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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Nathan D. Hiller, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen Lambert, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Todd Harding Tomkinson, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Steven Fulton Griffin, Kihei, HI (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A flight path clearing system comprising a laser beam system in an aircraft and a controller. The controller is configured to select a number of characteristics for a laser beam based on an object type. The controller is configured to control the laser beam system to emit the laser beam with the number of characteristics in a direction relative to a flight path of the aircraft. The controller is configured to control the laser beam system to move the laser beam with the number of characteristics selected for the object type to scan an area using a pattern that is based on a sequence of locations in the pattern being nearest to a center of the area, wherein a number of objects of the object type hit by the laser beam is cleared from the flight path.