Automatic Braking System Controller
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJoseph Michael Wapenski, Nima Forghani, Thomas Todd Griffith
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Abstract
An automatic braking system controller automatically decelerates an aircraft on a runway according to a brake-to-exit or a constant deceleration function. The automatic braking system controller determines whether the aircraft can decelerate to a selected velocity prior to reaching a target location along the runway. In response to determining that the aircraft can decelerate to the selected velocity prior to reaching the target location, the automatic braking system controller automatically decelerates the aircraft with a comfortable deceleration profile such that the aircraft reaches the selected velocity at the target location.
Claims25
A method for automatically decelerating an aircraft on a runway, the method comprising:
- determining whether the aircraft can decelerate to a selected velocity prior to reaching a target location along the runway;
- and
- in response to determining that the aircraft can decelerate to the selected velocity prior to reaching the target location, automatically decelerating the aircraft such that the aircraft reaches the selected velocity at the target location.
An auto-brake control system for controlling a brake system to automatically decelerate an aircraft on a runway, wherein the auto-brake control system is configured:
- to determine whether the aircraft can decelerate to a selected velocity prior to reaching a target location along a runway;
- and
- in response to determining that the aircraft can decelerate to the selected velocity prior to reaching the target location, to automatically decelerate the aircraft such that the aircraft reaches the selected velocity at the target location.
An aircraft comprising:
- an auto-brake control system for controlling a brake system to automatically decelerate an aircraft on a runway;
- a graphical user interface comprising a status indicator of a brake-to-exit function associated with the auto-brake control system, wherein:
- in response to the brake-to-exit function being initialized, the auto-brake control system is configured to determine whether the aircraft can decelerate to a selected velocity prior to reaching a target location along a runway;
- and
- in response to determining that the aircraft can decelerate to the selected velocity prior to reaching the target location, the auto-brake control system is configured to automatically decelerate the aircraft such that the aircraft reaches the selected velocity at the target location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.