Aircrew automation system and method

US11693407B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Jessica E. Duda · Wayland, US
• John Tylko · Manassas, US
• David A. Mindell · Cambridge, US
• Fabrice Kunzi · Manassas, US
• Michael Piedmonte · Kirkland, US
• John Allee · Manassas, US
• Joshua Torgerson · Manassas, US
• Jason Ryan · Santa Cruz, US
• James D. Paduano · Manassas, US
• John B. Wissler · Waltham, US
• Andrew Musto · Manassas, US
• Wendy Feenstra · Manassas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircrew automation system that provides a pilot with high-fidelity knowledge of the aircraft's physical state, and notifies that pilot of any deviations in expected state based on predictive models. The aircrew automation may be provided as a non-invasive ride-along aircrew automation system that perceives the state of the aircraft through visual techniques, derives the aircraft state vector and other aircraft information, and communicates any deviations from expected aircraft state to the pilot.