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- Patent Title: Route planning and movement of an aircraft on the ground based on a navigation model trained to increase aircraft operational efficiency
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Application No.: US16738643Application Date: 2020-01-09
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Publication No.: US11328615B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Stefan Alexander Schwindt
- Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Grand Rapids
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: G08G5/06
- IPC: G08G5/06 ; G08G5/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G08G5/04

Abstract:
Route planning and movement of an aircraft on the ground based on a navigation model trained to improve aircraft operational efficiency is provided herein. A system comprises a memory that stores executable components and a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components that comprise an assessment component, a sensor component, and a route planning component. The assessment component accesses runway data, taxiway data, and gate configuration data associated with an airport. The sensor component collects, from a plurality of sensors, sensor data related to performance data of an aircraft and respective conditions of the runway, the taxiway, and the gate configuration data. The route planning component employs a navigation model that is trained to analyze the sensor data, the runway data, the taxiway data, and the gate configuration data, and generate a taxiing protocol to navigate the aircraft to improve aircraft operational efficiency.
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