Method and apparatus for generating flight-optimizing trajectories

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8977482-B2
Application number	US-201213630459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2012
Priority date	Sep 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An apparatus for generating at least one fiightoptimizing trajectory for a first aircraft, comprising:
a receiver at least capable of receiving second trajectory information associated with at least one second aircraft;
a traffic aware planner (TAP) module operably connected to the receiver to receive the second trajectory information;
at least one internal input device operably conn…

Assignees

• Nasa

Inventors

• Ballin Mark G
• Wing David J

Classifications

• G08G5/723

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05D1/0005

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/32 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/0078

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/0034 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic