US 11,842,629 B2
Dynamic radar vectoring guidance methods and systems
Rajesh Chaubey, Bangalore (IN); Roopa Niveditha Sundara Kulal, Bangalore (IN); Ambika Sure, Bangalore (IN); Chethan N, Bangalore (IN); and Naresh Bandam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/159,608.
Claims priority of application No. 202011053809 (IN), filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189323 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/91 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/025 (2013.01) [G01S 13/913 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assisting energy management of an aircraft radar vectoring en route to an airport along a current heading, the method comprising:
identifying a stabilization criterion associated with approaching a runway at the airport;
iteratively determining a lateral vectoring trajectory and a vertical trajectory corresponding to the lateral vectoring trajectory that satisfies the stabilization criterion based at least in part on the current heading and a current location of the aircraft by iteratively adjusting a distance between a runway interception point and a final approach fix associated with the runway until satisfying the stabilization criterion;
determining a target value for an energy state parameter of the aircraft at the current location on the lateral vectoring trajectory using the vertical trajectory; and
providing guidance for managing an energy state of the aircraft comprising a graphical indication of a recommended action to reduce a difference between a current value for the energy state parameter of the aircraft and the target value.