluated during flight, including weather, airspace and flight restrictions, ground delay programs, and air traffic information. The apparatus further includes a flight path module containing route and position information for each aircraft. An incursion alert processing module evaluates the flight path, data store, and pilot preferences and generates incursion alerts which are transmitted to each aircraft during flight. Upon receipt of an incursion alert or, alternatively, independent of an incursion alert, the pilot may request re-routing options. Once received and reviewed, the pilot selects the optimum re-routing option, and an associated micro flight plan is uplinked and loaded into the FMS (Flight Management System). | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING STATES IN FLIGHT PLAN STATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for testing states in a flight plan state management system is provided, which includes defining control variables for monitoring the flight plan state management system, modeling the flight plan state management system based on the control variables defined for monitoring, calculating and extracting control variables for testing the stability of, and checking for errors in, the flight plan state management system using the result of modeling, testing the stability of, and checking for errors in, the flight plan state management system based on the calculated and extracted control variables for testing stability and checking for errors, and expressing the result of stability testing and error checking on a display panel. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140278036 | DEPARTURE SEQUENCING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A departure sequencing system models airport operations and provides suggested gate pushback times for aircraft. In various embodiments, a departure sequencing system includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer. The departure sequencing system may utilize stochastic models, and resolve aircraft conflicts using a business rules engine. Via use of the departure sequencing system, taxi times may be reduced, taxi fuel burn may be reduced, and airport throughput may be increased. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278037 | AIRCRAFT TAXIING SYSTEM - An aircraft taxiing system is provided, comprising a flight control system, an electric taxi system having controls, a flight management system (FMS), at least one data input source coupled to the FMS, and a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS). The FMS is programmed with instructions to calculate guidance speed and heading commands, augment the guidance commands to avoid runway incursions, and transmit the guidance commands to the flight control system. The TCAS is programmed with instructions to receive Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data from ground traffic, generate collision avoidance alerts; and transmit the collision avoidance alerts to the flight control system. The flight control system is programmed with instructions to receive guidance commands from the FMS, receive the traffic collision avoidance alerts from the TCAS, and compute the steering commands, and transmit the commands to the electric taxi system to taxi the aircraft along a calculated taxi route. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140297168 | METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AND GUIDING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT - A method of optically locating and guiding a vehicle relative to an airport having standardized signage where the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the vehicle, determining the location of the vehicle, and providing guidance for operation of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140309915 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING TAXIWAY STOP BAR INFORMATION TO AN AIRCREW - A method for displaying stop bar information to an aircrew member of an aircraft includes the steps of capturing a light signature emitted from an area surrounding the aircraft, processing the captured light signature to detect a lighted stop bar, and providing information to the aircrew member regarding the detection of the lighted stop bar. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140336915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVISORY SUPPORT INFORMATION ON DOWNLINK CLEARANCE AND REPORTS - A method for requesting air traffic control (ATC) clearance comprising receiving user input to display an ATC clearance request page corresponding to a respective flight parameter; based on the received user input, requesting a computed value for the respective flight parameter from a flight management (FMS) system; and displaying the computed value with the ATC clearance request page corresponding to the respective flight parameter. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140358415 | FLIGHT PREDICTION SYSTEM - A method of predicting the trajectory of an aircraft is disclosed in this specification. The method involves predicting corrective adjustments that an aircraft flight management system is expected to make to follow a reference trajectory. A ground based system receives a reference trajectory that the aircraft flight management system intends to fly and predicts an actual trajectory using the predicted corrective adjustments. The actual trajectory predicted by the system differs from the reference trajectory in a free dimension that is not restrained in the reference trajectory. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140372018 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ATC CENTER DATA TO AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for providing air traffic control center data to aircraft is provided. In certain embodiments an avionics system includes a communication device configured to communicate with a data center and an air traffic control center; and a processing unit configured to execute machine readable instructions. In at least one embodiments, the machine readable instructions cause the processing unit to manage communications associated with the flight of an aircraft, wherein the communications are communicated through the communication device with the data center; distinguish identifying information received through the communication device, wherein the identifying information identifies at least one of the air traffic control center and associated aeronautical telecommunications network address; and establish a communication session with the air traffic control center using the identifying information received through the communication device. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379245 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BEACON CODE CHANGES IN AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for enabling an air traffic control system to set a beacon code on a transponder of an aircraft without voice communication with the flight crew. In one embodiment, an air traffic control system receives a flight plan from an aircraft, relays clearance of the flight plan to the aircraft, sets a beacon code on a transponder on the aircraft without voice communication, receives an acknowledgement of the beacon code setting from the aircraft, sends an acknowledgement to the aircraft, sets a new beacon code on the transponder without voice communication and receives a new acknowledgement of the new beacon code from the aircraft. