Flight path discontinuities

US9443434B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Ryan D. Hale · Kent, US
• Louis J. Bailey · Covington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/76
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for processing aircraft flight information and flight plan information are described. Specific techniques are described for managing flight data in real time, sharing flight data between a plurality of systems, dynamically managing flight information, generating flight plan information, providing flight plan information to a user, and closing flight plan discontinuities.