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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Zdenek Moravek, Rozdrojovice, CZ;
Robert Sosovicka, Brno, CZ;
Filip Magula, Albrechtice, CZ;
David Kunes, Tisnov, CZ;
Katerina Sprinarova, Hradec Kralove, CZ;
Ivan Lacko, Cana, CZ;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for guiding or otherwise assisting operation of a vehicle to intersect a stabilized approach to a destination. One exemplary method of assisting an aircraft for landing at an airport involves obtaining, from a system onboard the aircraft, a current position of the aircraft and a current velocity of the aircraft, determining a descent strategy for the aircraft from the current position to an initialization point for a stable approach to the airport based at least in part on the current position and the current velocity, and providing indication of the descent strategy on a display device. The descent strategy is determined based on one or more validation criteria associated with the initialization point so that one or more predicted values for one or more characteristics of the aircraft satisfy the one or more validation criteria at the initialization point.