Emergency flight director
US11884417B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/58
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for emergency manual flight direction to a non-pilot enables the non-pilot an ability to safely land an aircraft after an event causing a single pilot of the aircraft to become unable to perform pilot tasks. The emergency flight director (EFD) receives inputs from a plurality of sources and displays information, maneuver, configuration and communication commands to the non-pilot on a flight deck display. Inputs to the system include aircraft state data as well as airport and current weather information associated with each available airport. The EFD determines an appropriate emergency landing runway and presents simplified commands coupled with animated aircraft specific graphics to the non-pilot to manually fly the aircraft to a safe landing.
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