(19)
(11) EP 2 575 121 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.01.2014 Bulletin 2014/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.04.2013 Bulletin 2013/14

(21) Application number: 12185489.7

(22) Date of filing: 21.09.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G08G 5/00(2006.01)
G01W 1/10(2006.01)
 G01W 1/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 30.09.2011 US 201113250352
30.09.2011 US 201113250241

(71) Applicant: The Boeing Company
Chicago, IL 60606-2016 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Stewart, Tamara S
    Lakewood, WA Washington 98498 (US)
  • Bailey, Louis J
    Covington, WA Washington 98042 (US)
  • Tytler, Charles J
    Seattle, WA 98107 (US)

(74) Representative: Boult Wade Tennant 
Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) Flight trajectory prediction with application of environmental conditions


(57) Systems and methods for generating a predicted flight trajectory using a combination of aircraft state data, flight information, environmental information, historical data or derived flight information from aircraft messaging which can be used for the transmission of environmental data. The generated trajectory prediction is assigned a level of confidence based on fidelity, merit or accuracy. The level of predicted accuracy is based on the number of and sources of the specific information, time, distance or flight phase. The predicted trajectory includes pseudo-waypoints at flight transitions not readily available in the flight information and also includes the environmental conditions at all waypoint (including pseudo-waypoint) locations.







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