Patent ID: 9495879
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B64F,G01C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A taxiing path optimization system for computing a taxi path of an aircraft using available taxi routes of a corresponding airport, the taxiing path optimization system comprising: an interaction management unit that manages, using a computer processor executing computer-readable instructions, interactions between a user and the taxiing path optimization system using an interactive device configured for inputting a taxi clearance; an aircraft positioning management unit that determines, using the computer processor, positional information of the corresponding airport and aircraft received from a plurality of sources for augmenting an aircraft position by consolidating the aircraft position with the positional information in a complementary fashion, the aircraft positioning management unit including at least one of: a built-in positioning system, an internal positional sensor, and an external positional sensor; and a taxi path display unit that displays, using the computer processor, the taxi path based on the inputted taxi clearance and the augmented aircraft position, wherein the taxi path is automatically computed by the taxiing path optimization system based on compatibility associated with the taxi path in at least one of: an aircraft characteristic and an airport capability with respect to the aircraft characteristic.