	US 12,073,731 B1
	Mission monitor
Sean Patrick Suiter, Omaha, NE (US); and Richard Andrew Kruse, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,394.
Application 15/152,437 is a division of application No. 13/831,398, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, abandoned.
Application 17/589,394 is a continuation of application No. 17/544,645, filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 17/544,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/492,448, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,657,721.
Application 17/544,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/478,821, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,699,351.
Application 17/544,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/478,807, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,551,564.
Application 17/544,645 is a continuation of application No. 16/673,725, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,935,420.
Application 17/492,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/152,437, filed on May 11, 2016, granted, now 10,467,913, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 15/152,437 is a continuation of application No. 14/142,390, filed on Dec. 27, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/754,522, filed on Jan. 18, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/750,286, filed on Jan. 8, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/747,051, filed on Dec. 28, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/900,199, filed on Nov. 5, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/870,125, filed on Aug. 26, 2013.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/08 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01)

CPC G08G 5/0056 (2013.01) [B64D 45/08 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01)]

30 Claims

1. An aircraft mission monitor, comprising:

(a) a bus;

(b) at least one sensor connected to said bus to report one or more of a position, airspeed, attitude, or altitude of an aircraft;

(c) an autopilot connected to said bus and one or more aircraft performance controls, the autopilot capable of directing adjustment of one or more of the position, airspeed, attitude, or altitude via the one or more aircraft performance controls;

(d) a wireless data-link connected to said bus to receive at least one expected flight path for the aircraft from a portable computing device;

(e) a memory connected to said bus for storing 1) the received expected flight path and 2) a performance envelope of the aircraft; and

(f) at least one processor connected to said bus and coupled with one or more of the sensor, autopilot, wireless data-link, or memory, the at least one processor programmed to:

receive at least one configuration of the aircraft from the at least one sensor, the configuration comprising at least one of a position, airspeed, altitude, or attitude;

and

receive at least one pilot input including:

1) A control input to adjust one or more of the position, airspeed, altitude, or attitude, the control input associated with a deviation of the aircraft from one or more of the expected flight path or the performance envelope;

wherein, when the at least one pilot input is a control input, the at least one processor is further programmed to:

provide at least one prompt to correct the deviation;

correct the deviation via the aircraft performance controls after one or more prompts are provided and the one or more prompts are unacknowledged,

wherein the correction of the deviation is more insistent as the deviation at least one of persists or increases;

2) A pilot request to correct the deviation of the aircraft; wherein, when the at least one pilot input is a pilot request, the at least one processor is further programmed to correct the deviation via the aircraft performance controls.