Apparatus and method for interactive analysis of aviation data
AssigneeOhio State Innovation Foundation
InventorsSeth Young, Arnab Nandi, Behrooz Omidvar Tehrani
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for receiving, processing and interactively displaying real-time air traffic data representative of the movement of aircraft throughout an airspace. The apparatus is an interactive data visualization framework which provides an immediately visualized aviation-oriented insights, with a focus on evaluating the deviations among flights by route, type, airport, and aircraft performance. The apparatus includes utilities for such as capacity planning, flight route prediction, and fuel consumption analysis.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory that stores computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations to determine a volatility of a route flown by an aircraft moving through three-dimensional airspace, comprising:
- determining planned flight path of the aircraft as a polyline P that consists of n+1 segments {L1, L2 . . . Ln+1}, wherein n is a number of waypoints in a planned flight track between a departure location and a destination location;
- determining an actual flight path of the aircraft between the departure location and the destination location;
- determining a deviation between the actual flight path and the planned flight path for each of the n+1 segments of the polyline P;
- aggregating the deviation for each of the n+1 segments of the polyline P into a volatility index that is representative of an efficiency of the actual flight path;
- and
- using the volatility index to determine optimal flight routes to reduce fuel consumption or reduce flight delays.
A method for determining a volatility of a route flown by an aircraft moving through three-dimensional airspace, comprising:
- determining planned flight path of the aircraft as a polyline P that consists of n+1 segments {L1, L2 . . . Ln+1}, wherein n is a number of waypoints in a planned flight track between a departure location and a destination location;
- determining an actual flight path of the aircraft between the departure location and the destination location;
- determining a deviation between the actual flight path and the planned flight path for each of the n+1 segments of the polyline P;
- aggregating the deviation for each of the n+1 segments of the polyline P into a volatility index that is representative of an efficiency of the actual flight path;
- and
- using the volatility index to determine optimal flight routes to reduce fuel consumption or reduce flight delays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.