METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE A CLEARANCE REQUEST TO DEVIATE FROM A FLIGHT PLAN
First Claim
1. A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the method comprising:
- periodically receiving input at one or more processors in an airborne vehicle, the input including at least one of navigation data, a flight planning input, a radar input, and information indicative of other aircraft in the vicinity of the airborne vehicle;
at least one of the one or more processors independently determining a revised flight route based on the periodically received input;
at least one of the one or more processors independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a user based on the determining;
prompting the user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan; and
when an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the user, downlinking the preconfigured clearance request message.
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Abstract
A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan is provided. The method includes receiving at one or more processors in an airborne vehicle input from at least one automatic flight-plan-relevant source, at least one of the one or more processors independently determining a revised flight route based on the received input, at least one of the one or more processors independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a flight crew user based on the determining. The method further includes providing an audible prompt to the flight crew user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan. When an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the flight crew user, the preconfigured clearance request message is downlinked.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the method comprising:
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periodically receiving input at one or more processors in an airborne vehicle, the input including at least one of navigation data, a flight planning input, a radar input, and information indicative of other aircraft in the vicinity of the airborne vehicle; at least one of the one or more processors independently determining a revised flight route based on the periodically received input; at least one of the one or more processors independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a user based on the determining; prompting the user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan; and when an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the user, downlinking the preconfigured clearance request message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan of an airborne vehicle, the system comprising:
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at least one interface on the airborne vehicle communicatively coupled to periodically receive an input including at least one of navigation data, a flight planning input, a radar input, and information indicative of other aircraft in the vicinity of the airborne vehicle; one or more processors on the airborne vehicle configured to periodically receive the input via the at least one interface, wherein at least one of the one or more processors is configured to use the periodically received input to independently determine if a revised flight route is to be created and indicated to a user, wherein at least one of the one or more processors is configured to generate a prompt for the user to one of approve and reject an independently generated clearance request to deviate from the flight plan when the revised flight route is to be created and indicated to the user; an interface unit on the airborne vehicle to indicate the prompt to the user and to receive one of approval input or rejection input from the user; and a wireless interface to downlink the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan from the airborne vehicle to an air traffic controller at a ground control when the interface unit receives an approval input, the wireless interface further configured to uplink one of air traffic controller approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan and air traffic controller rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the system comprising:
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means for periodically and automatically receiving input at an airborne vehicle, the input being related to conditions of a flight plan; processing means on the airborne vehicle for independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message; and processing means for receiving two approvals to the independently generated preconfigured clearance request message at the airborne vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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