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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Landers, Savannah, GA (US);

Kevin Prosser, Savannah, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0816 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/106 (2019.05); G06K 9/6289 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Avionics systems, aircraft, and methods are provided. An avionics system for a subject aircraft includes an intruder aircraft detection device and a processor. The processor is programmed to: identify an intruder aircraft using the intruder aircraft detection device; predict a future path of the intruder aircraft; estimate strength, size, and location characteristics of a wake vortex created by the intruder aircraft at future points in time along the future path; calculate a potential trajectory with potential positions of the subject aircraft at each of the future points in time; compare the potential positions with the strength, size, and location characteristics of the wake vortex at each of the future points in time to identify a wake conflict; and maneuver the subject aircraft based on the wake conflict.


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