US 10,096,253 B2Granted

Methods and systems for presenting diversion destinations

AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.

InventorsZdenek Moravek, David Kunes, Filip Magula, Katerina Sprinarova

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Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for presenting a list of potential diversion destinations. One exemplary method involves obtaining status information associated with the vehicle, obtaining status information associated with respective ones of a plurality of destinations, and classifying the plurality of destinations into a plurality of viability groups based at least in part on the status information associated with the vehicle and the respective status information associated with each respective destination. Each of the viability groups contains a subset of the plurality of destinations. The method continues by displaying a list of the plurality of destinations on a display device associated with the vehicle, with the plurality of destinations being ordered in the list based at least in part on their respective viability group classifications. In this regard, destinations classified into higher viability groups may be preferentially displayed over destinations classified into lower viability groups.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of presenting potential destinations for a vehicle, the method comprising:

obtaining a first set of one or more base parameters indicative of a current status of the vehicle;
for each destination of the plurality of destinations:
obtaining a second set of one or more base parameters indicative of a current status of the respective destination of the plurality of destinations;
determining, by a processing system, a qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group of a plurality of different parameter groups based at least in part on the current status for the vehicle and the current status for the respective destination of the plurality of destinations, wherein:
each parameter group of the plurality of different parameter groups comprises one or more base parameters of the first and second sets quantifying an aspect of accessing the respective destination of the plurality of destinations;
and
the qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group is determined based at least in part on the one or more base parameters of the respective parameter group;
and
classifying, by the processing system, the respective destination of the plurality of destinations into a respective aggregate viability group of a plurality of different aggregate viability groups based at least in part on the qualitative cumulative parameter group states associated with the respective destination of the plurality of destinations, each of the aggregate viability groups comprising a subset of the plurality of destinations;
and
displaying, by the processing system on a display device, a list comprising the plurality of destinations ordered primarily by the respective aggregate viability group classifications.

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A system comprising:

a display device onboard a vehicle;
one or more systems onboard the vehicle to obtain first values for a first set of one or more base parameters, the first values being indicative of a current status of the vehicle;
a communications system onboard the vehicle to obtain, for each destination of a plurality of destinations, second values for a second set of one or more base parameters, the second values associated with a respective destination being indicative of a current status of the respective destination;
and
a processing system coupled to the communications system, the one or more systems onboard the vehicle, and the display device to:
determine a qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group of a plurality of different parameter groups for each destination of the plurality of destinations based at least in part on the first values and the second values associated with the respective destination, wherein:
each parameter group of the plurality of different parameter groups comprises one or more base parameters of the first and second sets quantifying an aspect of accessing the respective destination of the plurality of destinations;
and
the qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group is determined based at least in part on the one or more base parameters of the respective parameter group;
classify each destination of the plurality of destinations into a respective one of a plurality of different aggregate viability groups based at least in part on the qualitative cumulative parameter group states associated with the respective destination, each aggregate viability group of the plurality of different aggregate viability groups comprising a subset of the plurality of destinations;
and
display a listing of the plurality of destinations ordered primarily by their respective aggregate viability group classifications on the display device.

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A method of presenting potential diversion airports for an aircraft, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a processing system onboard the aircraft from one or more systems onboard the aircraft, current values for a first set of one or more base parameters representative of a current status of the aircraft;
for each airport of a plurality of airports:
obtaining, by the processing system via a communications system onboard the aircraft, current values for a second set of one or more base parameters representative of a current status of the respective airport;
determining, by the processing system, a qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group of a plurality of different parameter groups based at least in part on the current values for the first set of one or more base parameters and the current values for the second set of one or more base parameters associated with the respective airport, wherein:
each parameter group of the plurality of different parameter groups comprises one or more base parameters of the first and second sets quantifying an aspect of landing at the respective airport;
and
the qualitative cumulative parameter group state for each parameter group is determined based at least in part on the one or more base parameters of the respective parameter group;
and
classifying, by the processing system, the respective airport into a respective one of a plurality of different aggregate viability groups based on the qualitative cumulative parameter group states;
and
displaying, by the processing system on a display device onboard the aircraft, a listing of the plurality of airports, wherein the listing is ordered primarily by the respective aggregate viability group associated with each respective airport of the plurality of airports.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.