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150051824 | OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An operational reliability system includes a flight grouping module, a block modification module, and a pairing optimizer. The system evaluates potential modifications to scheduled flight block time and quantifies associated changes in on-time performance B | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150057915 | USING AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY DATA TO INFER AIRCRAFT INTENT - A method is provided for inferring the aircraft intent of an aircraft from an observed trajectory. Aircraft performance data relating to that type of aircraft is retrieved from memory, along with atmospheric conditions along the observed trajectory. An initial set of candidate aircraft intents is generated. Each aircraft intent provides an unambiguous description of how the aircraft may be flown that allows a determination of an unambiguous resulting trajectory. A computer system calculates a trajectory defined by each candidate aircraft intent and forms a cost function from a comparison of each calculated trajectory to the observed trajectory. An evolutionary algorithm evolves the initial candidate aircraft intents, wherein the evolutionary algorithm uses a multi-objective cost function to obtain a cost function value that measures the suitability of each candidate aircraft intent. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066342 | FLIGHT SCHEDULING, DISPATCH AND CHECK-IN - Systems and methods are described for scheduling, dispatching and checking-in a flight event. A method may include receiving a request from a user to schedule a block of time for a first flight event, whereupon the block of time and an associated flight resource can be reserved for the block of time. The first flight event can be dispatched and a master flight record can be created for the first flight event. When the first flight event is checked-in, the master flight record can be updated with check-in data for the first flight event. When checking-in a first flight event, a second flight event can be checked-in and a master flight record can be created for the second flight event. Check-in data can be received for the second flight event and the master flight record associated with the second flight event can be updated with the check-in data. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073690 | MOVEMENT-MEASUREMENT-PROCESSING SYSTEM, MOVEMENT-MEASUREMENT-PROCESSING METHOD, AND MOVEMENT-MEASUREMENT-PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided a movement-measurement-processing system capable of quickly specifying a peripheral aircraft which can abnormally near to an aircraft of interest. A peripheral aircraft selection means | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073691 | Method and device for automatically monitoring a flight path of an aircraft during an operation with required navigation performance. - A monitoring device including a memory containing a reference path, the memory being separate from a flight management system. The reference path corresponding to a path that is defined during a navigation data validation on ground for the flight management system. A monitoring unit is configured to monitor a current flight path that is determined by the flight management system, by monitoring if this current flight path is in conformity with the reference flight path that is recorded in the memory. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081197 | VISUAL FLIGHT RULES APPROACH TO AIRPORTS - A method includes receiving visual flight rules (VFR) data and determining a suggested path of approach for an aircraft based on the VFR data. The suggested path of approach may correspond to a flight path of the aircraft to a runway of an airport. The method includes highlighting a representation of the suggested path of approach at a display device. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150120177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING AIRCRAFT SEPARATION BASED ON DISTANCE OR TIME - A system and method are provided for displaying an enhanced longitudinal scale providing user interface and awareness for executing the Next Gen Flight Deck Interval Management (FIM) and the Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) application Enhanced Visual Separation on Approach (VSA) to provide a required spacing between aircraft based on distance and time. An own-ship and a reference aircraft are displayed in relation to a desired flight path. A symbol indicates the desired separation of the own-ship from the aircraft. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150142298 | RELATIVE TRAJECTORY COST - Methods and systems for determining routes in a Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) enabled Air Traffic Management system are disclosed. A first trajectory with a lowest Network Cost and having an assumed ground delay is identified. A Relative Trajectory Cost of zero is assigned to the first trajectory. A second trajectory is identified and the assumed ground delay of the first trajectory is iteratively incremented until a Network Cost for the second trajectory is approximately equivalent to the Network Cost of the first trajectory. A Relative Trajectory Cost for the second trajectory is determined based at least in part on the iteratively incremented assumed ground delay of the first trajectory. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150317904 | GROUND BASED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE FLIGHTPLAN RE-PLAN SCENARIOS TO A PILOT DURING FLIGHT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting re-routing options to a plurality of in-flight aircraft in accordance with preconfigured pilot preferences. The apparatus comprises a data store module containing data sets against which the pilot preferences are evaluated during flight, including weather, airspace and flight restrictions, ground delay programs, and air traffic information. The apparatus further includes a flight path module containing route and position information for each aircraft. An incursion alert processing module evaluates the flight path, data store, and pilot preferences and generates incursion alerts which are transmitted to each aircraft during flight. Upon receipt of an incursion alert or, alternatively, independent of an incursion alert, the pilot may request re-routing options. Once received and reviewed, the pilot selects the optimum re-routing option, and an associated micro flight plan is uplinked and loaded into the FMS (Flight Management System). | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150332593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND USING INDIRECT INFORMATION - Techniques and systems are described that allow an air traffic display and/or avionics system of an aircraft to display and/or warn a pilot of aircraft targets for air traffic proximate to the aircraft or to suppress the display of on-ground air traffic targets. In some implementations, an integrated avionics system can use indirect information to determine whether an individual aircraft traffic target is to be presented to a pilot. For example, the integrated avionics system can determine whether an aircraft target is in proximity to the ground based on traffic tracking data corresponding to other aircraft. