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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Geun Il Kim, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roy S. Alcantara, Seattle, WA (US);

Christie M. Maldonado, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Steven J. Moskalik, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 7/70 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06G 7/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 37/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/30345 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flight management system which is capable of monitoring changes in airplane characteristics such as fuel flow and drag. When a predetermined event is triggered, the flight management system (FMS) creates or updates a set of 'dynamic' tables in a database which enable FMS performance algorithms to utilize the latest fuel flow and drag data. Using the updated aerodynamic and propulsion performance data in the dynamic tables, the flight management system is able to compute more accurate flight profile and trip prediction parameters such as estimated time of arrival and predicted fuel consumption quantity.


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