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Integrated separation assurance method for an aircraft

  • US 7,580,776 B1
  • Filed: 07/29/2003
  • Issued: 08/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assuring separation between an aircraft and potential flight hazards, comprising:

  • predicting an intended path of the aircraft;

    accessing information relative to terrain proximal the aircraft;

    receiving inputs representative of weather events proximal the aircraft;

    receiving inputs representative of locations of nearby aircraft;

    accessing separation information that provides a distance by which the aircraft must be separated from any of the terrain, weather events, and nearby aircraft;

    determining a possibility that the aircraft, traveling along the intended path, will be less than the distance from any of the terrain, weather events, and nearby aircraft; and

    advising a pilot of the aircraft if the possibility is above a predetermined thresholdaccessing information relative to areas of restricted airspace proximal the aircraft;

    accessing separation information that provides a distance by which the aircraft must be separated from the restricted airspace;

    determining a possibility that the aircraft, traveling along the intended path, will be less than the distance from the restricted airspace; and

    advising a pilot of the aircraft if the possibility is above a predetermined threshold.

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