Patent ID: 9404752
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G01C,G06Q,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented in a flight management system for processing a flight plan, the flight plan including a plurality of segments, the method comprises: a step of determining with the flight management system positions of a start point and of an end point of each of the plurality of segments constituting said flight plan; searching with the flight management system for at least two characteristic points for each of the plurality of segments, said characteristic points being explicit and fixed, said characteristic points comprising a latitude, a longitude and an altitude; and determining transitions between each of the plurality of segments with the flight management system based on the step of determining the positions of the start point and of the end point of each of the plurality of segments, the transitions comprising a trajectory element that links two of the plurality of segments together in a flyable manner, the plurality of segments and the transitions constituting said flight plan and said flight plan being executed by the flight management system.