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- Patent Title: System and method for optimizing an aircraft trajectory
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Application No.: US15670152Application Date: 2017-08-07
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Publication No.: US10170008B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Richard Shay
- Applicant: DOUBLE BLACK AVIATION TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Lakewood
- Assignee: Double Black Aviation Technology L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: Double Black Aviation Technology L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Lakewood
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; G05D1/06 ; G08G5/02 ; G08G5/04 ; G01C21/20 ; G05D1/02 ; G01W1/00 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods of the present invention are provided to generate a plurality of flight trajectories that do not conflict with other aircraft in a local area. Interventions by an air traffic control system help prevent collisions between aircraft, but these interventions can also cause an aircraft to substantially deviate from the pilot's intended flight trajectory, which burns fuels, wastes time, etc. Systems and methods of the present invention can assign a standard avoidance interval to other aircraft in the area such that a pilot's aircraft does not receive an intervention by an air traffic control system. Systems and methods of the present invention also generate a plurality of conflict-free flight trajectories such that a pilot or an automated system may select the most desirable flight trajectory for fuel efficiency, speed, and other operational considerations, etc.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170365178A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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