Patent ID: 9745052
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B64C,G05D,G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining an operating state for an aircraft, the method comprising: A) accessing, by one or more computing devices located on an aircraft, a database of precomputed operating parameters associated with aircraft trim, the precomputed operating parameters determined without real time measurements; B) receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a real time measurement of one or more dynamic operating parameters associated with the aircraft flying at a current operating state having a current cost parameter; C) determining, by the one or more computing devices, an aircraft trim operating parameter from the precomputed operating parameters based on data indicative of a candidate operating point of the aircraft, the aircraft trim operating parameter determined independent of the real time measurement of the one or more dynamic parameters; D) determining, by the one or more computing devices, a candidate enhanced operating state for the aircraft during flight of the aircraft having a cost parameter determined by at least the aircraft trim operating parameter and the real time measurement of the one or more dynamic operating parameters; E) comparing the cost parameter for the candidate enhanced operating state with the current cost parameter of the current operating state; and F) when the cost parameter for the candidate enhanced operating state is reduced compared with the current cost parameter, operating the aircraft in accordance with the candidate enhanced operating state for the control of the aircraft, and when the cost parameter for the candidate enhanced operating state is not reduced compared with the current cost parameter, iterating through steps C)-F) with a new candidate operating point of the aircraft.