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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Michael Richard Durling, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Nikita Visnevski, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Craig Alan Hoover, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Glenn Alan Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Thomas Baby Sebastian, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mauricio Castillo-effen, Rexford, NY (US);
Steven Richard Hansen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Douglas Stuart Abernathy, Aledo, TX (US);
Michael Richard Durling, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr., Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Nikita Visnevski, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Craig Alan Hoover, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Glenn Alan Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Thomas Baby Sebastian, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Rexford, NY (US);
Steven Richard Hansen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Douglas Stuart Abernathy, Aledo, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system for use on an aircraft is provided that utilizes 4-D constructs, such as 4-D trajectories or 4-D polytopes, to maintain separation from other aircraft and/or to avoid collisions with other aircraft. In certain embodiments the trajectory-based sense-and-avoid system utilizes 4-D trajectories provided from an external source and/or 4-D trajectories estimated based on a variety of data sources during operation.