Air traffic system using procedural trajectory prediction
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a predicted trajectory for a target aircraft, based at least in part on a comparison of information received on a recent trajectory of the target aircraft with a set of procedural trajectory information, wherein the procedural trajectory information includes trajectories for joining a traffic pattern and trajectories for departing the traffic pattern;
determining whether a violation of protected airspace is predicted between the target aircraft and an ownship, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory for the target aircraft and a predicted trajectory for the ownship; and
generating an alert output in response to determining that the violation of protected airspace is predicted.
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Abstract
In one example, a method for generating air traffic alerts includes determining a predicted trajectory for a target air-craft, based at least in part on a comparison of information received on a recent trajectory of the target aircraft with a set of procedural trajectory information. The method further includes determining whether a violation of protected airspace is predicted between the target aircraft and an ownship, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory for the target aircraft and a predicted trajectory for the ownship. The method further includes generating an alert output in response to determining that the violation of protected airspace is predicted.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a predicted trajectory for a target aircraft, based at least in part on a comparison of information received on a recent trajectory of the target aircraft with a set of procedural trajectory information, wherein the procedural trajectory information includes trajectories for joining a traffic pattern and trajectories for departing the traffic pattern; determining whether a violation of protected airspace is predicted between the target aircraft and an ownship, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory for the target aircraft and a predicted trajectory for the ownship; and generating an alert output in response to determining that the violation of protected airspace is predicted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a trajectory propagation unit configured to determine a predicted trajectory for a target aircraft, based at least in part on a comparison of information received on a recent trajectory of the target aircraft with a set of procedural trajectory information, wherein the procedural trajectory information includes trajectories for joining a traffic pattern and trajectories for departing the traffic pattern; a conflict search engine configured to determine whether a violation of protected airspace is predicted between the target aircraft and an ownship, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory for the target aircraft and a predicted trajectory for the ownship; and an output node configured to generate an alert output in response to determining that the violation of protected airspace is predicted. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device comprising:
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one or more memory devices; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memory devices and configured to; determine a predicted trajectory for a target aircraft, based at least in part on a comparison of information received on a recent trajectory of the target aircraft with a set of procedural trajectory information, wherein the procedural trajectory information includes trajectories for joining a traffic pattern and trajectories for departing the traffic pattern; determine whether a violation of protected airspace is predicted between the target aircraft and an ownship, based at least in part on the predicted trajectory for the target aircraft and a predicted trajectory for the ownship; and generate an alert output in response to determining that the violation of protected airspace is predicted. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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