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Method and apparatus for dynamic aircraft trajectory management

  • US 10,657,828 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2017
  • Issued: 05/19/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the capacity of airspace to safely handle multiple aircraft, the method comprising:

  • A) acquiring electronic data describing a plurality of trajectories each representing an aircraft or an obstacle within an airspace, each respective one of the trajectories comprising a mathematical equivalent of an electrical charge at any point along the respective one of the trajectories,B) recalculating selected of the trajectories at time intervals;

    C) identifying conflicts between pairs of aircraft trajectories or between an aircraft trajectory and an obstacle trajectory;

    D) modifying the trajectory one of the pair of aircraft trajectories or the aircraft trajectory in conflict with an obstacle; and

    E) repeating B) through D) a predetermined number of cycles until no conflicts are identified in C), else provide an indication that the airspace is approaching unsafe capacity to handle additional trajectories.

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