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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2007
Applicants:

John A. Wise, Glendale, AZ (US);

Blake W. Wilson, Peoria, AZ (US);

David Pepitone, Sun City West, AZ (US);

Pavel Kolcarek, Brno, CZ;

Inventors:

John A. Wise, Glendale, AZ (US);

Blake W. Wilson, Peoria, AZ (US);

David Pepitone, Sun City West, AZ (US);

Pavel Kolcarek, Brno, CZ;

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigation information for the vehicle. A current location of the vehicle is determined. Data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined locations is retrieved. A range of costs for said vehicle, representative of the at least one predetermined arrival time for the at least one predetermined location, is estimated. The range of costs is associated with a minimum value of the navigational information and a maximum value of the navigational information. An indicator representative of at least one cost of the range of costs is displayed.


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