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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2014
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Glenn S. Bushnell, Puyallup, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/005 (2013.01); G08G 5/0052 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing vehicle-centric collision avoidance are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first flight trajectory for a first aircraft, determining a second flight trajectory for a second aircraft, predicting a distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft at a predicted closest point of approach based on the first and second flight trajectories, comparing the distance to a separation perimeter layer, the separation perimeter layer configured to provide a minimum separation distance from the first aircraft to the second aircraft, and altering the first flight trajectory when the distance breaches the separation perimeter layer.


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