US 12,272,251 B2
Apparatus, method and system for providing evaluation and/or optimization of trajectory management for ground and air services
Bruce Holmes, Williamsburg, VA (US)
Assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/774,884
Filed by SMARTSKY NETWORKS, LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/058674
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/091874, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,675, filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392355 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0026 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0056 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An advisory module comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive data indicative of internal factors and external factors related to route optimization of a combined route of a subject, the combined route including an air segment and a ground segment, wherein at least some of the external factors include dynamic parameters that are changeable while the air segment or ground segment is being transited by the subject to a ground objective;
generate a guidance option to deliver the subject to the ground objective based on integration of the internal factors and the external factors to optimize a route to the ground objective; and
provide a graphical representation of the guidance option along with comparative data and context information associated with the route,
wherein providing the graphical representation of the guidance option further includes generating a display of both the comparative data and the context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter for each of the air segment and the ground segment in respective different display boxes displayed simultaneously with the route to the ground objective, adjust the route according to the guidance option.