Patent ID: 9384667
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G01C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a spacing system of an ownship aircraft, a current position of the ownship aircraft and a reference position of a target aircraft, wherein the reference position is a position of the target aircraft prior to a current position of the target aircraft; projecting, by the spacing system of the ownship aircraft, the reference position on a trajectory of the ownship aircraft; determining a first distance between the projected reference position and the current position of the ownship aircraft; projecting, by the spacing system of the ownship aircraft, the current position of the ownship aircraft on a trajectory of the reference position; determining a second distance between the projected current position of the ownship aircraft and the reference position; and adjusting, by the spacing system and based on an average between the first distance and the second distance, a velocity of the ownship aircraft.