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339933 | CONFIGURABILITY OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION, AIRSPACE, AND PROPERTY UTILIZED BY AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM - A device receives aviation information associated with aviation in a geographical region, and receives configurability options associated with the aviation information. The device analyzes the aviation information based on the configurability options to generate analyzed information, and receives a request for a flight path for a UAV to travel from a first location to a second location in the geographical region. The device calculates the flight path from the first location to the second location based on the analyzed information and capability information associated with the UAV, and generates flight path instructions for the flight path. The device provides the flight path instructions to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150348422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPTIMIZED AIRCRAFT TURNAROUND SCHEDULE - A system and method for providing an aircraft turnaround schedule are disclosed. In one embodiment, a time taken for each aircraft turnaround activity is obtained from touchdown to takeoff of an aircraft from an aircraft on-board system by a ground station system. Further, the aircraft turnaround schedule is computed based on the obtained time taken for each aircraft turnaround activity using a dynamic buffer management approach by the ground station system. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150364044 | AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY FOR USE WITH AIRPORT DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL PROCEDURES - A method for generating a flight display in an aircraft includes the steps of receiving an indication of an arrival or a departure procedure for the aircraft to follow, receiving an indication of a current position and altitude of the aircraft, and receiving a voice communication or information by digital data link regarding the arrival or departure procedure. The method further includes the steps of recognizing speech in the voice communication and transforming the speech to a restriction regarding the arrival or departure procedure and providing a flight display comprising a visual depiction of the arrival or departure procedure, the current position and altitude of the aircraft, and the restriction regarding the arrival or departure procedure. The method also provides improved situational awareness to pilots by providing appropriate alerts and indications in the context of these restrictions and the implications that these may have on the ownship with reference to the surrounding traffic and the emergent conditions. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160012731 | UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING DEGRADED INTRUDER TRAFFIC DATA ON AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012737 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160027312 | Navigational Aids - Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for use of navigational aids. Three-dimensional graphical representations of flight plans, flight paths, waypoints, etc., may be displayed to improve situational awareness. Additionally, dynamic monitoring of airports, waypoints, traffic, etc., may be performed so that real-time updates are available to users. The real-time updates will not only include updated location information and any relevant navigational markers (e.g., updated waypoints, new traffic, etc.) but will also include detailed information related to the navigational markers such as a distance from the marker, an airspeed of the marker (if applicable), and the like. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160042647 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an air traffic control assistance system whereby it is possible to display the reliability of an avoidance recommendation over time in a manner which is easily understood by an air traffic controller. For each combination of link information of an aircraft of interest and link information of an aircraft in the vicinity thereof, a graphic identification unit identifies a graphic which represents a prescribed range which is defined by the aircraft in the vicinity thereof, in a plane which includes a three-dimensional vector which is represented by the link information of the aircraft of interest and which is perpendicular to the x-y plane. When transforming a two-dimensional vector in an x-y plane from one fix of the aircraft of interest to the next fix to align in order along the x-axis, a transform matrix computation unit computes, for each two-dimensional vector, a transform matrix which represents a transform from a plane which contains the two-dimensional vector and is perpendicular to the x-y plane to a plane which is defined by the x-axis and a time axis. A display processing unit transforms the graphic, and displays a line which joins the fix and a point which is determined by the time whereat the aircraft of interest transects the fix, and the transformed graphic. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160049080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE (ITP) REJECTION RATIO - A method and apparatus is provided for reducing the ITP rejection ratio. After identifying a reference aircraft, the ITP criteria associated with the reference aircraft is evaluated. If the ITP transition time overlaps with a maneuver time of the reference aircraft, the ITP request is not transmitted. The flight plan of the reference aircraft is analyzed to detect an upcoming reference aircraft maneuver. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160063868 | System and Method for Departure Metering from Airports - Described herein are systems and methods for allocating departure slots at an airport. One embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a method including calculating an estimated takeoff time (“ETT”) based on airport data and flight plan data, allocating a departure slot time for the at least one flight based on the ETT, and populating the allocated departure slot time in an allocation grid. Another embodiment of the disclosure of this application is related to a system comprising a user interface displaying information related to flight plan data and airport data received from an airport network, and a departure allocation module calculating an estimated takeoff time (“ETT”) for the first flight based on the airport data and the flight plan data, allocating a departure slot time for the flight, and populating the departure slot time in an allocation grid via the user interface. