Runway veer-off avoidance system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsXiaodong Chen, Kun Wu, Yunfei Zou, Zuowei He
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Abstract
A system including: avionics circuitry for an aircraft; one or more image sensors configured to acquire image data around the aircraft; and processing circuitry in communication with the avionics circuitry and the one or more image sensors, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: receive, from the avionics circuitry, operational data of the aircraft; identify, based on the image data, one or more runway features for a runway along which the aircraft is traveling; determine, based on the operational data and the image data, whether the aircraft is maintaining a correct heading; and control, based on the determination, the aircraft to prevent runway excursion.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- avionics circuitry for an aircraft;
- one or more image sensors configured to acquire image data around the aircraft;
- and
- processing circuitry in communication with the avionics circuitry and the one or more image sensors, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
- receive, from the avionics circuitry, operational data of the aircraft;
- identify, based on the image data, one or more runway features around the aircraft for a runway along which the aircraft is traveling;
- determine, based on the operational data and the image data, whether the aircraft is maintaining a correct heading along the runway;
- and
- control, based on the determination, the aircraft to prevent runway excursion.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by processing circuitry of an avionics system of an aircraft, operational data of the aircraft from avionics circuitry for the aircraft;
- receiving, by the processing circuitry and from one or more image sensors, image data around the aircraft;
- identifying, by the processing circuitry and based on the image data, one or more runway features for a runway along which the aircraft is traveling;
- determining, by the processing circuitry and based on the operational data and the image data, whether the aircraft is maintaining a correct heading along the runway;
- and
- controlling, by the processing circuitry and based on the determination, the aircraft to prevent runway excursion.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of an avionics system of an aircraft, causes the processing circuitry to:
- receive, from avionics circuitry for the aircraft, operational data of the aircraft;
- receive, from one or more image sensors, image data around the aircraft;
- identify, based on the image data, one or more runway features for a runway along which the aircraft is traveling;
- determine, based on the operational data and the image data, whether the aircraft is maintaining a correct heading along the runway;
- and
- control, based on the determination, the aircraft to prevent runway excursion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.