发明名称 Predicting aircraft trajectory
摘要 The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of producing a description of aircraft intent expressed using a formal language. The description may be used to predict aircraft trajectory, for example by air traffic management. Rules are used in association with information provided to generate a set of instructions describing both the aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and the motion of the aircraft. These instructions are checked to ensure that they describe unambiguously the aircraft's trajectory. The instructions are then expressed using a formal language.
申请公布号 US9250099(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.02.02
申请号 US201514604723 申请日期 2015.01.25
申请人 THE BOEING COMPANY 发明人 Felix Francisco A. Navarro;Ruiz Miguel A. Vilaplana;Querejeta Carlos;Gallo Eduardo;Leones Javier Lopez
分类号 G05D1/00;G01C23/00;G05D1/10;G08G5/00;G08G5/02;B64D43/00;G08G5/04 主分类号 G05D1/00
代理机构 Yee & Associates, P.C. 代理人 Yee & Associates, P.C.
主权项 1. A method of predicting a trajectory of an aircraft and operating the aircraft, comprising: receiving, at a processor, information defining how the aircraft is to be flown during an operation interval, and storing the information in an information database; deriving, by the processor, a set of instructions from the information stored, wherein the set of instructions comprise configuration instructions that describe an aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and motion instructions that control an aircraft motion, wherein the aerodynamic configuration comprises a physical configuration of at least one of a high lift device of the aircraft, a landing gear of the aircraft, and a speed brake of the aircraft; confirming, by the processor, that the set of instructions comply with a set of rules stored in a rules database, that the configuration instructions define the aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and that the motion instructions close degrees of freedom of equations of motion used to describe the aircraft motion during the operation interval; thereafter formulating, by the processor using the set of instructions, an aircraft intent; solving, by the processor, a trajectory optimization problem defined by the aircraft intent according to a predefined criterion to obtain an optimized trajectory; and operating the aircraft according to the optimized trajectory.
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