Route Modeler for Improving Desired Environmental and Economic Flight Characteristics
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a route modeler configured to identify an area of interest associated with a number of routes for a number of aircraft and an identification of a number of weightings for a number of characteristics for the number of routes for the number of aircraft, wherein the number of characteristics includes at least one of a number of environmental characteristics or a number of economic characteristics;
generate a number of new routes for the number of aircraft for the area of interest based on information about the number of routes associated with the area of interest;
identify values for characteristics in the number of characteristics for each new route in the number of new routes and for each route in the number of routes based on the information; and
identify a performance value for the each new route in the number of new routes and for the each route in the number of routes based on the values and the number of weightings for the number of characteristics.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing routes is disclosed. An area of interest associated with a number of routes for a number of aircraft and an identification of a number of weightings for a number of characteristics for the number of routes are identified. The number of characteristics includes at least one of a number of environmental characteristics or a number of economic characteristics. A number of new routes are generated based on information about the number of routes associated with the area of interest. Values are identified for characteristics in the number of characteristics for each new route in the number of new routes and for each route in the number of routes based on the information. A performance value is identified for the each new route and for the each route based on the values and the number of weightings for the number of characteristics.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a route modeler configured to identify an area of interest associated with a number of routes for a number of aircraft and an identification of a number of weightings for a number of characteristics for the number of routes for the number of aircraft, wherein the number of characteristics includes at least one of a number of environmental characteristics or a number of economic characteristics;
generate a number of new routes for the number of aircraft for the area of interest based on information about the number of routes associated with the area of interest;
identify values for characteristics in the number of characteristics for each new route in the number of new routes and for each route in the number of routes based on the information; and
identify a performance value for the each new route in the number of new routes and for the each route in the number of routes based on the values and the number of weightings for the number of characteristics.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
a route modeler configured to identify first information for a performance of an aircraft for a selected route over an area of interest;
identify second information for the performance of the aircraft for a new route;
identify a first number of values for a number of characteristics about the selected route based on the first information;
identify a second number of values for the number of characteristics about the new route based on the second information;
adjust the first number of values for the number of characteristics based on a number of weightings for an entity for each characteristic;
adjust the second number of values for the number of characteristics based on the number of weightings for the entity for the each characteristic; and
select a desired route based on the first number of values for the number of characteristics and the second number of values for the number of characteristics.- View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for processing routes, the method comprising:
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identifying an area of interest associated with a number of routes for a number of aircraft and an identification of a number of weightings for a number of characteristics for the number of routes for the number of aircraft, wherein the number of characteristics includes at least one of a number of environmental characteristics or a number of economic characteristics; generating a number of new routes for the number of aircraft for the area of interest based on information about the number of routes associated with the area of interest; identifying values for characteristics in the number of characteristics for each new route in the number of new routes and for each route in the number of routes based on the information; and identifying a performance value for the each new route and for the each route based on the values and the number of weightings for the number of characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
a route modeler configured to identify an area of interest associated with a number of routes for a number of aircraft and an identification of a number of weightings for a number of characteristics for the number of routes for the number of aircraft; and
identify performance values representing a performance of the number of aircraft on the number of routes taking into account weightings for the number of characteristics.- View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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