PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF AIRCRAFT INTENT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of generating a description of aircraft intent expressed in a formal language that provides an unambiguous description of an aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during a period of flight, comprising:
- obtaining a description of flight intent corresponding to a flight plan spanning the period of flight;
ensuring that the flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment with the flight segments together spanning the period of flight;
for each flight segment, generating an associated flight segment description that comprises one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the associated at least one degree of freedom of motion and/or provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s configuration to close at least one degree of freedom of configuration;
comparing flight segment descriptions with constraints and/or objectives stored in a database and identifying constraints and/or objectives that are relevant to the flight segment description;
enriching the flight segment descriptions with information describing the identified constraints and/or objectives thereby providing an enriched flight intent; and
converting the enriched flight intent into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of generating a description of aircraft intent expressed in a formal language that provides an unambiguous description of an aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during a period of flight. A description of flight intent is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment. For each flight segment, an associated flight segment description is generated that comprises one or more instances of flight intent that describe the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion. Flight segment descriptions are compared with constraints and/or objectives and the associated flight segment descriptions are enriched with information describing relevant constraints and/or objectives. The enriched flight intent is converted into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight.
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1. A computer-implemented method of generating a description of aircraft intent expressed in a formal language that provides an unambiguous description of an aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during a period of flight, comprising:
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obtaining a description of flight intent corresponding to a flight plan spanning the period of flight; ensuring that the flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment with the flight segments together spanning the period of flight; for each flight segment, generating an associated flight segment description that comprises one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the associated at least one degree of freedom of motion and/or provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s configuration to close at least one degree of freedom of configuration; comparing flight segment descriptions with constraints and/or objectives stored in a database and identifying constraints and/or objectives that are relevant to the flight segment description; enriching the flight segment descriptions with information describing the identified constraints and/or objectives thereby providing an enriched flight intent; and converting the enriched flight intent into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for generating a description of aircraft intent expressed in a formal language that provides an unambiguous description of an aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during a period of flight, the system comprising:
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A processor; A storage medium comprising instructions thereon, that when executed by said processor, cause the processor to; obtain a description of flight intent corresponding to a flight plan spanning a period of flight; ensure that the flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment with the flight segments together spanning the period of flight; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the associated at least one degree of freedom of motion and/or provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s configuration to close at least one degree of freedom of configuration; compare flight segment descriptions with constraints and/or objectives stored in a database and identify constraints and/or objectives that are relevant to the flight segment description; enrich the flight, segment descriptions with information describing the identified constraints and/or objectives thereby providing an enriched flight intent; and convert the enriched flight intent, into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An aircraft comprising:
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A processor; A storage medium comprising instructions thereon, that when executed by said processor, cause the processor to; obtain a description of flight intent corresponding to a flight plan spanning a period of flight; ensure that the flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment with the flight segments together spanning the period of flight; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the associated at least one degree of freedom of motion and/or provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s configuration to close at least one degree of freedom of configuration; compare flight segment descriptions with constraints and/or objectives stored in a database and identify constraints and/or objectives that are relevant to the flight segment description; enrich the flight segment descriptions with information describing the identified constraints and/or objectives thereby providing an enriched flight intent; convert the enriched flight intent into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight; and calculate a trajectory for the period of flight from the aircraft intent and causing the aircraft to fly that trajectory.
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20. A tangible computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to:
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obtain a description of flight intent corresponding to a flight plan spanning a period of flight; ensure that the flight intent description is parsed to provide instances of flight intent, each instance of flight intent spanning a flight segment with the flight segments together spanning the period of flight; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the associated at least one degree of freedom of motion and/or provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s configuration to close at least one degree of freedom of configuration; compare flight segment descriptions with constraints and/or objectives stored in a database and identify constraints and/or objectives that are relevant to the flight segment description; enrich the flight segment descriptions with information describing the identified constraints and/or objectives thereby providing an enriched flight intent; and convert the enriched flight intent into aircraft intent by ensuring that the flight segment descriptions close all degrees of freedom of the aircraft during the period of flight.
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