Aircraft autorecovery systems and methods

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2006-08-29

2006-08-29

Mullen, Thomas (Department: 2636)

Communications: electrical

Aircraft alarm or indicating systems

Flight alarm

C701S009000, C701S011000, C701S301000, C244S197000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07098810

ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft. An example system includes position and information systems, an automatic flight control system, a database, and a processor. The database includes terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and protected airspace data. The processor determines if one of a caution alert or a warning alert exists based on data stored in the database and information received from the position and information systems. Auto-recovery instructions are generated and sent to the automatic flight control system if no positive flight control input has been performed at time of expiration of a waiting period. Auto-recovery instructions are generated based on an analysis of two or more auto-recovery routes. The system does not perform auto-recovery if components of the system fail to meet a predefined validity or integrity level.

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