Honeywell International Inc.

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Richard Snyder

Rajeev Mohan

Rajesh Chaubey

Mark Pearson

Sripathi Ramachandra

Ravish Udupa

Robert Brownlee

Greg Carlucci

Raghu Shamasundar

Kalimulla Khan

Daniel Eugene Lewis

Philip Toews

Sharanabasappa Advani

Subhransu Sahoo

Balaji Vasan Srinivasan

Ivan Sandy Wyatt

Mohammed Ibrahim Mohideen

Sivakumar Kanagarajan

Santosh Mathan

Ramkumar Rajendran

Srihari Jayathirtha

Steven Curtis Crouch

Mahesh Sivaratri

Sreenivasan Govindillam K

Sreenivasan K Govindillam

Phillip Toews

Karel Mundel

Michael R Jackson

Brian E O'Laughlin

Roopa Niveditha Sundara Kulal

Gary L Hartmann

John Beckwith

PraveenKumar Ayyathurai

Christopher Raj Mariadoss

Ambika Sure

Gregory Carlucci

Naresh Bandam

Bradley Bootz

Matthew Joseph

Michael Jackson

Udipi Ranga Ananthram

Percy R Rainwater

Chunyu Sheng

Samrat Kar

Parker LeBlanc

Helen Edelson

Salvatore Bottiglieri

Lior Attias

Rosa N Weber

I-Ping Fessler

Hyden Lopez

Brian Walter

Joshua Gavroy

Balaji Srinivasan

Daniel E Lewis

A system and method in an aircraft for providing enhanced services is provided. In one example, the method includes: setting up triggering logic to identify a beginning point and ending point for collecting a set of avionics system data during a flight; and systematically retrieving information for use by the triggering logic to identify the beginning point and the ending point. When the beginning point is reached, the method includes systematically repeating: retrieving the set of avionics systems data; and sending, to an off-board application, data from the set of avionics system data that has changed state from prior data sent to the off-board application. When the ending point is reached, the method includes cease sending data from the set of avionics system data to the off-board application.

System and method for providing enhanced services

Methods and apparatus are provided for performing determinations and actions as to a required time of arrival (RTA) for an aircraft during flight. In exemplary embodiments, data is received as to the RTA for the aircraft during flight. Also in exemplary embodiments, determinations are made, via a processor, as to one or more RTA limits for the aircraft based on the RTA. Also in exemplary embodiments, the RTA limits comprise one or both of the following: one or more limits for aircraft speed based on the RTA; and one or more limits for aircraft arrival time based on the RTA.

Method and system for initiating and managing required time of arrival constraints for an aircraft for all phases of flight

Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle to satisfy a downpath energy constraint when a current energy state has deviated from a reference energy state according to a planned route of travel. One method involves identifying an intermediate energy constraint at an intermediate point en route to the downpath waypoint, determining a first segment for satisfying the intermediate energy constraint at the intermediate point from the current energy state using a first configuration, determining a second segment from the intermediate point that satisfies the requested energy constraint at the downpath waypoint using a different configuration, and providing graphical indicia of the recommended path including the first and second segments. The graphical indicia includes a first graphical indication of the first configuration associated with the first segment and a second graphical indication of the second configuration associated with the second segment.

Energy constraint management methods and systems

Systems and methods for coordinating with a flight management system (FMS) on-board an aircraft to determine whether a flight plan (FP) change generated by an external device is valid. The method includes generating the FP change, which includes a deviation to the intended FP and a savings parameter associated with a parameter of the intended FP, responsive to weather data and aircraft state data; generating a lateral display showing the intended FP and an alphanumeric window with the FP change; transmitting the FP change to the FMS; receiving, from the FMS, a travel path and a calculated parameter for the travel path, generated by the FMS responsive to the FP change; determining whether the travel path realizes the savings parameter by comparing the calculated parameter to the savings parameter; and, displaying either a selectable graphical user interface (GUI) object to implement the FP change, or a warning based thereon.

Systems and methods to corroborate an externally recommended flight plan change with flight management system

A system and methods for enhancing operator situational awareness are disclosed. For example, one method includes monitoring a plurality of radio transmissions associated with a plurality of vehicles in a first traffic flow pattern, monitoring a second traffic flow pattern in a vicinity of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, monitoring at least one weather value for a destination site for the plurality of vehicles, proposing a destination approach for the vehicle in response to the monitoring, evaluating an impact of the proposed destination approach on an existing travel path for the vehicle, and generating a second travel path for the vehicle in response to the evaluating.

