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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Xin W. Chen, Glen Carbon, IL (US);
Shimon Y. Nof, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Xin W. Chen, Glen Carbon, IL (US);
Shimon Y. Nof, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafeyette, IN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for preventing and detecting conflicts and errors through prognostics and diagnostics are applied to vehicle traffic in air traffic and ground control scenarios. Conflict and error prevention and detection (CEPD) logic is applied to a constraint network generated to model the constraints pertinent to the vehicles (such as aircraft and ground-based vehicles) and resources (such as runways and taxiways) in the traffic control spaces. Time-based trajectory data for all vehicles in the traffic control space are continuously and interactively evaluated to detect conflicts that have occurred and/or identify potential conflicts before they occur among vehicles or between vehicles and resources. The systems and methods also generate a conflict resolution using the CEPD logic, which resolution is communicated to the affected vehicles.