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 a plurality of flight segments together spanning the period of flight, wherein the plurality of flight segments represent an intent of changing an aircraft motion state from one state into another;
for each flight segment, following a set of attributes comprising an effect, an execution interval, and a flight segment code that govern a creation of valid words, wherein the effect comprises aircraft behavior exhibited during the flight segment represented by a composite, the execution interval defines an interval during which the flight segment is active defining an initial aircraft state and a final aircraft state, and the flight segment code comprises an alphanumeric string indicating degrees of freedom of motion of the aircraft that are not closed by the composite;
for each flight segment, generating an associated flight segment description that comprises at least one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of the at least one or more instances of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the 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;
identifying the plurality of flight segments where not all degrees of freedom are closed and completing the identified flight segments by adding one or more instances of flight intent to close all degrees of freedom; and
collating flight segment descriptions thereby providing the description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in the formal language to assist in flying the aircraft with the unambiguous description of the aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration 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. One or more instances of flight intent are added to flight segments to close all degrees of freedom of motion. The flight segment descriptions are collated thereby providing a description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in a formal language.
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23 Claims
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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 a plurality of flight segments together spanning the period of flight, wherein the plurality of flight segments represent an intent of changing an aircraft motion state from one state into another; for each flight segment, following a set of attributes comprising an effect, an execution interval, and a flight segment code that govern a creation of valid words, wherein the effect comprises aircraft behavior exhibited during the flight segment represented by a composite, the execution interval defines an interval during which the flight segment is active defining an initial aircraft state and a final aircraft state, and the flight segment code comprises an alphanumeric string indicating degrees of freedom of motion of the aircraft that are not closed by the composite; for each flight segment, generating an associated flight segment description that comprises at least one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of the at least one or more instances of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the 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; identifying the plurality of flight segments where not all degrees of freedom are closed and completing the identified flight segments by adding one or more instances of flight intent to close all degrees of freedom; and collating flight segment descriptions thereby providing the description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in the formal language to assist in flying the aircraft with the unambiguous description of the aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration 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 a plurality of flight segments together spanning the period of flight, wherein the plurality of flight segments represent an intent of changing an aircraft motion state from one state into another; for each flight segment, follow a set of attributes comprising an effect, an execution interval, and a flight segment code that govern a creation of valid words, wherein the effect comprises aircraft behavior exhibited during the flight segment represented by a composite, the execution interval defines an interval during which the flight segment is active defining an initial aircraft state and a final aircraft state, and the flight segment code comprises an alphanumeric string indicating degrees of freedom of motion of the aircraft that are not closed by the composite; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises at least one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of the at least one or more instances of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the 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; identify flight segments where not all degrees of freedom are closed and complete the identified flight segments by adding one or more instances of flight intent to close all degrees of freedom; and collate flight segment descriptions thereby providing the description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in the formal language to assist in flying the aircraft with the unambiguous description of the aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during the period of flight. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. 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 a plurality of flight segments together spanning the period of flight, wherein the plurality of flight segments represent an intent of changing an aircraft motion state from one state into another; for each flight segment, follow a set of attributes comprising an effect, an execution interval, and a flight segment code that govern a creation of valid words, wherein the effect comprises aircraft behavior exhibited during the flight segment represented by a composite, the execution interval defines an interval during which the flight segment is active defining an initial aircraft state and a final aircraft state, and the flight segment code comprises an alphanumeric string indicating degrees of freedom of motion of the aircraft that are not closed by the composite; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises at least one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of the at least one or more instances of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the 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; identify flight segments where not all degrees of freedom are closed and complete the identified flight segments by adding one or more instances of flight intent to close all degrees of freedom; and collate flight segment descriptions thereby providing the description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in a formal language to assist in flying the aircraft with an unambiguous description of the aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during the period of flight.
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23. 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 a plurality of flight segments together spanning the period of flight, wherein the plurality of flight segments represent an intent of changing an aircraft motion state from one state into another; for each flight segment, follow a set of attributes comprising an effect, an execution interval, and a flight segment code that govern a creation of valid words, wherein the effect comprises aircraft behavior exhibited during the flight segment represented by a composite, the execution interval defines an interval during which the flight segment is active defining an initial aircraft state and a final aircraft state, and the flight segment code comprises an alphanumeric string indicating degrees of freedom of motion of the aircraft that are not closed by the composite; for each flight segment, generate an associated flight segment description that comprises at least one or more instances of flight intent, wherein each instance of the at least one or more instances of flight intent provides a description of the aircraft'"'"'s motion in at least one degree of freedom of motion thereby closing the 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; identify flight segments where not all degrees of freedom are closed and complete the identified flight segments by adding one or more instances of flight intent to close all degrees of freedom; and collate flight segment descriptions thereby providing the description of aircraft intent for the period of flight expressed in a formal language to assist in flying the aircraft with an unambiguous description of the aircraft'"'"'s intended motion and configuration during the period of flight.
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