System and method for enhancing operator situational awareness of traffic diversion patterns and adapting thereto

Human-machine interface for required time of arrival (RTA) constraint negotiation. Embodiments present critical RTA information and results of associated data calculations to the pilot in a concise and informative manner using a dialogue box with intuitive graphical displays. Embodiments present critical RTA information to assist a pilot in negotiating the RTA constraint with air traffic controllers, accepting the clearance, and having confidence in the system that it will achieve the defined RTA constraint.

Methods and systems for graphical representation of required time of arrival (RTA) constraint information

A system includes an aircraft avionics system and a portable computing device. The aircraft avionics system is configured to run one or more embedded avionics applications. The portable computing device is in operable communication with the aircraft avionics system and is configured to run one or more portable device applications. Each portable device application has resident therein a software development kit having libraries and utilities that enables the portable device application to: establish a secure connection with the aircraft avionics system, establish and maintain a required protocol with the embedded avionics application, and communicate with the embedded avionics application as specified by an application programming interface definition.

System and method to facilitate communication of an application resident on a portable computing device with an application resident in aircraft avionics

Methods and systems are provided for presenting an energy state associated with an aircraft with respect to an operating envelope region for a procedure to restart an engine of the aircraft. One method involves providing a graphical user interface display having a first reference axis corresponding to a first energy state parameter and a second reference axis corresponding to a second energy state parameter different from the first energy state parameter, providing a graphical representation of an operating envelope region associated with a procedure for starting an engine of the aircraft with respect to the first and second reference axes, obtaining current values for the first and second energy state parameters for the aircraft, and providing a graphical representation of the aircraft positioned with respect to the first and second reference axes based on the current values for the first and second energy state parameters.

Engine relight visualization methods and systems

A method in an aircraft for the validation of variable data is provided. The method comprises: receiving a request from an application program to retrieve data attributes for at least one data item to be entered via a GUI provided by the application program; requesting, from the flight management engine using an API, the data attributes for the at least one data item, wherein the data attributes identify at least one limit for data entry for the at least one data item including a minimum and/or maximum value for the at least one data item; receiving the requested data attributes from the flight management engine; and transmitting the data attributes to the application program; wherein the application program restricts data entry for the at least one data item in conformance with each limit provided by the data attributes for the at least one data item.

System and method for offboard validation of variable parameters

Systems and methods of searching stored flight plan information using a custom search query including at least one aircraft parameter condition or environmental parameter condition. The systems and method include receiving, using a user interface module, a custom search query comprising an aircraft parameter condition or an environmental condition; searching, using a processor module, stored flight plan information for instances in the stored flight plan information that satisfy the aircraft parameter condition or environmental condition; and displaying, using a display module, the instances in the stored flight plan information that satisfy the aircraft parameter condition or environmental condition.

Custom search queries for flight data

An aircraft and a method for operating the same may include, but is not limited to, a flight management system, a vertical situation display, and a processor configured to determine a first variable, a second variable and a third variable, determine flight plan data for the first, second and third variables, generate display data for the vertical situation display, the display data including the scale of the first second and third variables and a vector corresponding to the flight plan data of the first variable and second variable scaled to the first scale and the second scale, wherein the scale of the third variable is non-linear and varies based upon the flight plan data corresponding to the third variable relative to the vector, and output the generated display data to the vertical situation display for display on the vertical situation display.

Multi-dimensional uni-vectored flight display for aircraft

Methods for providing a flight management service in a cloud computing environment, the method includes: receiving, an object request by a server from a mobile device wherein the server is located in the cloud computing environment including: at least a flight management system (FMS) connected to a stateless object; processing, by the connected FMS hosted by the server, the object request generating a resource object for a particular flight plan wherein the resource object includes a data set; storing, by the connected FMS, the data set at the stateless object in the cloud environment; and sending, by the server, an object response from the connected FMS to the mobile device, for accessing the data set of the stateless object for the particular flight plan.

Methods are provided for flight management services in a cloud environment

Systems and methods are disclosed for brokering data exchanges between on-board and off-board systems of a vehicle. One method comprises receiving, at a data broker engine, one or more data requests from an origination system, wherein each of the one or more data requests specifies at least one or more of a request type and a target system. Then the data broker engine determines whether the request type is a one-time transmission, a periodic transmission, an event-triggered transmission, or a change-triggered transmission. Following the determination, the data broker engine retrieves data from the target system based on the determined request type and transmits the data to the origination system.

Data broker engine for managing data exchanges between on-board and off-board systems

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Richard Snyder