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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Brian R. Wolford, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas L. Vogl, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Stephanie D. Burns, Ely, IA (US);
Steven C. Morling, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Matthew M. Lorch, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Brian R. Wolford, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas L. Vogl, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Stephanie D. Burns, Ely, IA (US);
Steven C. Morling, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Matthew M. Lorch, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a distributed flight management system. The method includes operating a control station instance of the distributed flight management system. The method includes receiving flight management system data from a remotely accessed vehicle. The method includes receiving time-space-position information of the remotely accessed vehicle from the remotely accessed vehicle. The method includes updating the control station instance of the distributed flight management system based at least on the received flight management system data and the time-space-position information of the remotely accessed vehicle. The method includes outputting updated flight management system data for transmission to the remotely accessed vehicle to synchronize a remotely accessed vehicle instance of the distributed flight management system with the control station instance of the distributed flight management system.