US 12,304,653 B2
Aircraft touch-and-go detection
Andrea Sanzone, Frankfurt (DE); Rahul Ashok, Singapore (SG); and Rowena Loh, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,294.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391471 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/04 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
receive airport runway geospatial data indicating a geospatial area associated with an airport runway and an altitude associated with the airport runway;
receive aircraft location data associated with an aircraft, the aircraft location data indicating a position of the aircraft at different times and an altitude of the aircraft at different times;
identify a time window when the aircraft is continuously in motion and located over the geospatial area associated with the airport runway;
during the time window:
determine whether a first condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is satisfied if there is a first time period when the aircraft is airborne and the altitude of the aircraft is decreasing;
determine whether a second condition is satisfied, wherein the second condition is satisfied if there is a second time period when the aircraft is in contact with the airport runway, the second time period following the first time period; and
determine whether a third condition is satisfied, wherein the third condition is satisfied if there is a third time period when the aircraft is airborne and the altitude of the aircraft is increasing, the third time period following the second time period;
determine whether the aircraft performed a touch-and-go operation on the airport runway based on the airport runway geospatial data and the aircraft location data, wherein the touch-and-go operation includes the aircraft contacting the airport runway and subsequently taking off from the airport runway without stopping, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine that the aircraft failed to perform the touch-and-go operation in response to a determination that, during the time window, the third condition is not satisfied; and
generate a notification in response to a determination that the aircraft performed the touch-and-go operation.