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160071419 | AERIAL INFORMATION REQUEST SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A system for managing user requests for information obtained by an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising an internet-based user input device, an internet-based information request database application, an internet-based do-not-fly database application, an internet-based flight plan notification system application in communications with an existing, external aircraft safety system, and a communications link to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein a user can enter a request for information into the user input device, which sends the request for information to the information request database application, which processes the request for information by evaluating the request for information against information from the do-not-fly database application and information from the flight plan notification system to create a flight profile. The flight profile is then communicated to the unmanned aerial vehicle and to the flight plan notification system, wherein the flight plan notification system communicates the flight plan to the existing, external aircraft safety system. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071420 | DO-NOT-FLY AND OPT-OUT PRIVACY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - An opt-out privacy management system for an unmanned aerial vehicle flight planning application, comprising an internet-based user input device, an internet-based opt-out request management application, and an internet-based do-not-fly database application in communication with an existing, external aircraft safety system, wherein a user can enter a property opt-out request into the user input device, which sends the property opt-out request to the do-not-fly database application, and the do-not-fly database application communicates the property opt-out request to the at least one existing, external aircraft safety system. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160086492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING REFERENCE ROUTE OF MOVING OBJECT - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for calculating a reference route of a moving object. The apparatus for calculating a reference route of a moving object includes a region divider configured to divide a region including an origin and a destination of the moving object into a plurality of cells; a data mapper configured to map position data of the moving object to the plurality of cells; a main cell selector configured to select one or more main cells from among the plurality of cells according to number of pieces of the position data that are mapped to the respective plurality of cells; and a reference route calculator configured to form the reference route of the moving object by sequentially connecting the origin, the one or more main cells, and the destination. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086496 | RUNWAY INCURSION DETECTION AND INDICATION USING AN ELECTRONIC FLIGHT STRIP SYSTEM - An electronic flight strip system and method of detecting and indicating runway incursions are disclosed. One such method receives an aircraft location, compares the location to a geofenced area, and generates an indication on the touchscreen display in response to the aircraft location being within the geofenced area without an indication of clearance to enter the geofenced area. The indication may be part of the electronic flight strip associated with the offending aircraft. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160093217 | AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME FLIGHT PLAN UPDATES - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093218 | FLIGHT PATH DISCONTINUITIES - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093219 | FLIGHT OBJECT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093220 | FLIGHT ANALOGOUS AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093221 | AUTOMATED FLIGHT OBJECT PROCEDURE SELECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093222 | AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS - Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRPORT CONTROL USING WAKE DURATION - A system and method for airport control at an airport having one or more runways. The system and method can receive information related to aircraft utilizing the airport, determine wake duration, and determine an aircraft separation time for one or more runways based on a wake duration of an aircraft. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160104383 | Distributed Air Traffic Flow Management - A price to utilize air-traffic resources is determined using a projected capacity for each air-traffic resource. The air-traffic resources include predefined geographic locations and future time periods. The price for a given air-traffic resource is based on the projected capacity of the given air-traffic resource. Data including the determined price is transmitted to each of a plurality of distributed computing systems to enable each of the distributed computing systems to independently determine, based on the price, proposed trajectories for one or more of the plurality of aerial vehicles. Data characterizing the proposed trajectories is received from the plurality of distributed computing systems. Whether the capacity required by the proposed trajectories in aggregate exceed the projected capacity for each of the plurality of air-traffic resources is determined using the proposed trajectories. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160117931 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF AIRSPACE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - A system and method for management of airspace for unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The system and method comprises administration of the airspace including designation of flyways and zones with reference to features in the region. The system and method comprises administration of aircraft including registration of aircraft and mission. A monitoring system tracks conditions and aircraft traffic in the airspace. Aircraft may be configured to transact with the management system including to obtain rights/priority by license and to operate in the airspace under direction of the system. The system and aircraft may be configured for dynamic transactions (e.g. licensing/routing). The system will set rates for licenses and use/access to the airspace and aircraft will be billed/pay for use/access of the airspace at rates using data from data sources. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160171899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED TAXIING PATH OPERATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160203722 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBUST NETWORK PLANNING OPTIMIZATION OF AIRLINE FLIGHT OPERATIONS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20170236428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ALLOCATE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20190146083 | DETERMINATION OF COLLISION RISKS BETWEEN A TAXIING AIRCRAFT AND OBJECTS EXTERNAL TO THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147748 | AIRPORT CONGESTION DETERMINATION FOR EFFECTING AIR NAVIGATION PLANNING | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RUNWAY CONFIGURATION OF AN AIRPORT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147754 | POTENTIAL AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY WIND EFFECT COMPUTATION | 05-16-2019 |
