INTERACTIVE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT GROUND OPERATIONS

Abstract: an aircraft-based strategic and tactical interactive guidance system for ground operations includes position sensors for determining position information of an aircraft engaged in taxi operations (e.g., gate to takeoff, touchdown to gate) at an airport. the guidance system stores airport database information about runways, taxiways, hazards, gates, and other airport features. the guidance system analyzes and parses verbal taxi instructions from the airport control facility, into a navigation path. the guidance system fuses the navigation path with the airport database information and the aircraft's position information to present, via an interactive display surface, a strategic display, e.g., providing an overhead view of the current aircraft position, its assigned gate or destination, and the navigation path incorporating the prescribed runways and/or taxiways via which the aircraft will reach said destination. the pilot may modify the displayed navigation path via the interactive display surface.

Inventor(s): Michael P. Matessa, Richard M. Rademaker, Weston J. Lahr

CPC Classification: G08G5/51 (TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic ; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals ; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control , , ; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes , , }))

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