System and method for identifying runway position during an intersection takeoff

• US 9,117,370 B1
• Filed: 03/12/2014
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Wyatt, Ivan Sandy, Feyereisen, Thea L., Gannon, Aaron, Jensen, Matthew Pearson
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafi, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US14/205,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20150262493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: 701/3, 701/4, 701/5, 701/6, 701/7, 701/8, 701/10, 701/15, 701/16, 701/18, 701/24, 701/25, 701/26, 701/27, 701/38, 340/963, 340967-970, 340/973, 340/974, 340/975, 340/977, 340/978
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0065 for taking-off
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/065 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. for taxiing or rolling

Abstract

A system and method for determining if an aircraft is headed in the right direction on a runway entered upon at a location that does not display runway identification comprises receiving runway and aircraft position data for determining the identity of the runway. The identity of the runway is then compared with a representation of an assigned runway stored on the aircraft to determine that they match.

Claims

1. A method for determining when an aircraft is headed in the right direction on a runway entered upon at a location that does not display runway identification, comprising:

receiving runway data;

receiving aircraft position data;

determining the identity of the runway from the runway data and the aircraft position data; and

comparing the identity of the runway with a representation of an assigned runway stored on the aircraft to determine that they match;

retrieving a balanced field length;

determining the remaining runway distance from the runway data and the position data;

displaying the remaining runway distance in a first manner when the remaining runway distance is greater that the balanced field length; and

displaying the remaining runway distance in a second manner when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of comparing comprises retrieving the assigned runway from the FMS.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a first manner when they match.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a second manner when they do not match.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a first color when they match.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a second color when they do not match.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in green when they match.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in red when they do not match.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the remaining runway length in a first manner when the remaining runway distance is greater than the balanced field length.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying the remaining runway length in a second manner when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a first color when the remaining runway distance is greater than the balanced field length.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying the identity of the runway in a second color when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising displaying the remaining runway length in green when the remaining runway distance is greater that the balanced field length.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying the remaining runway length in red when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising displaying the remaining runway in yellow when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.

16. A system for determining when an aircraft is headed in the right direction on a runway entered upon at a location that does not display runway identification, comprising:

a first source of runway data;

a second source of aircraft position data; and

a processor coupled to the first and second sources and configured to (1) determine the identity of the runway from the runway data and the aircraft position data; and

(2) compare the identity of the runway with a representation of an assigned runway stored on the aircraft to determine when they match;

(3) retrieve a balanced field length;

(4) determine the remaining runway distance from the runway data and the position data;

(5) display the remaining runway distance in a first manner when the remaining runway distance is greater that the balanced field length; and

(6) display the remaining runway distance in a second manner when the remaining runway distance is less than the balanced field length.