Conflict detection and resolution using predicted aircraft trajectories

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9053634-B2
Application number	US-201313902672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2013
Priority date	May 25, 2012
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A method of detecting conflicts between aircraft passing through managed airspace, and resolving the detected conflicts strategically. The method may include obtaining intended trajectories of aircraft through the airspace, detecting conflicts in the intended trajectories, forming a set of the conflicted aircraft, calculating one or more revised trajectories for the conflicted aircraft such that the conflicts are resolved, and advising the conflicted aircraft subject to revised trajectories of the revised trajectories.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of managing airspace through which a plurality of aircraft are flying, comprising:
receiving, from the aircraft, user preferred aircraft intent data that unambiguously defines the user preferred trajectory of each aircraft;
calling an initial conflict detection procedure comprising:
calculating the corresponding user preferred trajectories from the user preferred aircraft intent data; and
comparing the user preferred…

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Vilaplana Miguel Angel
• Valls Hernandez Ernesto
• De Blanes Francisco Garcia
• Del Pozo De Poza Isabel

Classifications

• G08G5/00

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/047 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/727

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/723

  Physics · mapped topic

• G08G5/56

  Physics · mapped topic