Method for generating conflict resolutions for air traffic control of free flight operations
US6604044B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/80
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computationally efficient method for automatically generating lateral resolutions for air traffic control problems for a given aircraft allows for prediction and evaluation of required separation between aircraft, between aircraft and airspace, and problems with assigned metering time. Upon a possible problem being predicted, lateral resolutions are created which provide plans to re-route the original flight trajectory of the aircraft in order to avoid a possible problem by examining the space surrounding the aircraft, iteratively adding data on each conflict encountered into a conflict database, calculating and probing maneuver trajectories for all conflicts in the conflict database, and selecting the most appropriate of the created maneuver trajectories.
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