Flight trajectory prediction with application of environmental conditions
First Claim
1. A flight trajectory prediction system comprising one or more processors programmed to perform the following operations:
- (a) obtaining flight information and aircraft state information from a flight object representing a flight of an aircraft;
(b) determining whether the obtained information is sufficient to predict a trajectory; and
(c) calculating a predicted flight trajectory in response to a determination by operation (b) that the obtained information is sufficient to predict a flight trajectory, wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated using aircraft messaging, flight histories, state data and current and forecast environmental information,wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated without using aircraft performance data, andwherein the predicted flight trajectory comprises pseudo-waypoints not identified in the flight information and environmental conditions at those pseudo-waypoints.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generating a predicted flight trajectory using a combination of aircraft state data, flight information, environmental information, historical data or derived flight information from aircraft messaging which can be used for the transmission of environmental data. The generated trajectory prediction is assigned a level of confidence based on fidelity, merit or accuracy. The level of predicted accuracy is based on the number of and sources of the specific information, time, distance or flight phase. The predicted trajectory includes pseudo-waypoints at flight transitions not readily available in the flight information and also includes the environmental conditions at all waypoint (including pseudo-waypoint) locations.
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26 Claims
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1. A flight trajectory prediction system comprising one or more processors programmed to perform the following operations:
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(a) obtaining flight information and aircraft state information from a flight object representing a flight of an aircraft; (b) determining whether the obtained information is sufficient to predict a trajectory; and (c) calculating a predicted flight trajectory in response to a determination by operation (b) that the obtained information is sufficient to predict a flight trajectory, wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated using aircraft messaging, flight histories, state data and current and forecast environmental information, wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated without using aircraft performance data, and wherein the predicted flight trajectory comprises pseudo-waypoints not identified in the flight information and environmental conditions at those pseudo-waypoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, performed by one or more processors, for predicting a flight trajectory comprising:
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(a) obtaining flight information and aircraft state information from a flight object; (b) determining whether the obtained information is sufficient to predict a trajectory; and (c) calculating a predicted flight trajectory in response to a determination by operation (b) that the obtained information is sufficient to predict a flight trajectory, wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated using aircraft messaging, flight histories, state data and current and forecast environmental information, wherein the predicted flight trajectory is calculated without using aircraft performance data, and wherein the predicted flight trajectory comprises pseudo-waypoints not identified in the flight information and environmental conditions at those pseudo-waypoints. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a trajectory object manager which generates a trajectory object based at least in part on a trajectory type and information in a flight object if the information in the flight object is sufficient to calculate a trajectory; and a trajectory predictions processor which calculates a predicted flight trajectory using aircraft messaging, flight histories, state data and current and forecast and without using aircraft performance data, wherein the predicted flight trajectory comprises pseudo-waypoints not identified in the flight object and environmental conditions at those pseudo-waypoints. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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