US 12,234,026 B2
Aircraft flap malfunction detection and landing assist system and method
Shobana Arumugam, Bangalore (IN); Sripathi Ramachandra, Bangalore (IN); and Randy Moore, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,911.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373653 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/0005 (2013.01) [B64D 45/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft flap malfunction detection and landing assist system, comprising:
a circuit forming a processing system with a processor;
a flap status data source comprising flap sensors or flap health processors on an aircraft operable to supply flap status data, the flap status data including data that indicates at least aircraft flap configuration and operability;
an aircraft state data source having at least one of sensors, radar, and global positioning system (GPS) on the aircraft operable to supply aircraft state data, the aircraft state data including data that indicates at least aircraft weight, aircraft speed, and aircraft position;
a weather data source operable to supply weather data, the weather data including data that indicates current weather at a landing runway before the aircraft reaches the landing runway;
a display device on the aircraft; and
wherein the processing system is communicatively coupled to the weather data source, aircraft state data source, and the flap status data source, wherein the processing system is arranged to receive at least the flap status data, the aircraft state data, and the weather data, and wherein the processing system is in operable communication with the display device, the processing system configured to:
(i) process the flap status data to determine if at least one flap is inoperable, and
(ii) upon determining that the at least one flap is inoperable, to process the flap status data, the aircraft state data, and the weather data to selectively generate, and command the display device on the aircraft to render, at least one of forward slip landing parameters or side slip landing parameters.