PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16202583
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "973000"]

Abstract:
An aircraft flight control system and method are provided. The system provides a control module that receives inertial data, sensor data, and a target airspeed. The control module processes the received data with aircraft thrust and drag models to evaluate the aircraft energy state. Based on the aircraft energy state, the control module determines (i) a maximum predicted potential flight path “max PPFP”, defined by a maximum thrust at the target airspeed, and (ii) an idle predicted potential flight path, “idle PPFP,” defined by an idle thrust at the target airspeed. The control module generates display commands for a display system to display (i) the flight path angle, (ii) the max PPFP and (iii) the idle PPFP. In addition, the control module generates and displays a predicted flight path speed indicator (PFPS) when the FPA is above the max PPFP or below the idle PPFP.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for an aircraft flight control system for use with a primary flight display (PFD), the method comprising:\n at a control module,\n receiving sensor data comprising environmental data and sensed engine thrust data, from on board sensors; \n receiving navigation data comprising a flight path angle, attitude, and airspeed, from a navigation system; \n receiving a target airspeed; \n processing the navigation data, the sensor data, and the target airspeed, to determine (i) a maximum predicted potential flight path (max PPFP), defined by a maximum thrust at the target airspeed, (ii) an idle PPFP, defined by an idle thrust at the target airspeed; \n generating display commands for rendering (i) the flight path angle, (ii) the max PPFP and (iii) the idle PPFP; \n defining an Auto-Throttle (A/T) speed controlled zone in which the max PPFP is greater than the FPA, and the FPA is greater than the idle PPFP; \n determining when the aircraft is in the A/T speed controlled zone; \n commanding the PFD to display an indicator for speed in a first designated area and an indicator for cruise in a second designated area on the PFD when the aircraft is in the A/T speed controlled zone; and \n when the aircraft is not in the A/T speed control zone,\n determining (a) when the FPA is more than a configurable predetermined upper margin above the max PPFP; \n determining (b) when the FPA is more than a configurable predetermined lower margin below the max PPFP; \n in response to one of the conditions (a) and (b),\n determining a predicted speed (PS) associated with the FPA; and \n commanding the PFD to render a third symbol indicating the predicted speed (PS) on an airspeed indicator responsive thereto. \n \n and \n at the primary flight display (PFD),\n receiving the display commands and rendering indicators responsive thereto.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47887
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15700416', '12847835', '15791970', '14725432', '13008789']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6319872323982997
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.667127021047506
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6355012112632202
- Mean Citation Score: 306.099766
- Max Citation Score: 635.6947
- Similarity Product: 615.1217897735777

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test