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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Michael E. Dey, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley D. Cornell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Peter D. Gunn, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert J. Myers, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Michael E. Dey, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley D. Cornell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Peter D. Gunn, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert J. Myers, Mukilteo, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system may generate a modified flight plan for an aircraft based on an original flight plan. The system may provide an automatic strategic offset function that includes an autoflight system; a sensor system including at least one of a global positioning system, an inertial reference unit, or an air data computer; and a flight management computer. The flight management computer may be operably coupled with the autoflight system and/or the sensor system. The flight management computer may process a flight plan of the vehicle and generate a non-uniform offset value in the vertical and/or lateral orientation between the flight plan and a boundary. The offset value may be used to create an offset flight plan for navigating an aircraft.