Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to participate in the performance of tasks, for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance, or for facilitating other interactions with such devices.

Unmanned device interaction methods and systems

Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to perform a task, alone or in combination with other entities, or for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance.

Unmanned device utilization methods and systems

A system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to be equipped with data representing a first UAV flight plan, and a ground station configured to control the UAV. The ground station is operable to receive, at a first time, a first data set representing at least one flight path of at least one aircraft, calculate a second UAV flight plan to avoid the at least one flight path of the at least one aircraft, the second UAV flight plan being based on the data representing the first UAV flight plan and the first data set representing at least one flight path of the at least one aircraft, and transmit data representing the second UAV flight plan to the UAV.

System and methods for unmanned aerial vehicle navigation

Systems and methods of the present invention are provided to generate a plurality of flight trajectories that do not conflict with other aircraft in a local area. Interventions by an air traffic control system help prevent collisions between aircraft, but these interventions can also cause an aircraft to substantially deviate from the pilot's intended flight trajectory, which burns fuels, wastes time, etc. Systems and methods of the present invention can assign a standard avoidance interval to other aircraft in the area such that a pilot's aircraft does not receive an intervention by an air traffic control system. Systems and methods of the present invention also generate a plurality of conflict-free flight trajectories such that a pilot or an automated system may select the most desirable flight trajectory for fuel efficiency, speed, and other operational considerations, etc.

System and method for optimizing an aircraft trajectory

Disclosed herein is a traffic control apparatus and method. The traffic control apparatus includes a navigation route database (DB) for storing navigation routes of a vehicle for respective navigational situations. A vehicle situation information collection unit collects current navigational situation information of the vehicle. A preferred route extraction unit extracts a preferred navigation route of the vehicle corresponding to the collected current navigational situation information from the navigation route DB. A predicted route estimation unit estimates a predicted navigation route of the vehicle based on the extracted preferred navigation route with to reference to a traveling state of the vehicle.

Traffic control apparatus and method using navigation route information of vehicle for each navigational situation

An outlet device for a jet engine (2) includes an outlet channel (3), which has an upstream end (3') for being connected to the jet engine and a downstream end (3'') and which defines a main flow direction (a) for a jet from the jet engine. The outlet channel has in the proximity of the downstream end an elongated shape, seen in a section across the flow direction, and includes at least two outlet portions (4, 5, 6), which are separated from each other, for a respective outlet flow of said jet. A first outlet portion (5, 6) includes means for controlling the outlet direction of the outlet flow in a first plane and a second outlet portion (4) includes means for controlling the outlet direction of the outlet flow in a second plane, which forms an angle to the first plane. An aircraft may include such an outlet device.

An outlet device for a jet engine

A station for assisting the control of an aircraft includes warning means (5) adapted to deliver an alert for avoiding a later collision when there is a risk that the predicted flight trajectory of the aircraft crosses any predicted flight path of another aircraft An arrangement (4) is adapted to determine whether the aircraft carrying said station is within an airspace volume with defined geometrical dimensions and time of appearance and disappearance or not and make the function of the warning means dependent upon this comparison by, when located in said airspace volume, deactivating said warning means with respect to other aircraft of a predefined identity, and when not located in said airspace volume, activate or keep the function of said warning means activated with respect to aircraft of said predefined identity

Carleric Weiland

Papers

An outlet device for a jet engine

A method and a station for assisting the control of an aircraft

Ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung für die Unterstützung der Steuerung eines Flugzeugs