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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/54 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/54 (2025.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for holding pattern detection and management by detecting an aircraft has traveled at least a predefined distance along a flight path for the aircraft, identifying from flight data for an aircraft that the aircraft has performed maneuvers that may indicate a holding pattern, determining that the aircraft is not in a racetrack pattern, and when the aircraft is not in a racetrack pattern, indicating that the aircraft is in a holding pattern.