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US 7,411,519 B1Granted
System and method for predicting and displaying wake vortex turbulence
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDaryal Kuntman, Ruy C. P. Brandao, C. Don Bateman
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Abstract
A circuit and method for predicting an intersection of a host aircraft flight path with the wake vortex of another aircraft.
Claims17
A method for predicting the intensity and location of a wake vortex relative to a first aircraft resulting from a second proximate aircraft, comprising the steps of:
- determining a location of the second aircraft relative to the first aircraft;
- measuring a characteristic of the wake vortex formed by the second aircraft;
- determining aircraft type information of said second aircraft;
- predicting the configuration of said second aircraft as a function of elevation above terrain information of said second aircraft and position information of said second aircraft relative to a local runway;
- determining atmospheric information;
- and
- determining a predictive model of said wake vortex.
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An electronic circuit to determine the wake vortex of an aircraft comprising;
- a first circuit for retrieving aircraft type information corresponding to the aircraft;
- a second electronic circuit to determine elevation and position of the aircraft;
- a third electronic circuit to predict a configuration of the aircraft as a function of an elevation above terrain information of said aircraft and a position information of said aircraft relative to a local runway;
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- a fourth electronic circuit, coupled to said first, said second and said third electronic circuits, to predict a location of the wake vortex corresponding to the aircraft.
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A method for predicting the intensity and location of a wake vortex relative to a first aircraft resulting from a second proximate aircraft comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a location of the second aircraft relative to the first aircraft;
- and
- (b) determining information describing the wake vortex formed by the second aircraft, further including the steps of:
- (i) determining aircraft type information of the second aircraft;
- (ii) predicting the configuration of the second aircraft including the steps of determining the position and altitude of the second aircraft relative to an airport runway;
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- (iii) determining atmospheric information.
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