Honeywell International Inc.

Petr Krupansky

Jiri Vasek

Jaroslav Jonak

Pavel Kolcarek

Tomas Neuzil

Vitezslav Cip

Larry K Ball

Michal Polansky

Jiri Svoboda

Pavel Klang

John Anthony Wise

Eva Gelnarova

Petr Vesely

Martin Herodes

A method for calculating vertical trajectory values is provided. The method obtains aircraft performance data for a particular aircraft and atmospheric condition data associated with an air route; calculates a cost-efficient vertical trajectory for the air route, based on the aircraft performance data and the atmospheric condition data, wherein the cost-efficient vertical trajectory comprises a plurality of altitude values for minimizing cost for the particular aircraft during travel of the air route; obtains an altitude consistency threshold; and adjusts the cost-efficient vertical trajectory using the altitude consistency parameter, to create an optimized vertical trajectory for the aircraft route.

Methods and apparatus for global optimization of vertical trajectory for an air route

This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for smart transitioning between aircraft trajectory management modes. In one example, a system is configured to track a speed of a target aircraft in flight ahead of an own aircraft on which the system is positioned. The system is further configured to determine whether the target aircraft has maintained a rate of change in speed within a selected range of variation in change of speed, for a selected period of time. The system is further configured to enable an activation of a merging trajectory management mode of the own aircraft in response to determining that the own aircraft is in a trajectory management mode transition airspace and that the target aircraft has maintained the rate of change in speed within the selected range of variation in change of speed, for the selected period of time.

Flight management mode transitioning for aircraft trajectory management

Methods and apparatus are provided for selectively balancing pilot workload. The apparatus comprises a display device configured to display a user interface (UI) and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a state of the pilot and/or a state of the aircraft, prepare modification to the UI based in part on the state of the pilot and/or the state of the aircraft such that the modification adds one or more command icons without obscuring, without removing, and without replacing any information item on the display, and to execute the modification.

Computer assisted human machine interface display

A method of displaying navigation limits for a planned travel route of a vehicle is presented here. The method calculates estimated navigation limits for the vehicle using an onboard subsystem of the vehicle, where the estimated navigation limits represent self-assessed navigation accuracy of the vehicle relative to the planned travel route. Contracted navigation limits are acquired for the vehicle, where the contracted navigation limits represent specified navigation accuracy of the vehicle, relative to the planned travel route, as mandated by a third party navigation controller. A navigation display is rendered on an onboard display element such that it includes graphical representations of the planned travel route, at least one of the estimated navigation limits, and at least one of the contracted navigation limits.

Display of navigation limits on an onboard display element of a vehicle

Provided are methods and systems for the automatic assessment and presentation of data on a display device that describes the operational impact on mission critical parameters resulting from a change in a vehicle's mission plan. The change in mission plan may be inputted manually by the vehicle operator but may also be received electronically and automatically over a data up link from an outside authority.

Methods and systems for reviewing datalink clearances

A method and software program for providing a weather prediction of atmospheric parameters for an aircraft, includes collecting () at least one of a statistical description of the weather forecast or the historical weather data, processing () current atmospheric data received from sensors on-board the aircraft, forming () modeled data based on the processed current atmospheric data and the at least one of a statistical description of the weather forecast or the historical weather data, blending () the modeled data with the at least one of a statistical description of the weather forecast or the historical weather data, and predicting () atmospheric parameters based on the blending step.

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Petr Krupansky