Patent ID: 11955018
Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method for managing aircraft within an airspace, the method comprising:
acquiring electronic data describing a plurality of trajectories each representing respective aircraft or obstacles within an airspace;
defining a best path for an aircraft associated with a selected one of the trajectories, the best path maintaining a predefined separation to others of the trajectories into the future along the best path;
communicating the best path to the aircraft associated with the selected one of the trajectories for execution by the aircraft;
responsive to the best path being flown for a selected time interval, recalculating each of the trajectories and defining a new best path for the selected one of the trajectories; and, repeating the recalculating and definition of the new best path each time the selected time interval passes until a destination of the best path is reached,
wherein recalculating each of the trajectories comprises:
applying a repulsion force between trajectories that conflict;
applying an elasticity or smoothing force with respect to all of the trajectories; and
applying a bounding force with respect to all of the trajectories.