Systems and methods for determining a phase of flight of an aircraft

US12272253B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Ralf Rene Shu-Zhong Cabos · Hainstadt, DE
• Andreas Sindlinger · Weinheim, DE
• Sabine Rath · Zwingenberg, DE
• Jennifer Mayer · Hasselroth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/727
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and a method include a phase determination control unit configured to receive position data of an aircraft, determine variables from messages received from the aircraft, apply fuzzy logic to the variables to determine scores for possible phases of flight of the aircraft, identify a highest score among the possible phases of flight, and determine the highest score as an actual phase of flight of the aircraft.