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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method comprises receiving a landing request from an aircraft at a ground control center of a vertiport; activating infrared cameras at a vertiport landing site when the request is approved; searching for the aircraft based on light strobes on the aircraft using the infrared cameras; creating a virtual current approach frame of the aircraft when the light strobes are detected by the infrared cameras; and comparing the virtual current approach frame to a predefined approach frame to determine whether a landing approach of the aircraft is suitable. If the landing approach is not suitable, sending feedback to the aircraft from the ground control center to provide guidance for the landing approach based on a difference between the predefined approach frame and the virtual current approach frame. The method further comprises projecting a conical area for aircraft detection that includes virtual approach rings having threshold values based on aircraft parameters.