Patent ID: 6873269
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G01C,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for free flight obstacle avoidance, the method comprising the steps of: providing a ground collision avoidance module and an air collision avoidance module; providing an obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module; routing ground collision solution data from the ground collision avoidance module to the obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module; routing air collision solution data from the air collision avoidance module to the obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module; filtering the ground collision solution data and the air collision solution data; commanding the ground collision avoidance module to validate the ground collision solution data and commanding the air collision avoidance module to validate the air collision solution data; providing feedback from the obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module with the ground collision solution data and the air collision solution data to the ground collision avoidance module and the air collision avoidance module for evaluation; and generating a final obstacle avoidance solution from the obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module.