Patent ID: 9020662
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B64D,G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of predicting a trajectory of an aircraft, comprising: receiving, at a processor, information defining how the aircraft is to be flown during an operation interval, and storing the information in an information database; deriving, by the processor, a set of instructions from the information stored, wherein the set of instructions comprise configuration instructions that describe an aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and motion instructions that describe an aircraft motion; requiring, by the processor, an operation that at least six instructions to be active simultaneously throughout the operation interval, wherein the at least six instructions are chosen from at least three groups selected from motion instructions and at least one group selected from configuration instructions; and confirming, by the processor, that the set of instructions comply with a set of rules stored in a rules database, that the configuration instructions define the aerodynamic configuration of the aircraft and that the motion instructions close degrees of freedom of equations of motion used to describe the aircraft motion during the time interval; and operating the aircraft according to the instructions.