US 12,482,362 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a flight plan of an aircraft
Stephen Solomon Altus, Campbell, CA (US); William Jenden, Vancouver (CA); Peng Chen, Vancouver (CA); and Shefali Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/465,270.
Application 18/465,270 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/653,667, filed on Mar. 7, 2022, granted, now 12,354,485.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005803 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/34 (2025.01) [G08G 5/26 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a monitoring control unit including one more processors configured to:
compare an initial flight plan, as generated by a flight planner for an aircraft, and an assessed flight plan, as determined by air traffic control,
continually automatically monitor information published by a flight plan publication sub-system in real time,
receive the information in real time from the flight plan publication sub-system as the information is published, wherein the information includes a route the air traffic control intends to assign to the aircraft on departure, and wherein the information is not sent by the air traffic control to the aircraft, and
determine one or more alternate initial flight plans that differ from the initial flight plan in response to determining one or more differences between the initial flight plan and the assessed flight plan.