SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INTEGRATE VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVE COORDINATED MISSIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20250095499A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18467480

    申请日:2023-09-14

    Abstract: A method and system to integrate information in a coordinated mission of a group of user vehicles is provided. The method comprises storing a call sign in a database for each user vehicle, among the group of user vehicles, in the coordinated mission; and identifying a speaker vehicle among the user vehicles by comparing a call sign from parts of speech (POS) with the stored call signs. The method further comprises highlighting the identified speaker vehicle in a common display of each user vehicle; and determining whether the POS from the speaker vehicle contains a reference to a point of interest (POI). The method generates a graphical symbol for the POI when the POS from the speaker vehicle contains a reference to the POI, and tags the graphical symbol at a location of the POI in the common display of each user vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PAIRED AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20240428690A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-26

    申请号:US18366021

    申请日:2023-08-07

    Abstract: A wake energy formation flight plan is received from a formation flight coordination ground station at a first aircraft. The wake energy formation flight plan includes an aircraft identifier of a second aircraft and a formation flight path. The formation flight path is along a portion of a first flight path of the first aircraft that overlaps with a portion of a second flight path of the second aircraft. A paired communication channel is established between the first FMS of the first aircraft and a second FMS of the second aircraft while the first and second aircraft are flying in formation along at least a portion of the first formation flight path to enable transmission of first FMS data generated by the first FMS to the second FMS and receipt of second FMS data generated by the second FMS at the first FMS.

    Methods and systems for transcription playback with variable emphasis

    公开(公告)号:US12008289B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17459605

    申请日:2021-08-27

    CPC classification number: G06F3/165 G10L15/26

    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle using speech recognition and transcription using text-to-speech for transcription playback with variable emphasis. One method involves analyzing a transcription of an audio communication with respect to the vehicle to identify an operational term pertaining to a current operational context of the vehicle within the transcription, creating an indicator identifying the operational term within the transcription for emphasis when the operational term pertains to the current operational context of the vehicle, identifying a user-configured playback rate; and generating an audio reproduction of the transcription of the audio communication in accordance with the user-configured playback rate, wherein the operational term is selectively emphasized within the audio reproduction based on the indicator.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING CONDITION-BASED ACTIONS IN AN AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20240185729A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18183455

    申请日:2023-03-14

    CPC classification number: G08G5/0047 B64D43/00 G08G5/0034

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for implementing condition-based actions in an aircraft. A flight plan received from a flight management system (FMS) is rendered on a display device. A condition and a condition-based action associated with avionic data at a point of interest selected from the flight plan is received via an onboard user device. Location data associated with the point of interest is received from at least one geospatial sensor. Current avionic data associated with the point of interest is received. A determination is made regarding whether the current avionic data fulfills the condition associated with the avionic data at the point of the interest. A notification associated with implementation of the condition-based action is displayed on the display device based on the determination.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY OR COMPLIANCE WITH ATC PHRASEOLOGY

    公开(公告)号:US20230115227A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17573995

    申请日:2022-01-12

    Abstract: Systems and methods for indicating communication effectiveness with air traffic control (ATC) are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a transcribed message containing a plurality of words used by an ownship flight crew member in a communication directed to ATC; determining a message intent of the transcribed message from the words used in the communication; identifying a plurality of ideal words that should be used for an ideal message having the same message intent as the transcribed message; comparing the words used in the communication with the words that should have been used in the ideal message; determining based on the comparing whether the words used in the communication conformed to ATC standard phraseology (e.g., ICAO Pilot communication vocabulary); generating an indicator for flight crew that indicates whether the words used in the communication conformed to ATC standard phraseology; and signaling an aircraft display device to display the indicator.

    Systems and methods for guiding a vertical takeoff and landing vehicle to an emergency landing zone

    公开(公告)号:US11587449B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US16867134

    申请日:2020-05-05

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for guiding a vertical takeoff and landing, VTOL, vehicle to an emergency landing zone. The systems and methods include determining, via at least one processor, candidate landing zone data by interrogating an emergency landing zone database based at least on VTOL vehicle location, the candidate landing zone data representing a list of candidate emergency landing zones. A target emergency landing zone is selected from the list of candidate emergency landing zones based at least on VTOL vehicle related issues including at least one of unanticipated yaw issues, ground effect issues and modified trend vector issues, thereby providing target emergency landing zone data. Guidance for the VTOL vehicle is determined based on the target emergency landing zone data.

    Methods and systems for vehicle contact prediction and auto brake activation

    公开(公告)号:US11260838B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16009852

    申请日:2018-06-15

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting a hot spot. One method comprises receiving, by a hot spot prediction system, vehicle characteristics associated with a vehicle and traffic data. Then the hot spot prediction system determines a hot spot and an estimated arrival time at the hot spot based on the vehicle characteristics and the traffic data. Following the determination, an auto brake application system receives the hot spot and the estimated arrival time and determines a safe stop time based on the vehicle characteristics, the hot spot and the estimated arrival time. The auto brake application system then sends a notification to the vehicle based on determining that the vehicle can stop within the safe stop time, and performs an action in response to receiving a confirmation from the vehicle.

    Systems and methods for predicting ground effects along a flight plan

    公开(公告)号:US11181934B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16920070

    申请日:2020-07-02

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for predicting ground effects along a flight plan. The systems and methods provide a processor executed process including the steps: receiving a flight plan for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft; receiving terrain and obstacles geospatial data for the flight plan from the database; determining weight of the VTOL aircraft along the flight plan; determining temperature of the environment along the flight plan; determining ground effect data along the flight plan based on the temperature and the weight; based on the terrain and obstacles data, the ground effect data and the flight plan, predict where, along the flight plan, the VTOL aircraft will traverse a ground effect region, thereby providing prediction data; and generating one or more commands to control a system of the VTOL aircraft based on the prediction data.

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