Honeywell International Inc.

Michael Blaine Johnson

Emmanuel Letsu-Dake

Jan Urbanec

Michael Mast

Nichola Lubold

Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle by automatically initiating activation of an automated functionality, such as autoland functionality of an aircraft, in the absence of user input within one or more monitoring periods. One method involves identifying a triggering event, identifying a monitoring period associated with the triggering event, monitoring one or more components for user input within the monitoring period associated with the triggering event, and automatically initiating activation of an automated functionality associated with the vehicle in the absence of user input within the monitoring period associated with the triggering event. In some implementations, the monitoring period adaptively and dynamically varies during operation.

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Michael Blaine Johnson